Benin vs Ethiopia: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Benin
19.6%
in 2021
Ethiopia
21.2%
in 2019
Benin rank
14th
Ethiopia rank
13th
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Benin
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 21.2% against 19.6% in Benin, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.
Benin ranks 14th and Ethiopia ranks 13th of 96 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: share of children who are underweight, Benin or Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 21.2% against 19.6% in Benin as of 2019.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Benin and Ethiopia?
- 1.6%, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How do Benin and Ethiopia rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Benin ranks 14th and Ethiopia ranks 13th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of children younger than five years old whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population for ages 0-59 months.