Burundi vs India: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Burundi
28.3%
in 2024
India
31.5%
in 2020
Burundi rank
5th
India rank
4th
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Burundi
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 31.5% against 28.3% in Burundi, a difference of 3.2%.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.
Burundi ranks 5th and India ranks 4th of 96 countries.
India 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, Burundi or India?
- India, at 31.5% against 28.3% in Burundi as of 2020.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Burundi and India?
- 3.2%, with India ahead.
- How do Burundi and India rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Burundi ranks 5th and India ranks 4th 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.