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Cameroon vs Oman: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight

Cameroon
11.0%
in 2018
Oman
11.2%
in 2017
Cameroon rank
44th
Oman rank
43rd

Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time

  • Cameroon
  • Oman
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How they compare

Oman currently reports 11.2% against 11.0% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.2%.

Cameroon ranks 44th and Oman ranks 43rd of 96 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Unit
% of children under 5
Source
Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
96 places, 957 data points, 1984–2024
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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.