Guatemala vs Lesotho: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Guatemala
14.4%
in 2021
Lesotho
12.5%
in 2024
Guatemala rank
34th
Lesotho rank
37th
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Guatemala
- Lesotho
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 14.4% against 12.5% in Lesotho, a difference of 1.9%.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
Guatemala ranks 34th and Lesotho ranks 37th of 96 countries.
Guatemala 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, Guatemala or Lesotho?
- Guatemala, at 14.4% against 12.5% in Lesotho as of 2021.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Guatemala and Lesotho?
- 1.9%, with Guatemala ahead.
- How do Guatemala and Lesotho rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Guatemala ranks 34th and Lesotho ranks 37th 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.