Jamaica vs Palestine: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Jamaica
2.5%
in 2018
Palestine
2.1%
in 2020
Jamaica rank
83rd
Palestine rank
86th
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Jamaica
- Palestine
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 2.5% against 2.1% in Palestine, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times Palestine's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 83rd and Palestine ranks 86th of 96 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.6% | 2.5% | 3.1% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 2.6% | 1.0% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 2.5% | 0.2% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: share of children who are underweight, Jamaica or Palestine?
- Jamaica, at 2.5% against 2.1% in Palestine as of 2018.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Jamaica and Palestine?
- 0.4%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Palestine?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2014.
- How do Jamaica and Palestine rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Jamaica ranks 83rd and Palestine ranks 86th 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.