Kuwait vs Peru: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Kuwait
2.8%
in 2023
Peru
2.7%
in 2023
Kuwait rank
79th
Peru rank
80th
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Kuwait
- Peru
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 2.8% against 2.7% in Peru, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Peru ahead.
Kuwait ranks 79th and Peru ranks 80th of 96 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 1 and Peru in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 5.7% | 4.2% | Peru |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 5.0% | 2.6% | Peru |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 3.4% | 0.6% | Peru |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.4% | 0.1% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: share of children who are underweight, Kuwait or Peru?
- Kuwait, at 2.8% against 2.7% in Peru as of 2023.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Kuwait and Peru?
- 0.1%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Peru?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Peru rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Kuwait ranks 79th and Peru ranks 80th 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.