Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Lesotho
12.5%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
12.0%
in 2021
Lesotho rank
37th
Sierra Leone rank
38th
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Lesotho
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 12.5% against 12.0% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.5%.
Lesotho ranks 37th and Sierra Leone ranks 38th of 96 countries.
Sierra Leone 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, Lesotho or Sierra Leone?
- Lesotho, at 12.5% against 12.0% in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
- 0.5%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How do Lesotho and Sierra Leone rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Lesotho ranks 37th and Sierra Leone ranks 38th 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.