Malawi vs Maldives: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Malawi
12.8%
in 2020
Maldives
14.8%
in 2017
Malawi rank
36th
Maldives rank
33rd
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Malawi
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 14.8% against 12.8% in Malawi, a difference of 2.0%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.
Malawi ranks 36th and Maldives ranks 33rd of 96 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.5% | 39.0% | 12.5% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 17.7% | 6.0% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 12.3% | 14.8% | 2.5% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: share of children who are underweight, Malawi or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 14.8% against 12.8% in Malawi as of 2017.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Malawi and Maldives?
- 2.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How do Malawi and Maldives rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Malawi ranks 36th and Maldives ranks 33rd 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.