Mongolia vs Uruguay: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight

Mongolia
1.9%
in 2023
Uruguay
1.8%
in 2018
Mongolia rank
88th
Uruguay rank
89th

Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time

  • Mongolia
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 1.9% against 1.8% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Mongolia ahead.

Mongolia ranks 88th and Uruguay ranks 89th of 96 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Unit
% of children under 5
Source
Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
96 places, 957 data points, 1984–2024
Last refreshed

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.