Niger vs East Timor: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Niger
34.6%
in 2022
East Timor
31.9%
in 2020
Niger rank
2nd
East Timor rank
3rd
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Niger
- East Timor
How they compare
Niger currently reports 34.6% against 31.9% in East Timor, a difference of 2.7%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2007 it was East Timor ahead.
Niger ranks 2nd and East Timor ranks 3rd of 96 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 1 and East Timor in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.7% | 47.2% | 11.5% | East Timor |
| 2010s | 33.9% | 35.0% | 1.1% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 33.4% | 31.9% | 1.5% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: share of children who are underweight, Niger or East Timor?
- Niger, at 34.6% against 31.9% in East Timor as of 2022.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Niger and East Timor?
- 2.7%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and East Timor?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2020.
- How do Niger and East Timor rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Niger ranks 2nd and East Timor ranks 3rd 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.