Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Yemen

Underweight children in Yemen in 2022 — 40.7%. Ranked 28 in the world out of 28. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 10.8 pp.

2022 40.7% +9.1 pp vs 2021
World rank 28of 28
Period maximum 45.3%2003
Period minimum 29.9%1991

Trend over time

1991–2022 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Yemen, 1991–20222530354045501991199519992003200720112015201920221991: 29.9%1996: 34.2%1997: 43%2003: 45.3%2005: 36.7%2011: 35.5%2013: 39.9%2021: 31.6%2022: 40.7%
Change over the period: +10.8 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Yemen

Yemen 40.7%
World 12.5%
Underweight children — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 40.7 +9.1 pp
2021 31.6
2013 39.9
2011 35.5
2005 36.7
2003 45.3
1997 43 +8.8 pp
1996 34.2
1991 29.9

Western Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of children under the age of five whose weight is more than two standard deviations below the median of the WHO growth standards. The indicator reflects a combination of chronic and acute undernutrition and remains one of the most accurate indicators of poverty: it depends little on the methodology of income accounting.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.