Bangladesh vs Madagascar: Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty
Bangladesh
21.7%
in 2022
Madagascar
22.6%
in 2021
Bangladesh rank
12th
Madagascar rank
10th
Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty over time
- Bangladesh
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 22.6% against 21.7% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 12th and Madagascar ranks 10th of 96 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56.4% | 35.5% | 20.9% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 42.8% | 36.7% | 6.1% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 30.5% | 29.1% | 1.4% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty, Bangladesh or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 22.6% against 21.7% in Bangladesh as of 2021.
- What is the difference in share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty between Bangladesh and Madagascar?
- 0.9%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Madagascar?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2018.
- How do Bangladesh and Madagascar rank globally for share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty?
- Bangladesh ranks 12th and Madagascar ranks 10th 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 Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Underweight children are those less than 5 years old, whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population. Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day.