Bangladesh vs Burkina Faso: Malnutrition: Prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female
Bangladesh
23.8%
in 2022
Burkina Faso
24.5%
in 2021
Bangladesh rank
40th
Burkina Faso rank
37th
Malnutrition: Prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female over time
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 24.5% against 23.8% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.7%.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 40th and Burkina Faso ranks 37th of 83 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female, Bangladesh or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 24.5% against 23.8% in Bangladesh as of 2021.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female between Bangladesh and Burkina Faso?
- 0.7%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Burkina Faso?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2019.
- How do Bangladesh and Burkina Faso rank globally for malnutrition: prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female?
- Bangladesh ranks 40th and Burkina Faso ranks 37th of 83 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: Prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of children younger than 5 years, male versus female, that fall below two standard deviations from the median height-for-age of the WHO Child Growth Standards.