Canada vs Papua New Guinea: Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands)

Canada
213.7
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
227.6
in 2024
Canada rank
38th
Papua New Guinea rank
36th

Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) over time

  • Canada
  • Papua New Guinea
50100150200250200020122024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 227.6 against 213.7 in Canada, a difference of 13.9.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 162 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 175.93 62.66 113.27 Canada
2010s 216.8 158.29 58.51 Canada
2020s 216.52 223.72 7.2 Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), Canada or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 227.6 against 213.7 in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) between Canada and Papua New Guinea?
13.9, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Papua New Guinea?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Canada and Papua New Guinea rank globally for overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands)?
Canada ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 162 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), model-based estimates. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Canada vs Papua New Guinea: Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands). Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/overweight-numbers-among-children-under-5-years-of-age-thousands-model-based-estimates/canada/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/overweight-numbers-among-children-under-5-years-of-age-thousands-model-based-estimates/canada/papua-new-guinea/">Canada vs Papua New Guinea: Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), model-based estimates
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
183 places, 4,765 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed