Which has higher prevalence of overweight, male, Malta or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 71.8% against 71.4% in Malta as of 2022.

What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, male between Malta and United Arab Emirates?

0.4%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and United Arab Emirates?

33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malta vs United Arab Emirates: Prevalence of overweight, male

Malta

71.4%

in 2022

United Arab Emirates

71.8%

in 2022

Malta rank

18th

United Arab Emirates rank

16th

Prevalence of overweight, male over time

Malta
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 71.8% against 71.4% in Malta, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 18th and United Arab Emirates ranks 16th of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 3 and United Arab Emirates in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1990s	64.8%	58.8%	5.9%	Malta
2000s	69.9%	67.1%	2.8%	Malta
2010s	71.5%	70.9%	0.6%	Malta
2020s	71.4%	71.7%	0.3%	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, male, Malta or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 71.8% against 71.4% in Malta as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, male between Malta and United Arab Emirates?: 0.4%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and United Arab Emirates?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Malta and United Arab Emirates rank globally for prevalence of overweight, male?: Malta ranks 18th and United Arab Emirates ranks 16th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults)
Unit: % of male adults
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 7,896 data points, 1975–2022
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Prevalence of overweight male adults is the percentage of males ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.