Albania vs Tunisia: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female

Albania
15.6%
in 2024
Tunisia
16.4%
in 2024
Albania rank
5th
Tunisia rank
4th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time

  • Albania
  • Tunisia
510152025200020122024

How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 16.4% against 15.6% in Albania, a difference of 0.8%.

That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Albania's.

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

Albania ranks 5th and Tunisia ranks 4th of 163 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Albania averaged higher in 2 and Tunisia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Albania Tunisia Difference Ahead
2000s 21.7% 6.8% 14.9% Albania
2010s 17.4% 13.9% 3.5% Albania
2020s 14.6% 16.2% 1.6% Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Albania or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at 16.4% against 15.6% in Albania as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Albania and Tunisia?
0.8%, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Tunisia?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Albania and Tunisia rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
Albania ranks 5th and Tunisia ranks 4th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5)
Source
Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,200 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.