Australia vs North America: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Australia
25.0%
in 2024
North America
9.2%
in 2024
Australia rank
1st
North America rank
2nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Australia
- North America
How they compare
Australia currently reports 25.0% against 9.2% in North America, a difference of 15.8%.
That makes Australia's figure about 2.7 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was North America ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and North America ranks 2nd of 163 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.4% | 7.5% | 0.8% | Australia |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 8.0% | 7.0% | Australia |
| 2020s | 22.8% | 8.8% | 14.0% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Australia or North America?
- Australia, at 25.0% against 9.2% in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Australia and North America?
- 15.8%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and North America?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Australia and North America rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Australia ranks 1st and North America ranks 2nd 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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About this data
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.