Belize vs Liberia: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Belize
5.3%
in 2024
Liberia
5.7%
in 2024
Belize rank
78th
Liberia rank
75th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Belize
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 5.7% against 5.3% in Belize, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Belize's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Belize ahead.
Belize ranks 78th and Liberia ranks 75th of 163 countries.
Belize has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.3% | 3.7% | 6.6% | Belize |
| 2010s | 7.4% | 3.0% | 4.4% | Belize |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 4.6% | 1.0% | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Belize or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 5.7% against 5.3% in Belize as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Belize and Liberia?
- 0.4%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Liberia?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Belize and Liberia rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Belize ranks 78th and Liberia ranks 75th 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.