Canada vs Small states: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Canada
10.6%
in 2024
Small states
6.0%
in 2024
Canada rank
22nd
Small states rank
21st
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Canada
- Small states
How they compare
Canada currently reports 10.6% against 6.0% in Small states, a difference of 4.6%.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.8 times Small states's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 22nd and Small states ranks 21st of 163 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.3% | 6.5% | 2.8% | Canada |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 5.9% | 4.6% | Canada |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 5.8% | 4.9% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Canada or Small states?
- Canada, at 10.6% against 6.0% in Small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Canada and Small states?
- 4.6%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Small states?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Small states rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Canada ranks 22nd and Small states ranks 21st 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.