Egypt vs Small states: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Egypt
10.5%
in 2024
Small states
6.0%
in 2024
Egypt rank
23rd
Small states rank
21st
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Egypt
- Small states
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 10.5% against 6.0% in Small states, a difference of 4.5%.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.7 times Small states's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 23rd and Small states ranks 21st of 163 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.9% | 6.5% | 7.4% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 5.9% | 6.8% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 5.8% | 4.7% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Egypt or Small states?
- Egypt, at 10.5% against 6.0% in Small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Egypt and Small states?
- 4.5%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Small states?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Small states rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Egypt ranks 23rd 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.