Kiribati vs Madagascar: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Kiribati
2.0%
in 2024
Madagascar
2.2%
in 2024
Kiribati rank
150th
Madagascar rank
147th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Kiribati
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 2.2% against 2.0% in Kiribati, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Kiribati's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Madagascar ahead.
Kiribati ranks 150th and Madagascar ranks 147th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.0% | 2.5% | 0.5% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.4% | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 0.2% | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Kiribati or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 2.2% against 2.0% in Kiribati as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Kiribati and Madagascar?
- 0.2%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Madagascar?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Madagascar rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Kiribati ranks 150th and Madagascar ranks 147th 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.