How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Malta?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

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.

Kyrgyzstan vs Malta: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female

Kyrgyzstan

9.2%

in 2024

Malta

9.5%

in 2024

Kyrgyzstan rank

37th

Malta rank

34th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time

Kyrgyzstan
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 9.5% against 9.2% in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 37th and Malta ranks 34th of 163 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kyrgyzstan	Malta	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.7%	6.8%	1.9%	Kyrgyzstan
2010s	6.6%	8.2%	1.6%	Malta
2020s	7.6%	9.3%	1.7%	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Kyrgyzstan or Malta?: Malta, at 9.5% against 9.2% in Kyrgyzstan as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Kyrgyzstan and Malta?: 0.3%, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Malta?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Malta rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?: Kyrgyzstan ranks 37th and Malta ranks 34th 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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Indicator: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5)
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 208 places, 5,200 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.