Malta vs Thailand: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Malta
9.5%
in 2024
Thailand
9.2%
in 2024
Malta rank
34th
Thailand rank
37th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Malta
- Thailand
How they compare
Malta currently reports 9.5% against 9.2% in Thailand, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 34th and Thailand ranks 37th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Thailand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.8% | 7.0% | 0.2% | Thailand |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 8.8% | 0.6% | Thailand |
| 2020s | 9.3% | 9.2% | 0.1% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Malta or Thailand?
- Malta, at 9.5% against 9.2% in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Malta and Thailand?
- 0.3%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Thailand?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Thailand rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Malta ranks 34th and Thailand ranks 37th 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.