How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Kingdom?

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, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs United Kingdom: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male

Costa Rica

8.4%

in 2024

United Kingdom

8.3%

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

59th

United Kingdom rank

60th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time

Costa Rica
United Kingdom

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 8.4% against 8.3% in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 59th and United Kingdom ranks 60th of 163 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.3%	7.8%	0.5%	Costa Rica
2010s	8.1%	8.4%	0.3%	United Kingdom
2020s	8.2%	8.4%	0.2%	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Costa Rica or United Kingdom?: Costa Rica, at 8.4% against 8.3% in United Kingdom as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Costa Rica and United Kingdom?: 0.1%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Kingdom?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and United Kingdom rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?: Costa Rica ranks 59th and United Kingdom ranks 60th 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, male (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, male (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, male, is the percentage of boys 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.