How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mozambique?

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.

Kenya vs Mozambique: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male

Kenya

4.6%

in 2024

Mozambique

4.7%

in 2024

Kenya rank

111th

Mozambique rank

108th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time

Kenya
Mozambique

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 4.7% against 4.6% in Kenya, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Kenya ranks 111th and Mozambique ranks 108th of 163 countries.

Mozambique has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
2000s	7.2%	7.4%	0.2%	Mozambique
2010s	4.8%	5.5%	0.7%	Mozambique
2020s	4.2%	4.5%	0.4%	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Kenya or Mozambique?: Mozambique, at 4.7% against 4.6% in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Kenya and Mozambique?: 0.1%, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mozambique?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Mozambique rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?: Kenya ranks 111th and Mozambique ranks 108th 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.