Kuwait vs Pre-demographic dividend: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male

Kuwait
10.7%
in 2024
Pre-demographic dividend
3.9%
in 2024
Kuwait rank
36th
Pre-demographic dividend rank
37th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time

  • Kuwait
  • Pre-demographic dividend
46810200020122024

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 10.7% against 3.9% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 6.8%.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 2.8 times Pre-demographic dividend's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 36th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 37th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Pre-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
2000s 8.7% 5.4% 3.3% Kuwait
2010s 9.6% 3.6% 6.0% Kuwait
2020s 10.5% 3.4% 7.1% Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Kuwait or Pre-demographic dividend?
Kuwait, at 10.7% against 3.9% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Kuwait and Pre-demographic dividend?
6.8%, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Pre-demographic dividend?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
Kuwait ranks 36th and Pre-demographic dividend 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, 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

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.