Lower middle income vs Vietnam: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male

Lower middle income
4.3%
in 2024
Vietnam
11.2%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
32nd
Vietnam rank
32nd

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Vietnam
24681012200020122024

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 11.2% against 4.3% in Lower middle income, a difference of 6.9%.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 2.6 times Lower middle income's.

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

Lower middle income ranks 32nd and Vietnam ranks 32nd of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 1 and Vietnam in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Vietnam Difference Ahead
2000s 4.1% 2.9% 1.2% Lower middle income
2010s 3.7% 5.8% 2.1% Vietnam
2020s 3.9% 9.8% 5.9% Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Lower middle income or Vietnam?
Vietnam, at 11.2% against 4.3% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Lower middle income and Vietnam?
6.9%, with Vietnam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Vietnam?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Vietnam rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
Lower middle income ranks 32nd and Vietnam ranks 32nd of 45 groups.
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.