How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?

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.

Niger vs Somalia: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male

Niger

2.8%

in 2024

Somalia

2.6%

in 2024

Niger rank

142nd

Somalia rank

145th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time

Niger
Somalia

How they compare

Niger currently reports 2.8% against 2.6% in Somalia, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

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

Niger ranks 142nd and Somalia ranks 145th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.8%	4.7%	3.8%	Somalia
2010s	0.7%	2.5%	1.8%	Somalia
2020s	1.9%	2.3%	0.4%	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Niger or Somalia?: Niger, at 2.8% against 2.6% in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Niger and Somalia?: 0.2%, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?: Niger ranks 142nd and Somalia ranks 145th 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.