Papua New Guinea vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male
Papua New Guinea
19.5%
in 2024
Turks and Caicos Islands
19.4%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
2nd
Turks and Caicos Islands rank
3rd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Turks and Caicos Islands
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 19.5% against 19.4% in Turks and Caicos Islands, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 3rd of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Turks and Caicos Islands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Turks and Caicos Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.0% | 12.6% | 5.6% | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 16.9% | 2.2% | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2020s | 19.4% | 19.1% | 0.2% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Papua New Guinea or Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Papua New Guinea, at 19.5% against 19.4% in Turks and Caicos Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Papua New Guinea and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 0.1%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 3rd 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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About this data
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.