How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Ukraine?

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.

Paraguay vs Ukraine: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male

Paraguay

16.3%

in 2024

Ukraine

16.9%

in 2024

Paraguay rank

7th

Ukraine rank

6th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time

Paraguay
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 16.9% against 16.3% in Paraguay, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Ukraine ahead.

Paraguay ranks 7th and Ukraine ranks 6th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Paraguay	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.3%	28.8%	20.6%	Ukraine
2010s	12.3%	19.8%	7.5%	Ukraine
2020s	15.6%	15.8%	0.1%	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Paraguay or Ukraine?: Ukraine, at 16.9% against 16.3% in Paraguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Paraguay and Ukraine?: 0.6%, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Ukraine?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Paraguay and Ukraine rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?: Paraguay ranks 7th and Ukraine ranks 6th 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.