Samoa vs Palestine: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male
Samoa
10.0%
in 2024
Palestine
9.4%
in 2024
Samoa rank
44th
Palestine rank
47th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time
- Samoa
- Palestine
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 10.0% against 9.4% in Palestine, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Palestine's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Palestine ahead.
Samoa ranks 44th and Palestine ranks 47th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and Palestine in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.8% | 8.0% | 2.2% | Palestine |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 8.3% | 1.4% | Palestine |
| 2020s | 9.1% | 8.7% | 0.4% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Samoa or Palestine?
- Samoa, at 10.0% against 9.4% in Palestine as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Samoa and Palestine?
- 0.6%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Palestine?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Palestine rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Samoa ranks 44th and Palestine ranks 47th 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.