What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Turkey and United Kingdom?

0.1%, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Turkey and United Kingdom?

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.

Turkey vs United Kingdom: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male

Turkey

8.2%

in 2024

United Kingdom

8.3%

in 2024

Turkey rank

61st

United Kingdom rank

60th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time

Turkey
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 8.3% against 8.2% in Turkey, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Turkey ranks 61st and United Kingdom ranks 60th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Turkey	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.4%	7.8%	0.7%	Turkey
2010s	10.1%	8.4%	1.7%	Turkey
2020s	8.5%	8.4%	0.1%	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Turkey or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 8.3% against 8.2% in Turkey as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Turkey and United Kingdom?: 0.1%, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Turkey and United Kingdom?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Turkey and United Kingdom rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?: Turkey ranks 61st and United Kingdom ranks 60th 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.