How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sierra Leone?

5 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children', published as Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Sierra Leone: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male

Chad

2.4%

in 2022

Sierra Leone

2.8%

in 2021

Chad rank

65th

Sierra Leone rank

64th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time

Chad
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.8% against 2.4% in Chad, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Chad ranks 65th and Sierra Leone ranks 64th of 85 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
2000s	3.1%	5.4%	2.3%	Sierra Leone
2010s	2.3%	3.9%	1.6%	Sierra Leone
2020s	1.8%	2.8%	1.0%	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Chad or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 2.8% against 2.4% in Chad as of 2021.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Chad and Sierra Leone?: 0.4%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sierra Leone?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Chad and Sierra Leone rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?: Chad ranks 65th and Sierra Leone ranks 64th of 85 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children', published as Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% 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 (% of children under 5)
Unit: % of children under 5
Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children'
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 85 places, 718 data points, 1986–2024
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.