Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Bangladesh or Mali?

Bangladesh, at 1.6% against 1.3% in Mali as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Mali?

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 (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Mali: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height

Bangladesh

1.6%

in 2024

Mali

1.3%

in 2024

Bangladesh rank

157th

Mali rank

160th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

Bangladesh
Mali

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 1.6% against 1.3% in Mali, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.2 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mali ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 157th and Mali ranks 160th of 163 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Mali in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Mali	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.0%	2.2%	1.1%	Mali
2010s	1.8%	1.2%	0.6%	Bangladesh
2020s	1.8%	1.1%	0.6%	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Bangladesh or Mali?: Bangladesh, at 1.6% against 1.3% in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Bangladesh and Mali?: 0.3%, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Mali?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Mali rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?: Bangladesh ranks 157th and Mali ranks 160th 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 (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 (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 children is the percentage of children 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.