Benin vs Haiti: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Benin
3.7%
in 2024
Haiti
3.9%
in 2024
Benin rank
124th
Haiti rank
121st
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Benin
- Haiti
How they compare
Haiti currently reports 3.9% against 3.7% in Benin, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Haiti's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Haiti has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 124th and Haiti ranks 121st of 163 countries.
Haiti has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Haiti | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.1% | 3.5% | 1.4% | Haiti |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 3.5% | 1.7% | Haiti |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 3.8% | 0.9% | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Benin or Haiti?
- Haiti, at 3.9% against 3.7% in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Benin and Haiti?
- 0.2%, with Haiti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Haiti?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Haiti rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Benin ranks 124th and Haiti ranks 121st 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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About this data
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.