Equatorial Guinea vs Lesotho: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Equatorial Guinea
7.5%
in 2024
Lesotho
7.5%
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
62nd
Lesotho rank
62nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Lesotho
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 7.5% against 7.5% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 62nd and Lesotho ranks 62nd of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.5% | 6.9% | 2.6% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 7.8% | 7.1% | 0.7% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 7.4% | 0.4% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Equatorial Guinea or Lesotho?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 7.5% against 7.5% in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?
- 0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 62nd and Lesotho ranks 62nd 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.