Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, IDA blend or Samoa?

Samoa, at 9.4% against 3.2% in IDA blend as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Samoa?

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.

IDA blend vs Samoa: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height

IDA blend

3.2%

in 2024

Samoa

9.4%

in 2024

IDA blend rank

44th

Samoa rank

44th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

IDA blend
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 9.4% against 3.2% in IDA blend, a difference of 6.2%.

That makes Samoa's figure about 2.9 times IDA blend's.

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

IDA blend ranks 44th and Samoa ranks 44th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, IDA blend averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA blend	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
2000s	5.6%	5.5%	0.1%	IDA blend
2010s	3.6%	6.5%	2.9%	Samoa
2020s	3.1%	8.5%	5.5%	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, IDA blend or Samoa?: Samoa, at 9.4% against 3.2% in IDA blend as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between IDA blend and Samoa?: 6.2%, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Samoa?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do IDA blend and Samoa rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?: IDA blend ranks 44th and Samoa ranks 44th of 45 groups.
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.