Jordan vs Vietnam: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Jordan
10.6%
in 2024
Vietnam
10.5%
in 2024
Jordan rank
31st
Vietnam rank
33rd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Jordan
- Vietnam
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 10.6% against 10.5% in Vietnam, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Jordan ahead.
Jordan ranks 31st and Vietnam ranks 33rd of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 2 and Vietnam in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.3% | 2.7% | 2.5% | Jordan |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 5.4% | 1.0% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 8.9% | 9.2% | 0.4% | Vietnam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Jordan or Vietnam?
- Jordan, at 10.6% against 10.5% in Vietnam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Jordan and Vietnam?
- 0.1%, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Vietnam?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Jordan and Vietnam rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Jordan ranks 31st and Vietnam ranks 33rd 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.