Kuwait vs Lower middle income: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Kuwait
10.1%
in 2024
Lower middle income
4.0%
in 2024
Kuwait rank
35th
Lower middle income rank
32nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Kuwait
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 10.1% against 4.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 6.1%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 2.5 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 35th and Lower middle income ranks 32nd of 163 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.1% | 3.9% | 4.3% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 3.5% | 5.6% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 3.7% | 6.2% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Kuwait or Lower middle income?
- Kuwait, at 10.1% against 4.0% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Kuwait and Lower middle income?
- 6.1%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Lower middle income?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Lower middle income rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Kuwait ranks 35th and Lower middle income ranks 32nd 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.