Late-demographic dividend vs Papua New Guinea: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height

Late-demographic dividend
10.1%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
18.5%
in 2024
Late-demographic dividend rank
1st
Papua New Guinea rank
2nd

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

  • Late-demographic dividend
  • Papua New Guinea
5101520200020122024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 18.5% against 10.1% in Late-demographic dividend, a difference of 8.4%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.8 times Late-demographic dividend's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Late-demographic dividend ahead.

Late-demographic dividend ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Late-demographic dividend averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Late-demographic dividend Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 7.0% 6.6% 0.4% Late-demographic dividend
2010s 7.6% 13.9% 6.3% Papua New Guinea
2020s 9.3% 18.4% 9.1% Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Late-demographic dividend or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 18.5% against 10.1% in Late-demographic dividend as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Late-demographic dividend and Papua New Guinea?
8.4%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Late-demographic dividend and Papua New Guinea?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Late-demographic dividend and Papua New Guinea rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
Late-demographic dividend ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd 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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Late-demographic dividend vs Papua New Guinea: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height. Statizoid, drawing on Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-weight-for-height-modeled-estimate-percent-of-children-under-5/late-demographic-dividend/papua-new-guinea/

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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

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.