Lesotho vs Turkey: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Lesotho
7.5%
in 2024
Turkey
7.7%
in 2024
Lesotho rank
62nd
Turkey rank
61st
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Lesotho
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 7.7% against 7.5% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 62nd and Turkey ranks 61st of 163 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 7.9% | 1.0% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 9.5% | 2.4% | Turkey |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 8.0% | 0.6% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Lesotho or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 7.7% against 7.5% in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Lesotho and Turkey?
- 0.2%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Turkey?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Turkey rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Lesotho ranks 62nd and Turkey ranks 61st 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.