Lower middle income vs Malta: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Lower middle income
4.0%
in 2024
Malta
10.1%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
32nd
Malta rank
35th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Lower middle income
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 10.1% against 4.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 6.1%.
That makes Malta's figure about 2.5 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 32nd and Malta ranks 35th of 45 groups.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 7.3% | 3.4% | Malta |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 8.8% | 5.3% | Malta |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 9.9% | 6.2% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Lower middle income or Malta?
- Malta, 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 Lower middle income and Malta?
- 6.1%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Malta?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Malta rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Lower middle income ranks 32nd and Malta ranks 35th 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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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.