How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Netherlands?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

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.

Malaysia vs Netherlands: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height

Malaysia

5.3%

in 2024

Netherlands

5.4%

in 2024

Malaysia rank

88th

Netherlands rank

86th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

Malaysia
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 5.4% against 5.3% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Malaysia ranks 88th and Netherlands ranks 86th of 163 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
2000s	5.8%	3.3%	2.5%	Malaysia
2010s	6.1%	4.4%	1.7%	Malaysia
2020s	5.5%	5.2%	0.3%	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Malaysia or Netherlands?: Netherlands, at 5.4% against 5.3% in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Malaysia and Netherlands?: 0.1%, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Netherlands?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and Netherlands rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?: Malaysia ranks 88th and Netherlands ranks 86th 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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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: 17 September 2026

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.