What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Tonga and United States?

0.2%, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and United States?

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.

Tonga vs United States: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height

Tonga

9.5%

in 2024

United States

9.7%

in 2024

Tonga rank

41st

United States rank

40th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

Tonga
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 9.7% against 9.5% in Tonga, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Tonga ranks 41st and United States ranks 40th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tonga	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	14.8%	7.9%	6.8%	Tonga
2010s	14.1%	8.4%	5.7%	Tonga
2020s	10.7%	9.3%	1.4%	Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Tonga or United States?: United States, at 9.7% against 9.5% in Tonga as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Tonga and United States?: 0.2%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and United States?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Tonga and United States rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?: Tonga ranks 41st and United States ranks 40th 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.