Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Tunisia or Ukraine?

Tunisia, at 17.5% against 16.0% in Ukraine as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tunisia and Ukraine?

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.

Tunisia vs Ukraine: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height

Tunisia

17.5%

in 2024

Ukraine

16.0%

in 2024

Tunisia rank

4th

Ukraine rank

6th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

Tunisia
Ukraine

How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 17.5% against 16.0% in Ukraine, a difference of 1.5%.

That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Ukraine's.

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

Tunisia ranks 4th and Ukraine ranks 6th of 163 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Tunisia averaged higher in 1 and Ukraine in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tunisia	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
2000s	7.2%	27.4%	20.2%	Ukraine
2010s	14.9%	18.7%	3.8%	Ukraine
2020s	17.3%	14.9%	2.4%	Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Tunisia or Ukraine?: Tunisia, at 17.5% against 16.0% in Ukraine as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Tunisia and Ukraine?: 1.5%, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tunisia and Ukraine?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Tunisia and Ukraine rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?: Tunisia ranks 4th and Ukraine ranks 6th 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.