Finland vs Indonesia: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height

Finland
4.3%
in 2023
Indonesia
4.3%
in 2023
Finland rank
51st
Indonesia rank
51st

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

  • Finland
  • Indonesia
2.557.51012.5199620092023

How they compare

Finland currently reports 4.3% against 4.3% in Indonesia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Indonesia ahead.

Finland ranks 51st and Indonesia ranks 51st of 93 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 1 and Indonesia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Indonesia Difference Ahead
2010s 4.1% 7.7% 3.6% Indonesia
2020s 4.4% 3.9% 0.5% Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Finland or Indonesia?
Finland, at 4.3% against 4.3% in Indonesia as of 2023.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Finland and Indonesia?
0.0%, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Indonesia?
6 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2023.
How do Finland and Indonesia rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
Finland ranks 51st and Indonesia ranks 51st of 93 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children', published as Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Finland vs Indonesia: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height. Statizoid, drawing on UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children'. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-weight-for-height-percent-of-children-under-5/finland/indonesia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-weight-for-height-percent-of-children-under-5/finland/indonesia/">Finland vs Indonesia: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)
Unit
% of children under 5
Source
UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children'
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
93 places, 858 data points, 1984–2024
Last refreshed

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.