Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Jordan or Vietnam?

Vietnam, at 9.4% against 9.2% in Jordan as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Vietnam?

5 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.

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.

Jordan vs Vietnam: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height

Jordan

9.2%

in 2023

Vietnam

9.4%

in 2023

Jordan rank

20th

Vietnam rank

17th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

Jordan
Vietnam

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 9.4% against 9.2% in Jordan, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Jordan ahead.

Jordan ranks 20th and Vietnam ranks 17th of 93 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 2 and Vietnam in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jordan	Vietnam	Difference	Ahead
2000s	5.5%	4.1%	1.5%	Jordan
2010s	6.9%	6.1%	0.8%	Jordan
2020s	9.2%	9.4%	0.2%	Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Jordan or Vietnam?: Vietnam, at 9.4% against 9.2% in Jordan as of 2023.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Jordan and Vietnam?: 0.2%, with Vietnam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Vietnam?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Jordan and Vietnam rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?: Jordan ranks 20th and Vietnam ranks 17th 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

Jordan vs Vietnam: 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/jordan/viet-nam/

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/jordan/viet-nam/">Jordan vs Vietnam: 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: 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.