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

0.1%, with United States ahead.

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

10 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.

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.

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

United States

9.5%

in 2022

Vietnam

9.4%

in 2023

United States rank

16th

Vietnam rank

17th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time

United States
Vietnam

How they compare

United States currently reports 9.5% against 9.4% in Vietnam, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United States ahead.

United States ranks 16th and Vietnam ranks 17th of 93 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States	Vietnam	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.1%	2.8%	5.3%	United States
2010s	8.2%	5.0%	3.3%	United States
2020s	9.5%	11.8%	2.3%	Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, United States or Vietnam?: United States, at 9.5% against 9.4% in Vietnam as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between United States and Vietnam?: 0.1%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States and Vietnam?: 10 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do United States and Vietnam rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?: United States ranks 16th 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.

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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.