Equatorial Guinea vs Lesotho: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Equatorial Guinea
7.5%
in 2024
Lesotho
7.5%
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
61st
Lesotho rank
61st

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Lesotho
0246810200020122024

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 7.5% against 7.5% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 61st and Lesotho ranks 61st of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children who are overweight or obese
Unit
%
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 4,075 data points, 2000–2024
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Share of children under five years old that are defined as overweight or obese. A child is classified as overweight if their weight-for-height is more than two standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.