Guinea vs Malawi: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Guinea
4.4%
in 2024
Malawi
4.4%
in 2024
Guinea rank
106th
Malawi rank
106th

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

  • Guinea
  • Malawi
4681012200020122024

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 4.4% against 4.4% in Malawi, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malawi ahead.

Guinea ranks 106th and Malawi ranks 106th 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.