Mali vs Myanmar: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Mali
1.3%
in 2024
Myanmar
0.6%
in 2024
Mali rank
160th
Myanmar rank
163rd

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

  • Mali
  • Myanmar
12345200020122024

How they compare

Mali currently reports 1.3% against 0.6% in Myanmar, a difference of 0.7%.

That makes Mali's figure about 2.2 times Myanmar's.

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

Mali ranks 160th and Myanmar ranks 163rd 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.