Chad vs Niger: Share of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese

Chad

9.1%

in 2024

Niger

9.4%

in 2024

Chad rank

186th

Niger rank

184th

Share of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese over time

Chad
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 9.4% against 9.1% in Chad, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 186th and Niger ranks 184th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of children and adolescents 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: 199 places, 8,955 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years old that are defined as either overweight or obese. This means their weight-for-height is more than one standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.