Armenia vs Sweden: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard
Armenia
31.3%
in 2024
Sweden
31.5%
in 2024
Armenia rank
74th
Sweden rank
72nd
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard over time
- Armenia
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 31.5% against 31.3% in Armenia, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Armenia ahead.
Armenia ranks 74th and Sweden ranks 72nd of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Armenia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25.9% | 15.9% | 10.0% | Armenia |
| 1990s | 24.5% | 19.5% | 5.1% | Armenia |
| 2000s | 23.7% | 23.6% | 0.1% | Armenia |
| 2010s | 26.2% | 27.7% | 1.6% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 30.2% | 30.7% | 0.5% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard, Armenia or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 31.5% against 31.3% in Armenia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard between Armenia and Sweden?
- 0.2%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Sweden?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Armenia and Sweden rank globally for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
- Armenia ranks 74th and Sweden ranks 72nd of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.