Bahamas vs Chile: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard
Bahamas
51.5%
in 2024
Chile
64.8%
in 2024
Bahamas rank
3rd
Chile rank
1st
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard over time
- Bahamas
- Chile
How they compare
Chile currently reports 64.8% against 51.5% in Bahamas, a difference of 13.3%.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.3 times Bahamas's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 3rd and Chile ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Chile | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.1% | 16.3% | 0.3% | Chile |
| 1990s | 24.2% | 28.7% | 4.6% | Chile |
| 2000s | 34.1% | 43.0% | 8.9% | Chile |
| 2010s | 43.8% | 55.4% | 11.7% | Chile |
| 2020s | 50.0% | 63.0% | 13.0% | Chile |
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, Bahamas or Chile?
- Chile, at 64.8% against 51.5% in Bahamas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard between Bahamas and Chile?
- 13.3%, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Chile?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Chile rank globally for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
- Bahamas ranks 3rd and Chile ranks 1st 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.