Barbados vs Palau: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard
Barbados
42.0%
in 2024
Palau
41.6%
in 2024
Barbados rank
20th
Palau rank
23rd
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard over time
- Barbados
- Palau
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 42.0% against 41.6% in Palau, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Palau ahead.
Barbados ranks 20th and Palau ranks 23rd of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Palau in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.4% | 18.4% | 5.9% | Palau |
| 1990s | 18.7% | 22.8% | 4.2% | Palau |
| 2000s | 26.7% | 28.8% | 2.1% | Palau |
| 2010s | 34.9% | 35.0% | 0.1% | Palau |
| 2020s | 40.6% | 40.3% | 0.4% | Barbados |
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, Barbados or Palau?
- Barbados, at 42.0% against 41.6% in Palau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard between Barbados and Palau?
- 0.4%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Palau?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Palau rank globally for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
- Barbados ranks 20th and Palau ranks 23rd 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.