Barbados vs Paraguay: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard
Barbados
42.0%
in 2024
Paraguay
42.5%
in 2024
Barbados rank
20th
Paraguay rank
17th
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard over time
- Barbados
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 42.5% against 42.0% in Barbados, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Paraguay ahead.
Barbados ranks 20th and Paraguay ranks 17th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Paraguay in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.4% | 14.1% | 1.6% | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 18.7% | 19.9% | 1.2% | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 26.7% | 26.8% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 34.9% | 34.4% | 0.5% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 40.6% | 40.8% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
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 Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 42.5% against 42.0% in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard between Barbados and Paraguay?
- 0.5%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Paraguay?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Paraguay rank globally for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
- Barbados ranks 20th and Paraguay ranks 17th 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.