Gambia vs Timor-Leste: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard
Gambia
2.8%
in 2024
Timor-Leste
3.2%
in 2024
Gambia rank
198th
Timor-Leste rank
197th
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard over time
- Gambia
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 3.2% against 2.8% in Gambia, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 198th and Timor-Leste ranks 197th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 1 and Timor-Leste in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.3% | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 2.3% | 0.5% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 3.0% | 0.4% | Timor-Leste |
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, Gambia or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 3.2% against 2.8% in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard between Gambia and Timor-Leste?
- 0.4%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Timor-Leste?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Timor-Leste rank globally for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
- Gambia ranks 198th and Timor-Leste ranks 197th 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.