Greece vs Kuwait: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard

Greece
37.0%
in 2024
Kuwait
37.4%
in 2024
Greece rank
40th
Kuwait rank
37th

Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard over time

  • Greece
  • Kuwait
010203040198020022024

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 37.4% against 37.0% in Greece, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 40th and Kuwait ranks 37th of 198 countries.

Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Kuwait Difference Ahead
1980s 22.1% 18.7% 3.4% Greece
1990s 29.2% 24.5% 4.8% Greece
2000s 37.4% 31.3% 6.1% Greece
2010s 39.8% 35.3% 4.5% Greece
2020s 37.7% 37.1% 0.6% Greece

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, Greece or Kuwait?
Kuwait, at 37.4% against 37.0% in Greece as of 2024.
What is the difference in overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard between Greece and Kuwait?
0.4%, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Kuwait?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Greece and Kuwait rank globally for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
Greece ranks 40th and Kuwait ranks 37th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Greece vs Kuwait: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/overweight-among-children-and-adolescents-bmi-for-age-1-standard-deviations-above-the/greece/kuwait/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/overweight-among-children-and-adolescents-bmi-for-age-1-standard-deviations-above-the/greece/kuwait/">Greece vs Kuwait: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
211 places, 9,495 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed