Morocco vs Turkmenistan: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard
Morocco
16.9%
in 2024
Turkmenistan
16.2%
in 2024
Morocco rank
145th
Turkmenistan rank
148th
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard over time
- Morocco
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 16.9% against 16.2% in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Morocco ranks 145th and Turkmenistan ranks 148th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 3 and Turkmenistan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.2% | 14.6% | 3.4% | Turkmenistan |
| 1990s | 12.5% | 13.0% | 0.5% | Turkmenistan |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 12.3% | 2.8% | Morocco |
| 2010s | 16.6% | 13.4% | 3.2% | Morocco |
| 2020s | 16.9% | 15.5% | 1.4% | Morocco |
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, Morocco or Turkmenistan?
- Morocco, at 16.9% against 16.2% in Turkmenistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard between Morocco and Turkmenistan?
- 0.7%, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Turkmenistan?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Morocco and Turkmenistan rank globally for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
- Morocco ranks 145th and Turkmenistan ranks 148th 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.