Argentina vs Barbados: Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from)

Argentina
14.28
in 2024
Barbados
13.02
in 2024
Argentina rank
4th
Barbados rank
6th

Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from) over time

  • Argentina
  • Barbados
051015200020122024

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 14.28 against 13.02 in Barbados, a difference of 1.26.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 4th and Barbados ranks 6th of 27 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 2 and Barbados in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Barbados Difference Ahead
2000s 10.51 10.36 0.1493 Argentina
2010s 11.26 12.37 1.11 Barbados
2020s 13.28 13.07 0.2164 Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from), Argentina or Barbados?
Argentina, at 14.28 against 13.02 in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from) between Argentina and Barbados?
1.26, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Barbados?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Barbados rank globally for overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from)?
Argentina ranks 4th and Barbados ranks 6th of 27 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNICEF, published as Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age (JME modeled estimate) - SDG 2.2.2. 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

Argentina vs Barbados: Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from). Statizoid, drawing on UNICEF. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/overweight-prevalence-weight-for-height-2-standard-deviations-from-the-median-of-the-who-2/argentina/barbados/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/overweight-prevalence-weight-for-height-2-standard-deviations-from-the-median-of-the-who-2/argentina/barbados/">Argentina vs Barbados: Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age (JME modeled estimate) - SDG 2.2.2
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
36 places, 900 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed