Barbados vs Uruguay: Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from)
Barbados
13.02
in 2024
Uruguay
13.5
in 2024
Barbados rank
6th
Uruguay rank
5th
Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from) over time
- Barbados
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 13.5 against 13.02 in Barbados, a difference of 0.48.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uruguay ahead.
Barbados ranks 6th and Uruguay ranks 5th of 27 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.36 | 9.35 | 1.01 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 12.37 | 9.71 | 2.66 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 13.07 | 12.19 | 0.8728 | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from), Barbados or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 13.5 against 13.02 in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from) between Barbados and Uruguay?
- 0.48, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uruguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Uruguay rank globally for overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from)?
- Barbados ranks 6th and Uruguay ranks 5th 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.