Barbados vs Panama: Prevalence of overweight, female
Barbados
75.6%
in 2022
Panama
75.9%
in 2022
Barbados rank
19th
Panama rank
17th
Prevalence of overweight, female over time
- Barbados
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 75.9% against 75.6% in Barbados, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 19th and Panama ranks 17th of 196 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.6% | 47.2% | 11.4% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 65.0% | 58.3% | 6.7% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 71.3% | 68.7% | 2.6% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 75.1% | 75.0% | 0.0% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, female, Barbados or Panama?
- Panama, at 75.9% against 75.6% in Barbados as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, female between Barbados and Panama?
- 0.3%, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Panama?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Barbados and Panama rank globally for prevalence of overweight, female?
- Barbados ranks 19th and Panama ranks 17th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Prevalence of overweight female adults is the percentage of females ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.