Brazil vs Mauritania: Prevalence of overweight, female
Brazil
64.4%
in 2022
Mauritania
64.0%
in 2022
Brazil rank
61st
Mauritania rank
64th
Prevalence of overweight, female over time
- Brazil
- Mauritania
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 64.4% against 64.0% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 61st and Mauritania ranks 64th of 196 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.6% | 32.2% | 8.4% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 46.1% | 46.0% | 0.1% | Brazil |
| 2010s | 55.7% | 56.6% | 1.0% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 63.2% | 63.0% | 0.2% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, female, Brazil or Mauritania?
- Brazil, at 64.4% against 64.0% in Mauritania as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, female between Brazil and Mauritania?
- 0.4%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Mauritania?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Brazil and Mauritania rank globally for prevalence of overweight, female?
- Brazil ranks 61st and Mauritania ranks 64th 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.