Which has higher prevalence of overweight, female, Chile or Micronesia (country)?

Chile, at 79.0% against 78.4% in Micronesia (country) as of 2022.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Micronesia (country)?

33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.

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.

Chile vs Micronesia (country): Prevalence of overweight, female

Chile

79.0%

in 2022

Micronesia (country)

78.4%

in 2022

Chile rank

11th

Micronesia (country) rank

12th

Prevalence of overweight, female over time

Chile
Micronesia (country)

How they compare

Chile currently reports 79.0% against 78.4% in Micronesia (country), a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Micronesia (country) ahead.

Chile ranks 11th and Micronesia (country) ranks 12th of 196 countries.

Micronesia (country) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Micronesia (country)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	51.7%	74.3%	22.6%	Micronesia (country)
2000s	62.0%	76.4%	14.4%	Micronesia (country)
2010s	71.8%	77.6%	5.7%	Micronesia (country)
2020s	78.1%	78.3%	0.2%	Micronesia (country)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, female, Chile or Micronesia (country)?: Chile, at 79.0% against 78.4% in Micronesia (country) as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, female between Chile and Micronesia (country)?: 0.6%, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Micronesia (country)?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Chile and Micronesia (country) rank globally for prevalence of overweight, female?: Chile ranks 11th and Micronesia (country) ranks 12th 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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Indicator: Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults)
Unit: % of female adults
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 7,896 data points, 1975–2022
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.