Puerto Rico vs Upper middle income: Prevalence of overweight, female
Puerto Rico
75.6%
in 2022
Upper middle income
44.7%
in 2022
Puerto Rico rank
20th
Upper middle income rank
20th
Prevalence of overweight, female over time
- Puerto Rico
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 75.6% against 44.7% in Upper middle income, a difference of 30.9%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.7 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.
Puerto Rico ranks 20th and Upper middle income ranks 20th of 196 countries.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.3% | 26.9% | 27.3% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 63.5% | 32.4% | 31.1% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 70.8% | 39.1% | 31.7% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 75.0% | 44.0% | 31.0% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, female, Puerto Rico or Upper middle income?
- Puerto Rico, at 75.6% against 44.7% in Upper middle income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, female between Puerto Rico and Upper middle income?
- 30.9%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Upper middle income?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Puerto Rico and Upper middle income rank globally for prevalence of overweight, female?
- Puerto Rico ranks 20th and Upper middle income ranks 20th 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.