Kuwait vs Samoa: Prevalence of overweight, male
Kuwait
78.4%
in 2022
Samoa
83.1%
in 2022
Kuwait rank
7th
Samoa rank
4th
Prevalence of overweight, male over time
- Kuwait
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 83.1% against 78.4% in Kuwait, a difference of 4.7%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 7th and Samoa ranks 4th of 196 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.7% | 72.9% | 8.2% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 72.6% | 77.7% | 5.1% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 76.8% | 81.1% | 4.3% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 78.3% | 82.8% | 4.6% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, male, Kuwait or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 83.1% against 78.4% in Kuwait as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, male between Kuwait and Samoa?
- 4.7%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Samoa?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Kuwait and Samoa rank globally for prevalence of overweight, male?
- Kuwait ranks 7th and Samoa ranks 4th 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, male (% of male 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 male adults is the percentage of males 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.