Which has higher prevalence of overweight, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 39.5% against 39.5% in Cameroon as of 2022.

What is the difference in prevalence of overweight between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?

0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?

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 (% of adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Prevalence of overweight

Cameroon

39.5%

in 2022

Equatorial Guinea

39.5%

in 2022

Cameroon rank

143rd

Equatorial Guinea rank

142nd

Prevalence of overweight over time

Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 39.5% against 39.5% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Cameroon ranks 143rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 142nd of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Equatorial Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1990s	19.3%	22.0%	2.6%	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	29.4%	29.7%	0.3%	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	36.1%	35.5%	0.6%	Cameroon
2020s	39.0%	38.9%	0.1%	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 39.5% against 39.5% in Cameroon as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for prevalence of overweight?: Cameroon ranks 143rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 142nd 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 (% of adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Prevalence of overweight (% of adults)
Unit: % of 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: 03 September 2026

Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults 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.