Argentina vs Trinidad and Tobago: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female

Argentina
13.4%
in 2024
Trinidad and Tobago
14.0%
in 2024
Argentina rank
9th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
8th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time

  • Argentina
  • Trinidad and Tobago
051015200020122024

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 14.0% against 13.4% in Argentina, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 9th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 8th of 163 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Trinidad and Tobago Difference Ahead
2000s 9.8% 6.7% 3.1% Argentina
2010s 10.5% 11.3% 0.8% Trinidad and Tobago
2020s 12.4% 14.0% 1.5% Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Argentina or Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago, at 14.0% against 13.4% in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Argentina and Trinidad and Tobago?
0.6%, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Trinidad and Tobago?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
Argentina ranks 9th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 8th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5)
Source
Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,200 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.