How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uruguay?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

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.

Barbados vs Uruguay: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female

Barbados

12.2%

in 2024

Uruguay

12.6%

in 2024

Barbados rank

14th

Uruguay rank

11th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time

Barbados
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 12.6% against 12.2% in Barbados, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uruguay ahead.

Barbados ranks 14th and Uruguay ranks 11th of 163 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
2000s	9.7%	8.7%	0.9%	Barbados
2010s	11.6%	9.1%	2.5%	Barbados
2020s	12.2%	11.4%	0.9%	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Barbados or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 12.6% against 12.2% in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Barbados and Uruguay?: 0.4%, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uruguay?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Uruguay rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?: Barbados ranks 14th and Uruguay ranks 11th 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: 17 September 2026

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.