Cape Verde vs Costa Rica: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Cape Verde
7.8%
in 2024
Costa Rica
7.3%
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
56th
Costa Rica rank
59th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Cape Verde
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 7.8% against 7.3% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 56th and Costa Rica ranks 59th of 163 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.9% | 7.3% | 1.4% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 7.0% | 1.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 7.2% | 0.5% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Cape Verde or Costa Rica?
- Cape Verde, at 7.8% against 7.3% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Cape Verde and Costa Rica?
- 0.5%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Costa Rica?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Costa Rica rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Cape Verde ranks 56th and Costa Rica ranks 59th 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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About this data
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.