Cameroon vs High income: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Cameroon
12.7%
in 2024
High income
7.8%
in 2024
Cameroon rank
10th
High income rank
8th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Cameroon
- High income
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 12.7% against 7.8% in High income, a difference of 4.9%.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.6 times High income's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 10th and High income ranks 8th of 163 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | High income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.0% | 6.9% | 1.1% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 7.5% | 7.0% | 0.5% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 7.5% | 2.7% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Cameroon or High income?
- Cameroon, at 12.7% against 7.8% in High income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Cameroon and High income?
- 4.9%, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and High income?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and High income rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Cameroon ranks 10th and High income 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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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.