How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon 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.

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

Cameroon

12.7%

in 2024

Uruguay

12.6%

in 2024

Cameroon rank

10th

Uruguay rank

11th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time

Cameroon
Uruguay

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 12.7% against 12.6% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Cameroon ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 11th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.0%	8.7%	0.7%	Uruguay
2010s	7.5%	9.1%	1.5%	Uruguay
2020s	10.2%	11.4%	1.2%	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Cameroon or Uruguay?: Cameroon, at 12.7% against 12.6% in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Cameroon and Uruguay?: 0.1%, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Uruguay?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Uruguay rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?: Cameroon ranks 10th 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.