How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nauru?

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.

Costa Rica vs Nauru: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female

Costa Rica

7.3%

in 2024

Nauru

7.6%

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

59th

Nauru rank

57th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time

Costa Rica
Nauru

How they compare

Nauru currently reports 7.6% against 7.3% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.3%.

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

Costa Rica ranks 59th and Nauru ranks 57th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Nauru	Difference	Ahead
2000s	7.3%	3.0%	4.2%	Costa Rica
2010s	7.0%	4.5%	2.5%	Costa Rica
2020s	7.2%	6.8%	0.4%	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Costa Rica or Nauru?: Nauru, at 7.6% against 7.3% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Costa Rica and Nauru?: 0.3%, with Nauru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nauru?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Nauru rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?: Costa Rica ranks 59th and Nauru ranks 57th 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.