Guinea-Bissau vs Laos: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Guinea-Bissau
3.3%
in 2024
Laos
3.4%
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
129th
Laos rank
127th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 3.4% against 3.3% in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 129th and Laos ranks 127th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 1 and Laos in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.2% | 1.8% | 1.4% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 2.3% | 0.3% | Laos |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 3.1% | 0.5% | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Guinea-Bissau or Laos?
- Laos, at 3.4% against 3.3% in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Guinea-Bissau and Laos?
- 0.1%, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Laos?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Laos rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 129th and Laos ranks 127th 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.
Individual pages
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.