Mauritania vs Yemen: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Mauritania
1.5%
in 2024
Yemen
1.6%
in 2024
Mauritania rank
157th
Yemen rank
155th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Mauritania
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 1.6% against 1.5% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 157th and Yemen ranks 155th of 163 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.4% | 3.9% | 1.5% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.9% | 0.6% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.1% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Mauritania or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 1.6% against 1.5% in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Mauritania and Yemen?
- 0.1%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Yemen?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Mauritania ranks 157th and Yemen ranks 155th 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.