Portugal vs Palestine: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Portugal
8.7%
in 2024
Palestine
8.2%
in 2024
Portugal rank
45th
Palestine rank
47th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Portugal
- Palestine
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 8.7% against 8.2% in Palestine, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Palestine's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 45th and Palestine ranks 47th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 2 and Palestine in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.8% | 7.0% | 0.1% | Palestine |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 7.3% | 0.7% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 7.6% | 1.0% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Portugal or Palestine?
- Portugal, at 8.7% against 8.2% in Palestine as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Portugal and Palestine?
- 0.5%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Palestine?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Palestine rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Portugal ranks 45th and Palestine ranks 47th 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.