How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and United States?

5 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children', published as Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs United States: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female

Cameroon

9.7%

in 2018

United States

9.4%

in 2022

Cameroon rank

10th

United States rank

13th

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time

Cameroon
United States

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 9.7% against 9.4% in United States, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1991 it was United States ahead.

Cameroon ranks 10th and United States ranks 13th of 85 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and United States in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	United States	Difference	Ahead
1990s	3.4%	5.9%	2.5%	United States
2000s	9.0%	9.4%	0.4%	United States
2010s	7.9%	7.2%	0.8%	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Cameroon or United States?: Cameroon, at 9.7% against 9.4% in United States as of 2018.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Cameroon and United States?: 0.3%, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and United States?: 5 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2018.
How do Cameroon and United States rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?: Cameroon ranks 10th and United States ranks 13th of 85 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children', published as Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cameroon vs United States: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children'. Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-weight-for-height-female-percent-of-children-under-5/cameroon/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-weight-for-height-female-percent-of-children-under-5/cameroon/united-states/">Cameroon vs United States: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
Unit: % of children under 5
Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children'
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 85 places, 718 data points, 1986–2024
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.