Mauritania vs Niger: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Mauritania
0.8%
in 2021
Niger
0.5%
in 2022
Mauritania rank
83rd
Niger rank
84th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Mauritania
- Niger
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.8% against 0.5% in Niger, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.6 times Niger's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 83rd and Niger ranks 84th of 85 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 0.6% | 1.6% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.1% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Mauritania or Niger?
- Mauritania, at 0.8% against 0.5% in Niger as of 2021.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Mauritania and Niger?
- 0.3%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Niger?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
- How do Mauritania and Niger rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Mauritania ranks 83rd and Niger ranks 84th 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.
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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.