Cameroon vs Paraguay: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male
Cameroon
14.4%
in 2024
Paraguay
16.3%
in 2024
Cameroon rank
10th
Paraguay rank
7th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time
- Cameroon
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 16.3% against 14.4% in Cameroon, a difference of 1.9%.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 10th and Paraguay ranks 7th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 8.3% | 0.9% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 12.3% | 3.7% | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 15.6% | 4.0% | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Cameroon or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 16.3% against 14.4% in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Cameroon and Paraguay?
- 1.9%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Paraguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Paraguay rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Cameroon ranks 10th and Paraguay ranks 7th 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, male (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, male, is the percentage of boys 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.