Bhutan vs Cape Verde: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Bhutan
8.0%
in 2024
Cape Verde
8.4%
in 2024
Bhutan rank
58th
Cape Verde rank
55th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Bhutan
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 8.4% against 8.0% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Bhutan ranks 58th and Cape Verde ranks 55th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Cape Verde in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 6.3% | 1.2% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 5.6% | 1.9% | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 8.2% | 7.2% | 1.0% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Bhutan or Cape Verde?
- Cape Verde, at 8.4% against 8.0% in Bhutan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Bhutan and Cape Verde?
- 0.4%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Cape Verde?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and Cape Verde rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Bhutan ranks 58th and Cape Verde ranks 55th 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 (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 children is the percentage of children 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.