Cameroon vs Uruguay: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Cameroon
13.6%
in 2024
Uruguay
13.5%
in 2024
Cameroon rank
10th
Uruguay rank
11th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Cameroon
- Uruguay
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 13.6% against 13.5% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uruguay ahead.
Cameroon ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 11th of 163 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.6% | 9.4% | 0.8% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 9.7% | 1.6% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 10.9% | 12.2% | 1.3% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Cameroon or Uruguay?
- Cameroon, at 13.6% against 13.5% in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Cameroon and Uruguay?
- 0.1%, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Uruguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Uruguay rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Cameroon ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 11th 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.