Cuba vs Lower middle income: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Cuba
10.6%
in 2024
Lower middle income
4.0%
in 2024
Cuba rank
31st
Lower middle income rank
32nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Cuba
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 10.6% against 4.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 6.6%.
That makes Cuba's figure about 2.6 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.
Cuba ranks 31st and Lower middle income ranks 32nd of 163 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.9% | 3.9% | 4.0% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 3.5% | 6.0% | Cuba |
| 2020s | 10.4% | 3.7% | 6.7% | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Cuba or Lower middle income?
- Cuba, at 10.6% against 4.0% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Cuba and Lower middle income?
- 6.6%, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Lower middle income?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Lower middle income rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Cuba ranks 31st and Lower middle income ranks 32nd 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.