Trinidad and Tobago vs Upper middle income: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 15.0% against 8.6% in Upper middle income, a difference of 6.4%.
That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.7 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 7th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Trinidad and Tobago averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Trinidad and Tobago | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.2% | 7.3% | 0.1% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 12.1% | 8.0% | 4.0% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 8.4% | 6.5% | Trinidad and Tobago |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Trinidad and Tobago or Upper middle income?
- Trinidad and Tobago, at 15.0% against 8.6% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Trinidad and Tobago and Upper middle income?
- 6.4%, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Trinidad and Tobago and Upper middle income?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Trinidad and Tobago and Upper middle income rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 8th and Upper middle income 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 (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.