Barbados vs Uruguay: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight
Barbados
13.0%
in 2024
Uruguay
13.5%
in 2024
Barbados rank
15th
Uruguay rank
12th
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight over time
- Barbados
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 13.5% against 13.0% in Barbados, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uruguay ahead.
Barbados ranks 15th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 148 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.4% | 9.4% | 1.0% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 9.7% | 2.7% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 12.2% | 0.9% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of children moderately or severely overweight, Barbados or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 13.5% against 13.0% in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in proportion of children moderately or severely overweight between Barbados and Uruguay?
- 0.5%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uruguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Uruguay rank globally for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Barbados ranks 15th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 148 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.