Nigeria vs Yemen: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight
Nigeria
1.6%
in 2024
Yemen
1.7%
in 2024
Nigeria rank
171st
Yemen rank
170th
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight over time
- Nigeria
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 1.7% against 1.6% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 171st and Yemen ranks 170th of 178 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.2% | 0.7% | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 0.1% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.6% | 0.1% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of children moderately or severely overweight, Nigeria or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 1.7% against 1.6% in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in proportion of children moderately or severely overweight between Nigeria and Yemen?
- 0.1%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Yemen?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Yemen rank globally for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Nigeria ranks 171st and Yemen ranks 170th of 178 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.