Argentina vs Uruguay: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight over time
- Argentina
- Uruguay
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 14.3 % against 13.5 % in Uruguay, a difference of 0.8 %.
That makes Argentina's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Argentina has been ahead every year.
Argentina ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 11th of 148 countries.
Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.51 % | 9.36 % | 1.15 % | Argentina |
| 2010s | 11.26 % | 9.71 % | 1.55 % | Argentina |
| 2020s | 13.28 % | 12.18 % | 1.1 % | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight, Argentina or Uruguay?
- Argentina, at 14.3 % against 13.5 % in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight between Argentina and Uruguay?
- 0.8 %, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Uruguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Uruguay rank globally for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Argentina ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 11th of 148 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modelled estimates) (percent) — Value. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.