Benin vs Comoros: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Benin
3.7%
in 2024
Comoros
3.9%
in 2024
Benin rank
124th
Comoros rank
121st

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

  • Benin
  • Comoros
051015200020122024

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 3.9% against 3.7% in Benin, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Comoros's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Comoros has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 124th and Comoros ranks 121st of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children who are overweight or obese
Unit
%
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 4,075 data points, 2000–2024
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Share of children under five years old that are defined as overweight or obese. A child is classified as overweight if their weight-for-height is more than two standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.