Statizoid

Brazil vs Cuba: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Brazil
10.9%
in 2024
Cuba
10.6%
in 2024
Brazil rank
27th
Cuba rank
30th

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

  • Brazil
  • Cuba
02.557.510200020122024

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 10.9% against 10.6% in Cuba, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Cuba ahead.

Brazil ranks 27th and Cuba ranks 30th 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.