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

Comoros

3.9%

in 2024

Zimbabwe

4.0%

in 2024

Comoros rank

121st

Zimbabwe rank

120th

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

Comoros
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 4.0% against 3.9% in Comoros, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Comoros ranks 121st and Zimbabwe ranks 120th 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.