Table 1. Age-standardised obesity prevalence among women by country and year.
| Sample size, N* | Wealth index | Education index | Area of residence | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 (95% Cl) | Q2 (95% Cl) | Q3 (95% Cl) | Q4 (95% Cl) | Q5 (95% Cl) | Gap,† percentage points | E1 (95% Cl) | E2 (95% Cl) | E3 (95% Cl) | E4 (95% Cl) | E5 (95% Cl) | Gap,† percentage points | Rural (95% Cl) | Urban (95% Cl) | Gap,† percentage points | ||
| Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 21 037 | 18·2% | 16·8% | 16·0% | 12·2% | 10·6% | 7·6 | 21·6% | 16·9% | 15·6% | 11·8% | 9·6% | 11·9 | .. | 13·8% | .. |
| (15·7–20·7) | (14·7–18·9) | (13·9–18·1) | (10·2–14·1) | (8·9–12·3) | (18·2–24·9) | (14·7–19·0) | (13·3–17·9) | (10·0–13·7) | (8·2–11·1) | (12·8–14·8) | ||||||
| 2009 | 18 095 | 22·2% | 19·4% | 15·8% | 16·2% | 13·4% | 8·8 | 29·1% | 23·0% | 19·0% | 14·7% | 10·2% | 18·9 | .. | 16·8% | .. |
| (20·2–24·2) | (14·9–23·9) | (13·6–18·1) | (13·4–19·0) | (10·9–15·9) | (24·1–34·0) | (18·3–27·7) | (16·1–21·9) | (13·0–16·4) | (7·5–12·8) | (14·2–19·4) | ||||||
| 2013 | 16 664 | 23·2% | 21·3% | 20·3% | 15·3% | 13·1% | 10·2 | 28·5% | 25·9% | 22·4% | 16·8% | 13·0% | 15·5 | .. | 18·5% | .. |
| (21·0–25·5) | (18·1–24·5) | (17·8–22·8) | (14·1–16·5) | (10·4–15·7) | (24·3–32·6) | (23·8–28·0) | (19·4–25·3) | (14·7–18·9) | (11·6–14·3) | (16·5–20·4) | ||||||
| Bolivia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | 4125 | 5·5% | 10·l% | 15·9% | 19·3% | 14·4% | 13·9 | 9·4% | 17·3% | 15·7% | 13·9% | 12·5% | 7·9 | 6·6% | 16·1% | 9·4 |
| (3·6–7·3) | (7·5–12·6) | (12·9–19·0) | (15·2–23·5) | (10·9–18·0) | (7·2–11·6) | (14·0–20·7) | (12·1–19·3) | (10·6–17·1) | (9·3–15·7) | (5·1–8·2) | (13·6–18·5) | |||||
| 2003 | 12 347 | 7·1% | 14·9% | 21·2% | 22·5% | 21·1% | 15·5 | 15·2% | 21·6% | 24·2% | 20·9% | 13·5% | 10·6 | 11·4% | 21·5% | 10·1 |
| (5·6–8·5) | (12·8–17·0) | (19·0–23·4) | (20·5–24·5) | (19·3–22·9) | (13·3–17·0) | (19·6–23·6) | (21·3–27·0) | (18·8–23·0) | (11·7–15·4) | (9·7–13·0) | (20·3–22·7) | |||||
| 2008 | 13 497 | 9·0% | 18·3% | 24·8% | 27·9% | 20·1% | 19·0 | 20·4% | 22·9% | 24·9% | 15·3% | 12·6% | 12·3 | 15·7% | 23·2% | 7·5 |
| (7·5–10·4) | (16·4–20·2) | (22·8–26·8) | (25·9–29·9) | (18·3–21·9) | (18·6–22·1) | (20·8–25·1) | (23·2–26·6) | (10·1–20·6) | (10·9–14·2) | (14·3–17·1) | (22·1–24·3) | |||||
| Brazil, 2013 | 33 482 | 24·4% | 25·4% | 25·5% | 23·9% | 21·8% | 3·7 | 28·2% | 27·0% | 25·7% | 23·4% | 19·2% | 9·0 | 23·8% | 24·0% | 0·2 |
| (22·1–26·6) | (23·8–27·0) | (23·9–27·0) | (22·4–25·5) | (20·0–23·6) | (25·6–30·9) | (25·4–28·7) | (23·8–27·6) | (21·9–24·8) | (17·2–21·1) | (22·1–25·6) | (23·1–24·8) | |||||
| Colombia, 2010 | 47 272 | 18·3% | 22·4% | 22·2% | 20·9% | 17·3% | 5·1 | 20·8% | 20·7% | 21·8% | 19·2% | 5·6% | 16·2 | 19·5% | 20·5% | 1·0 |
| (17·3–19·4) | (21·2–23·6) | (21·1–23·4) | (19·6–22·1) | (16·1–18·5) | (19·9–21·8) | (19·7–21·7) | (20·1–23·6) | (18·2–20·1) | (5·4–5·8) | (18·4–20·5) | (19·8–21·1) | |||||
| Dominican Republic, 2013 | 7655 | 21·6% | 24·0% | 24·7% | 23·5% | 20·9% | 3·8 | 25·7% | 23·9% | 22·7% | 26·3% | 20·8% | 5·5 | 21·9% | 23·7% | 1·9 |
| (19·0–24·1) | (21·1–27·0) | (22·1–27·3) | (20·8–26·2) | (18·5–23·4) | (23·5–27·9) | (20·9–26·9) | (20·3–25·1) | (21·1–31·6) | (18·2–23·4) | (19·7–24·1) | (22·3–25·2) | |||||
| Guatemala, 2015 | 14 256 | 13·0% | 17·4% | 26·4% | 29·3% | 30·7% | 17·7 | 19·9% | 24·9% | 27·1% | 29·1% | 26·4% | 9·2 | 20·0% | 29·0% | 9·0 |
| (11·3–14·8) | (15·6–19·2) | (24·4–28·4) | (27·2–31·4) | (28·7–32·7) | (18·1–21·6) | (22·8–27·0) | (24·7–29·5) | (26·9–31·3) | (23·8–28·9) | (18·6–21·3) | (27·5–30·5) | |||||
| Haiti | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2528 | 0·7% | 2·4% | 6·6% | 11·3% | 19·2% | 18·5 | 5·0% | 6·6% | 10·1% | 18·4% | 16·6% | 13·3 | 6·0% | 14·7% | 8·7 |
| (-0·2–1·5) | (0·6–4·1) | (3·7–9·6) | (7·9–14·7) | (15·1–23·4) | (2·8–7·2) | (4·2–9·1) | (6·4–13·7) | (13·9–22·8) | (13·3–19·9) | (3·9–8·0) | (11·6–17·7) | |||||
| 2012 | 7462 | 1·5% | 4·9% | 6·7% | 12·l% | 19·3% | 17·8 | 4·9% | 9·2% | 12·8% | 16·5% | 15·4% | 11·7 | 7·0% | 14·2% | 7·2 |
| (0·8–2·2) | (3·4–6·3) | (5·1–8·4) | (10·0–14·2) | (16·7–21·9) | (3·7–6·1) | (7·4–11·0) | (9·7–15·9) | (13·4–19·7) | (12·5–18·4) | (5·7–8·3) | (12·4–16·0) | |||||
| 2016 | 7667 | 3·8% | 5·6% | 12·6% | 17·5% | 24·2% | 20·4 | 8·0% | 11·7% | 15·5% | 18·6% | 19·3% | 11·3 | 10·6% | 18·5% | 7·9 |
| (2·6–5·0) | (4·4–6·8) | (10·6–14·7) | (15·4–19·6) | (21·6–26·9) | (5·9–10·1) | (9·8–13·6) | (13·0–18·1) | (15·5–21·7) | (16·3–22·2) | (9·1–12·0) | (16·7–20·3) | |||||
| Honduras, 2012 | 10 061 | 13·5% | 20·4% | 30·5% | 35·1% | 31·0% | 21·6 | 22·1% | 29·7% | 37·0% | 29·0% | 27·4% | 14·9 | 24·0% | 31·4% | 7·4 |
| (11·7–15·4) | (18·4–22·5) | (28·0–32·9) | (32·0–38·3) | (28·3–33·6) | (19·9–24·2) | (27·9–31·6) | (29·7–44·2) | (26·3–31·6) | (23·8–31·0) | (21·9–26·0) | (29·6–33·2) | |||||
| Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 21 334 | 32·2% | 34·1% | 36·2% | 31·4% | 31·1% | 5·1 | 30·9% | 36·3% | 35·9% | 29·7% | 25·3% | 11·0 | 29·8% | 34·2% | 4·4 |
| (30·6–33·8) | (32·2–36·1) | (34·0–38·4) | (28·8–34·0) | (27·6–34·7) | (27·6–34·2) | (34·7–37·9) | (33·6–38·2) | (27·3–32·2) | (22·5–28·1) | (27·8–31·8) | (32·9–35·5) | |||||
| 2012 | 23 707 | 30·7% | 37·5% | 39·0% | 39·0% | 35·3% | 8·3 | 33·4% | 39·7% | 38·6% | 32·3% | 30·8% | 8·9 | 32·7% | 37·2% | 4·4 |
| (28·8–32·6) | (35·6–39·5) | (37·1–40·8) | (36·8–41·2) | (33·2–37·3) | (29·9–36·9) | (38·0–41·4) | (36·6–40·5) | (30·1–34·6) | (28·2–33·4) | (31·1–34·2) | (36·0–38·4) | |||||
| 2016 | 5889 | 35·1% | 39·4% | 43·2% | 36·8% | 37·2% | 8·1 | 40·4% | 40·6% | 40·8% | 34·7% | 32·1% | 8·7 | 36·2% | 38·5% | 2·3 |
| (31·1–39·1) | (35·8–42·9) | (39·0–47·4) | (33·6–40·1) | (33·2–41·2) | (35·4–45·4) | (37·4–43·8) | (37·4–44·3) | (30·8–38·6) | (28·1–36·2) | (33·4–39·0) | (36·0–41·0) | |||||
| Nicaragua, 2001 | 10 186 | 9·0% | 16·6% | 24·3% | 28·2% | 24·7% | 19·2 | 17·0% | 23·5% | 25·1% | 26·2% | 19·6% | 9·1 | 16·2% | 25·0% | 8·8 |
| (7·5–10·5) | (14·6–18·6) | (22·0–26·5) | (26·0–30·4) | (22·0–27·4) | (15·0–19·0) | (21·3–25·6) | (22·8–27·4) | (23·1–29·3) | (l7·2–22·0) | (14·6–17·9) | (23·4–26·5) | |||||
| Paraguay, 2011 | 1509 | 24·0% | 34·2% | 25·1% | 22·8% | 31·7% | 11·4 | 30·8% | 30·3% | 28·3% | 33·8% | 18·2% | 15·6 | 28·3% | 28·3% | 0·1 |
| (19·7–28·4) | (29·9–38·5) | (20·1–30·2) | (18·3–27·3) | (26·1–37·2) | (26·8–34·7) | (26·1–34·6) | (24·2–32·4) | (28·7–38·8) | (14·3–22·1) | (24·9–31·7) | (25·5–31·2) | |||||
| Peru | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 4911 | 2·1% | 10·7% | 19·1% | 17·6% | 15·7% | 17·0 | 11·3% | 18·1% | 18·4% | 13·4% | 12·3% | 7·1 | 8·6% | 17·0% | 8·4 |
| (1·0–3·2) | (7·9–13·5) | (15·7–22·5) | (14·5–20·6) | (13·1–18·4) | (8·0–14·5) | (14·4–21·7) | (15·6–21·1) | (8·9–17·9) | (10·1–14·5) | (5·7–11·5) | (15·1–18·8) | |||||
| 2010 | 18 837 | 8·5% | 15·2% | 21·1% | 21·8% | 17·9% | 13·4 | 16·5% | 20·4% | 20·6% | 15·0% | 14·6% | 6·0 | 10·8% | 19·9% | 9·1 |
| (7·4–9·5) | (13·8–16·7) | (19·5–22·7) | (20·0–23·6) | (16·1–19·8) | (14·6–18·4) | (18·6–22·1) | (18·9–22·2) | (11·8–18·2) | (13·0–16·2) | (9·9–11·8) | (18·9–20·9) | |||||
| 2017 | 17 210 | 16·4% | 28·8% | 31·7 | 32·4% | 27·3% | 16·0 | 25·1% | 29·8% | 31·3% | 26·2% | 24·1% | 7·2 | 18·4% | 30·1% | 11·7 |
| (15·0–17·8) | (27·0–30·7) | (29·5–33·9) | (30·1–34·8) | (24·7–30·0) | (23·2–27·1) | (27·4–32·1) | (29·0–33·6) | (23·8–28·7) | (21·5–26·7) | (17·1–19·8) | (28·8–31·5) | |||||
| Venezuela, 2014–17 | 2337 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20·1% | 38·2% | 29·3% | 23·2% | NA | 18·1 | 25·5% | 27·3% | 1·8 |
| (18·9–21·3) | (32·8–43·6) | (23·5–35·1) | (17·8–28·5) | (19·0–32·1) | (23·2–31·4) | |||||||||||
| Regional mean‡ | .. | 17·6% | 22·8% | 25·9% | 26·1% | 25·0% | 8·5 | 23·6% | 26·8% | 27·1% | 24·7% | 19·8% | 7·3 | 21·7% | 26·0% | 4·3 |
NA=not applicable.
*
Unweighted.
†
Gap defined as the difference between the highest and lowest obesity prevalence within the socioeconomic status measure.
‡
Regional mean is the arithmetic average of country estimates for the most recent surveys.