Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) in WPR
WPR: Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) was 8.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
8.2%
Change on year
up 2.5%
Rank
5th
of 19 groups
All-time high
8.2%
in 2024
All-time low
5.1%
in 1995
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) in WPR, 1990–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) in WPR is 8.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) in WPR peaked at 8.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 1995.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) in WPR, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.4% | — |
| 1991 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5.3% | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 5.3% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5.2% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 5.1% | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5.2% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5.3% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 5.5% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 5.6% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 5.7% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 7.3% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 7.9% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 8.0% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 8.2% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.5% | 5.1% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 6.2% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WPR
- 2 Papua New Guinea 18.5% compare
- 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 18.3% compare
- 4 Tunisia 17.5% compare
- 5 Albania 16.7% compare
- 6 Ukraine 16.0% compare
- 7 Paraguay 15.4% compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 15.0% compare
More health data for WPR
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases 5,464 (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases 159,013 (2025)
- Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1) 9.69 (2024)
- Under-five mortality rate 12.12 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 35.42 (2023)
- Mortality rate among children ages 5 to 9 years 1.24 (2024)
- Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 35,571 (2024)
- Number of deaths among adolescents 36,886 (2024)
- Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 508.45 (2023)
- Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 176.35 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) in WPR?
- Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) in WPR was 8.2% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) recorded in WPR?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) recorded in WPR?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 1995.
- How does WPR rank for overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%)?
- WPR ranks 5th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) rising or falling in WPR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WPR data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height >+2 SD), model-based estimates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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