Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age (JME modeled estimate) - SDG 2.2.2 by country
Countries reporting
27
Highest
18.34
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
3.73
Suriname
Median
7.87
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
900
What the numbers show
Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age (JME modeled estimate) - SDG 2.2.2 is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 18.34 in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 3.73 in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.87, and the mean is 8.8.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 42.3%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 34.9%).
Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.34 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 2 | Paraguay | 15.4 | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.98 | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 14.28 | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 13.5 | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 6 | Barbados | 13.02 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 10.88 | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 8 | Panama | 10.86 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 9 | Cuba | 10.55 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.89 | 2024 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 11 | Peru | 9.03 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 8.74 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 13 | El Salvador | 8.46 | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 7.87 | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 7.51 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 16 | Mexico | 7.44 | 2024 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 17 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 7.32 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 6.76 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 6.76 | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 20 | Belize | 5.65 | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 21 | Jamaica | 5.06 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 22 | Guyana | 4.98 | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 23 | Ecuador | 4.69 | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 4.2 | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 25 | Haiti | 3.91 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 26 | Guatemala | 3.74 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 27 | Suriname | 3.73 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.