Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Albania
Albania: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female was 15.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Albania, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Albania recorded 15.6% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Albania peaked at 23.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 2020.
Albania ranks 5th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.7% | — |
| 2001 | 19.8% | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 20.7% | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 21.6% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 22.3% | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 22.8% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 23.1% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 23.0% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 22.7% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 22.1% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 21.4% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 20.6% | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 19.6% | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 18.6% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 17.6% | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 16.7% | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 15.8% | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 15.1% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 14.6% | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 14.1% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 14.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14.4% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 14.9% | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 15.6% | +4.7% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 15.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.0%, 2.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Albania's 15.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6.2%, 2.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.7% | 18.7% | 23.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.4% | 14.2% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.6% | 14.1% | 15.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 2 Papua New Guinea 17.3% compare
- 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 17.2% compare
- 4 Tunisia 16.4% compare
- 6 Ukraine 15.0% compare
- 7 Paraguay 14.4% compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 14.0% compare
More health data for Albania
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.287 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,085 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 12 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.024 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -3.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Albania?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Albania was 15.6% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 23.1% in 2006.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 2020.
- How does Albania rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Albania ranks 5th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.