Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female was 7.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Costa Rica stood at 7.3%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Costa Rica peaked at 7.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2014.
That places Costa Rica 59th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.3% | — |
| 2001 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7.2% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 7.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7.2% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 7.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7.3% | +1.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 7.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 8.0%, 91% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 7.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.3%, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.3% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 7.0% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 7.1% | 7.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 56 Cape Verde 7.8% compare
- 57 Nauru 7.6% compare
- 58 Bhutan 7.4% compare
- 59 United Kingdom 7.3% compare
- 61 Turkey 7.2% compare
- 62 Dominican Republic 7.0% compare
- 62 Equatorial Guinea 7.0% compare
- 62 Lesotho 7.0% compare
More health data for Costa Rica
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.78 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4617 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,632 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 35 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -3.42 % 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 0.0248 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -3.37 % 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 Costa Rica?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Costa Rica was 7.3% 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 7.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2014.
- How does Costa Rica rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 59th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.