Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female was 9.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Late-demographic dividend, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Late-demographic dividend stood at 9.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 9.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2000.
Late-demographic dividend ranks 1st of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2% | — |
| 2001 | 6.3% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 6.4% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 6.5% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 6.5% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 6.6% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 6.7% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 6.7% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 6.8% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 6.8% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 7.3% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 8.0% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 8.2% | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 8.6% | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 9.4% | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.5% | 6.2% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 6.7% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 8.0% | 9.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
- 1 Australia 25.0% compare
- 2 Papua New Guinea 17.3% compare
- 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 17.2% compare
- 4 Tunisia 16.4% compare
More health data for Late-demographic dividend
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0404 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0376 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, 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 Late-demographic dividend?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Late-demographic dividend was 9.4% 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 Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2000.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 1st out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
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.