Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female was 8.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 8.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 8.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2000.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.1% | — |
| 2001 | 6.2% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 6.2% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 6.3% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 6.3% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 6.4% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 6.5% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 6.5% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 6.6% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 6.7% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 6.8% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 7.2% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 7.9% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 8.1% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 6.6% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 7.4% | 8.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 2 Papua New Guinea 17.3% compare
- 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 17.2% compare
- 4 Tunisia 16.4% compare
- 5 Albania 15.6% compare
- 6 Ukraine 15.0% compare
- 7 Paraguay 14.4% compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 14.0% compare
More health data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 1.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0359 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0369 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 0.8651 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0376 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, female, annual growth rate 0.3093 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 8.1% 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2000.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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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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.