Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female … female modeled in North America
North America: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female … female modeled was 9.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in North America, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
North America recorded 9.2% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in North America peaked at 9.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2000.
North America ranks 2nd 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 … female modeled in North America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.3% | — |
| 2001 | 7.3% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 7.4% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 7.5% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 7.6% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 7.6% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 7.7% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 7.7% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 7.8% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 8.0% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 8.4% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 8.5% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 9.2% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.5% | 7.3% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 7.8% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.5% | 9.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near North America
- 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
- 5 Albania 15.6% compare
More health data for North America
- Population ages 25-29, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, female, annual growth rate -1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.034 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.1007 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 0.2392 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.0317 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0339 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0258 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, 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 North America?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in North America was 9.2% 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 North America?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2000.
- How does North America rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- North America ranks 2nd out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North America 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.