Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female … female modeled in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female … female modeled was 8.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Post-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 Post-demographic dividend stood at 8.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 8.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2000.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 6th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.8% | — |
| 2001 | 6.8% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 6.9% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 7.0% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 7.1% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 7.2% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 7.3% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 7.3% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 7.3% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 7.3% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 7.3% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 7.2% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 7.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 7.8% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 8.0% | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.1% | 6.8% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Post-demographic dividend
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0281 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, female, annual growth rate 1.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, female, per capita 0.0275 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 0.9193 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0291 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate -0.0085 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Post-demographic dividend?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Post-demographic dividend was 8.0% 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 Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2000.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 6th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-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.
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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.