Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female … female modeled in Small states
Small states: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female … female modeled was 6.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Small states, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Small states stood at 6.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Small states peaked at 6.6% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2020.
Small states ranks 21st of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female … female modeled in Small states, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.4% | — |
| 2001 | 6.5% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 6.6% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 6.6% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 6.5% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 6.4% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 6.4% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 6.3% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 6.1% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 5.9% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 5.6% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 5.6% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 6.0% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.5% | 6.3% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 5.6% | 6.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small states
More health data for Small states
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0395 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0392 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate -0.933 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.037 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, annual growth rate -0.3759 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.038 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate 0.4688 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Small states?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Small states was 6.0% 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 Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2004.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2020.
- How does Small states rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Small states ranks 21st out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small states 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.