Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cameroon
Cameroon: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 14.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cameroon, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cameroon stood at 14.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cameroon peaked at 14.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2000.
Cameroon ranks 10th of 163 countries 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, male in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.3% | — |
| 2001 | 8.6% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 8.9% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 9.2% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 9.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 9.3% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 8.6% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 8.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 8.7% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 9.0% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 9.5% | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 11.3% | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 12.6% | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | +14.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 14.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.0%, 2.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 14.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.5%, 3.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 8.3% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 8.3% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 9.5% | 14.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7821 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 786.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 12,841 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 17 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2025)
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0746 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cameroon?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cameroon was 14.4% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Cameroon ranks 10th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Prevalence of overweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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.