Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 3.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cote d'Ivoire, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cote d'Ivoire stood at 3.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.2% on the previous year and up 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 4.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2015.
That places Cote d'Ivoire 130th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cote d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.1% | — |
| 2001 | 4.0% | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 3.3% | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 3.2% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 2.8% | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 3.8% | +15.2% |
Cote d'Ivoire compared with similar countries
- Cote d'Ivoire's 3.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.0%, 76% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cote d'Ivoire's 3.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.5%, 84% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.5% | 2.9% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cote d'Ivoire
More health data for Cote d'Ivoire
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7342 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 864.4 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 32,592 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 12 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0711 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Cote d'Ivoire was 3.8% 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 Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2015.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 130th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire 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.