Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Eritrea
Eritrea: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 2.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Eritrea, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Eritrea is 2.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Eritrea peaked at 2.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2000.
That places Eritrea 139th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 1.7% | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 1.8% | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 2.9% | +7.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 2.9% is below the median for low income countries, which is 3.6%, 81% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 2.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.5%, 64% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More health data for Eritrea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 821.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 425 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0652 units per person (2025)
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- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Eritrea?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Eritrea was 2.9% 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2000.
- How does Eritrea rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Eritrea ranks 139th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.