Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Greece
Greece: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 14.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Greece, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Greece recorded 14.3% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Greece peaked at 14.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 2000.
That places Greece 11th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.5% | — |
| 2001 | 11.9% | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 12.2% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 12.5% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 12.8% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 13.1% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 13.9% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 14.0% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 14.6% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 14.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 14.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14.7% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 14.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 14.6% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 14.4% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 14.3% | -0.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 14.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.1%, 1.6× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Greece's 14.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7.1%, 2.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.9% | 11.5% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.6% | 14.2% | 14.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.5% | 14.3% | 14.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Greece?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Greece was 14.3% 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 14.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 2000.
- How does Greece rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Greece ranks 11th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.