Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in IDA total
IDA total: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 3.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in IDA total, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
IDA total recorded 3.5% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in IDA total peaked at 5.2% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2019.
That places IDA total 43rd out of 45 groups 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 IDA total, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.1% | — |
| 2001 | 5.2% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 5.1% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 5.1% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 5.1% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 4.8% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 4.3% | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 4.0% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.2904 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2939 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female 994.85 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in IDA total?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in IDA total was 3.5% 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2001.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2019.
- How does IDA total rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- IDA total ranks 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total 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.