Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 10.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Kyrgyzstan, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 10.5% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.9% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 10.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2017.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 37th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.7% | — |
| 2001 | 9.9% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 10.2% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10.0% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 9.8% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 9.5% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 9.1% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 8.7% | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 8.4% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 8.0% | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 7.4% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 7.2% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 10.5% | +12.9% |
Kyrgyzstan compared with similar countries
- Kyrgyzstan's 10.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.0%, 2.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kyrgyzstan's 10.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7.1%, 1.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.9% | 9.1% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 7.0% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 7.4% | 10.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More health data for Kyrgyzstan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6971 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 938.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 278 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2023)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.95 % 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 0.0501 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Kyrgyzstan?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Kyrgyzstan was 10.5% 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 10.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2017.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 37th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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.