Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 10.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Late-demographic dividend, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Late-demographic dividend recorded 10.8% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 10.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2000.
That places Late-demographic dividend 1st out of 45 groups 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 Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.1% | — |
| 2001 | 7.2% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 7.3% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 7.4% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 7.4% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 7.5% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.6% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 7.7% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 7.8% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 8.0% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 8.5% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 9.4% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 9.8% | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 10.8% | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.4% | 7.1% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 7.6% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 9.1% | 10.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
- 1 Australia 27.8% compare
- 2 Papua New Guinea 19.5% compare
- 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 19.4% compare
- 4 Tunisia 18.5% compare
More health data for Late-demographic dividend
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0404 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0376 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, 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 Late-demographic dividend?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Late-demographic dividend was 10.8% 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 Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2000.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 1st out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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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About this data
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.