Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 9.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 9.3% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 9.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2000.
That places Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 4th 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 Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.2% | — |
| 2001 | 7.2% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 7.3% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 7.4% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 7.4% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 7.6% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 7.6% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 8.0% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 8.4% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 8.9% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 9.3% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.4% | 7.2% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 7.7% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.9% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 5 |
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- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, per capita 0.0311 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per capita 0.0384 units per person (2025)
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- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.033 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, male, annual growth rate -0.308 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 9.3% 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 Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2000.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.