Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 4.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Lower middle income, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Lower middle income stood at 4.3%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Lower middle income peaked at 4.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2017.
That places Lower middle income 32nd out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 4.2% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 4.1% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 3.8% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 3.7% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 3.9% | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 4.0% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 4.3% | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0359 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0321 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0347 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.031 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Lower middle income?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Lower middle income was 4.3% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 4.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2017.
- How does Lower middle income rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Lower middle income ranks 32nd out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.