Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male … male modeled in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male … male modeled was 5.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 5.7% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 9.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5.7%, in 2024.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 25th of 45 groups on this measure, 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 … male modeled in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.2% | — |
| 2001 | 8.5% | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 9.2% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 9.3% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 9.4% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9.3% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 9.1% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 8.5% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 8.2% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 7.3% | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 6.0% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 5.9% | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 5.7% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.0% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 6.4% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.7% | 6.2% | 5 |
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More health data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0564 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.038 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0434 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, annual growth rate -0.4526 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0395 units per person (2025)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 5.7% 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7% in 2024.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 25th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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.