Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 5.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan recorded 5.6% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 9.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2024.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 27th 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 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.1% | — |
| 2001 | 8.4% | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 8.6% | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 8.9% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 9.0% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 9.0% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 7.3% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 6.0% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 5.6% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.9% | 8.1% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 6.4% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 5 |
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- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0387 units per person (2025)
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- Population ages 40-44, male, 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 5.6% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2024.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 27th 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?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.