Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Nauru
Nauru: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 8.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Nauru, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Nauru is 8.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 74.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Nauru peaked at 8.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2000.
That places Nauru 57th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Nauru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.1% | — |
| 2001 | 3.2% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 3.6% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 4.3% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 5.2% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 6.1% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 7.3% | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 8.7% | +6.1% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 8.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.1%, 95% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 8.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.9%, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 4.2% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.8% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
- 54 El Salvador 9.0% compare
- 54 Saudi Arabia 9.0% compare
- 56 Cape Verde 8.9% compare
- 58 Bhutan 8.5% compare
- 59 Costa Rica 8.4% compare
- 60 United Kingdom 8.3% compare
More health data for Nauru
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,118 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8477 % change on previous year (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 0.5754 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.5088 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 94 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Nauru?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Nauru was 8.7% 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 Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 8.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2000.
- How does Nauru rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Nauru ranks 57th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nauru 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.