Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male was 6.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 6.8%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 17.2% on the previous year and up 106.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 6.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 2013.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 72nd of 163 countries on this measure, 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 Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.8% | — |
| 2001 | 3.9% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.0% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 3.8% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 3.6% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 3.5% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 4.5% | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | +13.3% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | +13.7% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | +17.2% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 6.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.0%, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 6.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.5%, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 4.1% | 6.8% | 5 |
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More health data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -6.25 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.35 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 793.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 15 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2021)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0651 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male in Sao Tome and Principe was 6.8% 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 2013.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 72nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.