Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, %) in Belarus
Belarus: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, %) was 3.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Belarus, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Belarus recorded 3.4% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Belarus peaked at 9.9% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2020.
That places Belarus 132nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, %) in Belarus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.7% | — |
| 2001 | 9.8% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 9.9% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 9.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9.6% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 9.3% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 8.9% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 8.4% | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 7.8% | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 7.2% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 6.6% | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 6.0% | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 5.0% | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 4.6% | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 3.4% | +6.2% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 3.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5%, 45% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 3.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6.6%, 52% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 7.2% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 3.2% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 129 Guinea-Bissau 3.6% compare
- 129 Togo 3.6% compare
- 131 Cote d'Ivoire 3.5% compare
- 133 Ethiopia 3.3% compare
- 133 Germany 3.3% compare
- 133 North Korea 3.3% compare
- 133 Philippines 3.3% compare
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2090)
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- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -5.57 % 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 0.019 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -5.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0201 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Belarus?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Belarus was 3.4% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 9.9% in 2002.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2020.
- How does Belarus rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Belarus ranks 132nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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 (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children 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.