Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Cuba
Cuba: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 10.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Cuba, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Cuba recorded 10.6% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Cuba peaked at 10.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2000.
Cuba ranks 31st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.3% | — |
| 2001 | 7.4% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 7.6% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 7.8% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 7.9% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 8.1% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 8.2% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8.4% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 8.6% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 9.2% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 9.3% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 9.6% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 9.7% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 10.2% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 10.4% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 10.5% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 10.6% | +1.0% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 10.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5%, 1.4× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 10.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.9%, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.9% | 7.3% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 8.8% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.4% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More health data for Cuba
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.47 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.2059 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,696 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 67 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.021 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Cuba?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Cuba was 10.6% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2000.
- How does Cuba rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Cuba ranks 31st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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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About this data
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.