Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 7.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 7.8%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 7.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2000.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th of 45 groups 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 in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% | — |
| 2001 | 5.2% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 5.5% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 5.6% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 7.7% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.5% | 5.2% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 6.2% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 7.5% | 7.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More health data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0353 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0424 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0396 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0341 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 7.8% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2000.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.