Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in High income
High income: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 8.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in High income, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
High income recorded 8.4% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in High income peaked at 8.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2000.
High income ranks 8th of 45 groups 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 High income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.1% | — |
| 2001 | 7.2% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 7.3% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 7.4% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 7.5% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 7.6% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 7.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 7.5% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 8.0% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 8.4% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.4% | 7.1% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 7.7% | 8.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near High income
More health data for High income
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 0.1569 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0338 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 -0.0702 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0367 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 0.4572 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0337 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, female, annual growth rate -2 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in High income?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in High income was 8.4% 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 High income?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2000.
- How does High income rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- High income ranks 8th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.