Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in IDA blend
IDA blend: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 3.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in IDA blend, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of overweight, weight for height in IDA blend is 3.2%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in IDA blend peaked at 6.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2021.
That places IDA blend 44th out of 45 groups 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 in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2% | — |
| 2001 | 6.2% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 5.9% | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 5.6% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 4.9% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 3.6% | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 3.1% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 3.2% | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.6% | 4.7% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.0% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More health data for IDA blend
- Population ages 65 and above 3.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2892 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3789 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.4955 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1926 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in IDA blend?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in IDA blend was 3.2% 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 IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2021.
- How does IDA blend rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- IDA blend ranks 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.