Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, %) in Low income
Low income: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, %) was 3.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Low income, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Low income stood at 3.5%.
That represents a change of up 8.9% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Low income peaked at 5.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2019.
That places Low income 38th 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 (modeled estimate, %) in Low income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.9% | — |
| 2001 | 4.9% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 5.0% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 4.6% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 4.4% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 4.1% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 3.9% | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 3.5% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.8% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More health data for Low income
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.0401 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, annual growth rate 3.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0474 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, annual growth rate 2.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0469 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 3.29 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Low income?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Low income was 3.5% 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 Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 5.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2019.
- How does Low income rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Low income ranks 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low 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.