Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Paraguay
Paraguay: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 15.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Paraguay, 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 Paraguay is 15.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Paraguay peaked at 15.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2000.
That places Paraguay 7th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.6% | — |
| 2001 | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 7.8% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 8.1% | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 8.4% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 8.8% | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 11.8% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 15.1% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | +2.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 15.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5%, 2.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 15.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.9%, 1.9× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.8% | 6.6% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 9.6% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.8% | 14.0% | 15.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More health data for Paraguay
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.02 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2374 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,098 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 339 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.5252 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0469 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5185 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Paraguay?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Paraguay was 15.4% 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2000.
- How does Paraguay rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Paraguay ranks 7th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.