Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Togo
Togo: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 3.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Togo, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Togo stood at 3.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% on the previous year and up 157.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Togo peaked at 3.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2010.
That places Togo 129th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.8% | — |
| 2001 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 3.0% | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | +20.0% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 3.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 77% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Togo's 3.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.2%, 85% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.0% | 3.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 129 Guinea-Bissau 3.6% compare
- 131 Cote d'Ivoire 3.5% compare
- 132 Belarus 3.4% compare
More health data for Togo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7948 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 875 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5,021 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 2.86 % 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 0.0681 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Togo?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Togo was 3.6% 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2010.
- How does Togo rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Togo ranks 129th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 157.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.