Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Palestine
Palestine: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 8.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Palestine, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Palestine stood at 8.8%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Palestine peaked at 8.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2000.
That places Palestine 47th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Palestine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.1% | — |
| 2001 | 6.5% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 6.9% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 7.9% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 8.1% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 8.2% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 8.2% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8.1% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 8.0% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7.6% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 8.1% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | +4.8% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 8.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 1.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 8.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8.7%, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.5% | 6.1% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.8% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.2% | 7.7% | 8.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More health data for Palestine
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.4 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 774.2 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 284 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.1708 % 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 0.0623 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.0116 % 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 Palestine?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Palestine was 8.8% 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2000.
- How does Palestine rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Palestine ranks 47th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.