Weight-for-height >+2 SD (overweight), Modeled Estimates by country
Countries reporting
18
Highest
17.48
Tunisia
Lowest
1.67
Yemen
Median
8.69
Years covered
25
2000β2024
Data points
525
What the numbers show
Weight-for-height >+2 SD (overweight), Modeled Estimates is currently reported for 18 countries. The highest value is 17.48 in Tunisia; the lowest is 1.67 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.69, and the mean is 8.1.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 419.7%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 75.8%).
Weight-for-height >+2 SD (overweight), Modeled Estimates: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 17.48 | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 2 | Algeria | 13.32 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 3 | Egypt | 11.22 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 4 | Morocco | 11.18 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11.02 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 6 | Jordan | 10.6 | 2024 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 7 | Kuwait | 10.08 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 8 | Palestine, State of | 8.82 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 9 | Oman | 8.76 | 2024 | up 164.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Qatar | 8.63 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 8.45 | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 12 | Djibouti | 5.46 | 2024 | up 419.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Libya | 4.73 | 2024 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 14 | Iraq | 4.61 | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 15 | Lebanon | 4.54 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 16 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.74 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 2.58 | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 18 | Yemen | 1.67 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MENA Reporting Region 7.51
- MENA Programme Region 6.83
- World 5.47