Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5) - Gender Statistics



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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 new child growth standards released in 2006.
Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Ukraine (2000)26.5
2Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)25.6
3Albania (2005)25.2
4Libya (2007)22.4
5Comoros (2000)21.5
6Georgia (2005)21
7Egypt (2008)20.5
8Serbia (2006)19.3
9Syria (2006)18.7
10Guinea-Bissau (2006)17
11Lebanon (2004)16.7
12Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)16.6
13Macedonia (2005)16.2
14Montenegro (2006)15.6
15Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2009)15.54
16Iraq (2006)15
17Kazakhstan (2006)14.8
18Mongolia (2005)14.2
19Azerbaijan (2006)13.9
20Belize (2006)13.7
21Bulgaria (2004)13.6
22Djibouti (2006)13.4
23Arab World (2009)13.31
24Morocco (2004)13.3
25Algeria (2005)12.9
26Uzbekistan (2006)12.8
27Armenia (2005)11.7
28Benin (2006)11.4
29Swaziland (2007)11.4
30West Bank and Gaza (2007)11.4
31Malawi (2006)11.3
32Indonesia (2007)11.2
33Central African Republic (2000)10.8
34Kyrgyzstan (2006)10.7
35Nigeria (2008)10.5
36Qatar (1995)10.4
37Botswana (2000)10.4
38Sierra Leone (2008)10.1
39Argentina (2005)9.9
40Belarus (2005)9.7
41Costa Rica (1996)9.6
42Cameroon (2006)9.6
43Chile (2008)9.5
44Uruguay (2004)9.4
45Sao Tome and Principe (2000)9.2
46Moldova (2005)9.1
47Turkey (2004)9.1
48Zimbabwe (2006)9.1
49Peru (2005)9.1
50Kuwait (2009)9
51Ivory Coast (2006)9
52Tunisia (2006)8.8
53Bolivia (2008)8.7
54Republic of the Congo (2005)8.5
55Zambia (2007)8.4
56Equatorial Guinea (2004)8.3
57Romania (2002)8.3
58Dominican Republic (2007)8.3
59Australia (1996)8.2
60Croatia (2009)8.1
61United States (2004)8
62Thailand (2006)8
63North America (2009)8
64Burkina Faso (2006)7.7
65Mexico (2006)7.6
66Jamaica (2004)7.5
67Bahrain (1989)7.5
68Brazil (2007)7.3
69Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)7.21
70Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)7.21
71Italy (1977)7.1
72Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2009)7.02
73Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)7.02
74Iran (1998)6.9
75Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)6.8
76Lesotho (2005)6.8
77Guyana (2007)6.8
78Tajikistan (2005)6.7
79Rwanda (2005)6.7
80East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2009)6.62
81East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)6.62
82Jordan (2009)6.6
83Mauritius (1995)6.5
84Middle income (2009)6.35
85Paraguay (1990)6.3
86Tuvalu (2007)6.3
87Mozambique (2003)6.3
88Panama (1997)6.2
89Madagascar (2004)6.2
90Western Samoa (1999)6.2
91Venezuela (2007)6.1
92Saudi Arabia (2005)6.1
93Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009)6.06
94Low & middle income (2009)6.02
95Lower middle income (2009)5.92
96Ghana (2008)5.9
97China (2005)5.9
98Honduras (2006)5.8
99El Salvador (2003)5.8
100Seychelles (1988)5.8
101Timor-Leste (2002)5.7
102Barbados (1981)5.7
103Guatemala (2002)5.6
104Gabon (2001)5.6
105Malaysia (1999)5.5
106Angola (2001)5.3
107Sudan (2006)5.3
108Nicaragua (2005)5.2
109Bhutan (2008)5.2
110Guinea (2005)5.1
111Ecuador (2004)5.1
112Ethiopia (2005)5.1
113Yemen (2003)5
114Kenya (2009)5
115Low income (2009)4.93
116Tanzania (2005)4.9
117Trinidad and Tobago (2000)4.9
118Uganda (2006)4.9
119Pakistan (2001)4.8
120Least developed countries: UN classification (2009)4.77
121Togo (2006)4.7
122Somalia (2006)4.7
123Mali (2006)4.7
124Vanuatu (2007)4.7
125Namibia (2007)4.6
126Afghanistan (2004)4.6
127Czech Republic (2002)4.4
128South Africa (1999)4.4
129Chad (2004)4.4
130St. Lucia (1976)4.3
131Colombia (2005)4.2
132Liberia (2007)4.2
133Suriname (2006)4
134Haiti (2006)3.9
135Maldives (2001)3.9
136Germany (2006)3.5
137Niger (2006)3.5
138Papua New Guinea (2005)3.4
139Hungary (1988)3
140Vietnam (2008)3
141Japan (1981)2.9
142Gambia (2006)2.7
143Singapore (2000)2.6
144Solomon Islands (2007)2.5
145Burma (2003)2.4
146Philippines (2003)2.4
147Senegal (2005)2.4
148Mauritania (2007)2.3
149Fiji (1993)2.2
150Cambodia (2008)2
151India (2006)1.9
152South Asia (2009)1.87
153Eritrea (2002)1.6
154Oman (1999)1.6
155Burundi (2000)1.4
156Laos (2006)1.3
157Bangladesh (2007)1.1
158South Korea (2002)0.9
159North Korea (2002)0.9
160Sri Lanka (2009)0.8
161Nepal (2006)0.6
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