Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators



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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) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators (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
12Macedonia (2005)16.2
13Montenegro (2006)15.6
14Middle East & North Africa (2008)15.3
15Iraq (2006)15
16Kazakhstan (2006)14.8
17Algeria (2002)14.7
18Mongolia (2005)14.2
19Azerbaijan (2006)13.9
20Belize (2006)13.7
21Bulgaria (2004)13.6
22Morocco (2004)13.3
23Uzbekistan (2006)12.8
24Armenia (2005)11.7
25Benin (2006)11.4
26Swaziland (2007)11.4
27West Bank and Gaza (2007)11.4
28Malawi (2006)11.3
29Indonesia (2007)11.2
30Central African Republic (2000)10.8
31Kyrgyzstan (2006)10.7
32Botswana (2000)10.4
33Belarus (2005)9.7
34Cameroon (2006)9.6
35Chile (2008)9.5
36Uruguay (2004)9.4
37Bolivia (2004)9.2
38China (2002)9.2
39Sao Tome and Principe (2000)9.2
40Peru (2005)9.1
41Zimbabwe (2006)9.1
42Turkey (2004)9.1
43Moldova (2005)9.1
44Ivory Coast (2006)9
45Tunisia (2006)8.8
46Upper middle income (2008)8.77
47Republic of the Congo (2005)8.5
48Djibouti (2002)8.4
49Zambia (2007)8.4
50Dominican Republic (2007)8.3
51Romania (2002)8.3
52Equatorial Guinea (2004)8.3
53East Asia & Pacific (2008)8.11
54United States (2004)8
55Thailand (2006)8
56Burkina Faso (2006)7.7
57Mexico (2006)7.6
58Jamaica (2004)7.5
59Brazil (2007)7.3
60Latin America & Caribbean (2008)7.21
61Lesotho (2005)6.8
62Guyana (2007)6.8
63Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)6.8
64Middle income (2008)6.74
65Tajikistan (2005)6.7
66Rwanda (2005)6.7
67Argentina (2007)6.5
68Lower middle income (2008)6.41
69Mozambique (2003)6.3
70Paraguay (1990)6.3
71Low & middle income (2008)6.22
72Madagascar (2004)6.2
73Nigeria (2003)6.2
74Panama (1997)6.2
75Saudi Arabia (2005)6.1
76Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)6
77Sierra Leone (2005)5.9
78Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2008)5.88
79Kenya (2003)5.8
80Honduras (2006)5.8
81El Salvador (2003)5.8
82Timor-Leste (2002)5.7
83Guatemala (2002)5.6
84Gabon (2001)5.6
85Sudan (2006)5.3
86Angola (2001)5.3
87Nicaragua (2005)5.2
88Guinea (2005)5.1
89Ecuador (2004)5.1
90Ethiopia (2005)5.1
91Yemen (2003)5
92Uganda (2006)4.9
93Trinidad and Tobago (2000)4.9
94Tanzania (2005)4.9
95Pakistan (2001)4.8
96Low income (2008)4.72
97Mali (2006)4.7
98Togo (2006)4.7
99Jordan (2002)4.7
100Somalia (2006)4.7
101Least developed countries: UN classification (2008)4.68
102Namibia (2007)4.6
103Afghanistan (2004)4.6
104Chad (2004)4.4
105Czech Republic (2002)4.4
106Liberia (2007)4.2
107Colombia (2005)4.2
108Maldives (2001)3.9
109Bhutan (1999)3.9
110Haiti (2006)3.9
111Germany (2006)3.5
112Niger (2006)3.5
113Papua New Guinea (2005)3.4
114Hungary (1988)3
115Suriname (2000)2.9
116Gambia (2006)2.7
117Ghana (2006)2.6
118Singapore (2000)2.6
119Vietnam (2000)2.5
120Burma (2003)2.4
121Senegal (2005)2.4
122Mauritania (2007)2.3
123South Asia (2008)2.25
124Cambodia (2008)2
125Philippines (2008)2
126Solomon Islands (1989)1.9
127India (2006)1.9
128Sri Lanka (2007)1.6
129Oman (1999)1.6
130Eritrea (2002)1.6
131Burundi (2000)1.4
132Laos (2006)1.3
133Bangladesh (2007)1.1
134South Korea (2002)0.9
135North Korea (2002)0.9
136Nepal (2006)0.6
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