Australia vs Eastern Asia: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight over time
- Australia
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 26.4 % against 10.1 % in Eastern Asia, a difference of 16.3 %.
That makes Australia's figure about 2.6 times Eastern Asia's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 4th of 148 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.99 % | 6.12 % | 2.87 % | Australia |
| 2010s | 16.01 % | 7 % | 9.01 % | Australia |
| 2020s | 24.14 % | 9.16 % | 14.98 % | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight, Australia or Eastern Asia?
- Australia, at 26.4 % against 10.1 % in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight between Australia and Eastern Asia?
- 16.3 %, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Eastern Asia?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Eastern Asia rank globally for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Australia ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 4th of 148 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modelled estimates) (percent) — Value. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.