Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) was 2.9 million No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Eastern Africa, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 2.9 million No for number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.4% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.9 million No in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2.1 million No, in 2017.
Eastern Africa ranks 17th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5 million No | — |
| 2001 | 2.6 million No | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 2.7 million No | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 2.8 million No | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 2.8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2.9 million No | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 2.8 million No | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 2.8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.7 million No | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 2.6 million No | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 2.5 million No | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 2.4 million No | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 2.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.3 million No | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 2.2 million No | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 2.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.1 million No | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 2.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.2 million No | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 2.3 million No | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 2.5 million No | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 2.7 million No | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 2.9 million No | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.74 million No | 2.5 million No | 2.9 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.29 million No | 2.1 million No | 2.6 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.52 million No | 2.2 million No | 2.9 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 14 Argentina 0.4 million No compare
- 14 Australia 0.4 million No compare
- 14 Morocco 0.4 million No compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 0.4 million No compare
- 18 Afghanistan 0.3 million No compare
- 18 Angola 0.3 million No compare
- 18 Bangladesh 0.3 million No compare
- 18 Iraq 0.3 million No compare
- 18 Kenya 0.3 million No compare
- 18 Mozambique 0.3 million No compare
- 18 Philippines 0.3 million No compare
- 18 Thailand 0.3 million No compare
- 18 Uganda 0.3 million No compare
- 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3 million No compare
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual -0.6405 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested -1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 6.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Eastern Africa?
- Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Eastern Africa was 2.9 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9 million No in 2005.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1 million No in 2017.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled)?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled estimates) (million) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.