Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) was 5.6 million No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
In 2024, number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 5.6 million No. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 12.0% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 5.6 million No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.9 million No, in 2016.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 10th 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.4 million No | — |
| 2001 | 4.6 million No | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 4.7 million No | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 4.8 million No | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 4.9 million No | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 5 million No | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4.9 million No | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 4.9 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4.8 million No | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 4.7 million No | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 4.6 million No | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 4.5 million No | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 4.3 million No | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 4.2 million No | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 4 million No | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 3.9 million No | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 3.9 million No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.9 million No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 million No | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 4.1 million No | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 4.3 million No | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 4.6 million No | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 5 million No | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 5.6 million No | +12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.8 million No | 4.4 million No | 5 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2 million No | 3.9 million No | 4.7 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.72 million No | 4.1 million No | 5.6 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 7 Pakistan 0.7 million No compare
- 7 Russian Federation 0.7 million No compare
- 8 Türkiye 0.4 million No compare
- 9 Algeria 0.6 million No compare
- 9 Cameroon 0.6 million No compare
- 9 Ethiopia 0.6 million No compare
- 9 Indonesia 0.6 million No compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 0.3 million No compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.2 million No compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.2 million No compare
- 10 Melanesia 0.2 million No compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.1 million No compare
- 13 Nigeria 0.5 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.9219 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3055 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2261 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8325 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 5.6 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.6 million No in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled) recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9 million No in 2016.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for number of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modeled)?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 10th 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.