Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Albania
Albania: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 16.7 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Albania, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Albania is 16.7 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Albania peaked at 24.4 % in 2006 and was at its lowest, 15 %, in 2020.
That places Albania 5th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Albania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 21 % | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 22 % | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 22.9 % | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 23.7 % | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 24.2 % | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 24.4 % | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 24.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 24.1 % | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 23.5 % | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 22.7 % | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 21.8 % | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 20.9 % | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 19.8 % | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 18.8 % | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 17.8 % | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 16.9 % | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 16.1 % | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 15.6 % | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 15.2 % | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 15 % | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 15.1 % | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 15.3 % | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 15.9 % | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 16.7 % | +5.0% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 16.7 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5 %, 2.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Albania's 16.7 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6.6 %, 2.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.01 % | 19.9 % | 24.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.56 % | 15.2 % | 22.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.6 % | 15 % | 16.7 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 11 % compare
- 2 Australia and New Zealand 23.4 % compare
- 3 Papua New Guinea 18.5 % compare
- 3 Viet Nam 10.5 % compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9.9 % compare
- 4 Tunisia 17.5 % compare
- 5 Polynesia 8.9 % compare
- 6 Ukraine 16 % compare
- 7 Paraguay 15.4 % compare
- 7 Türkiye 7.7 % compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 15 % compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.3 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Albania?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Albania was 16.7 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 24.4 % in 2006.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 % in 2020.
- How does Albania rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Albania ranks 5th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modelled estimates) (percent) — 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.