Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cambodia
Cambodia: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 5.7 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cambodia, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 5.7 % for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.8% on the previous year and up 159.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cambodia peaked at 5.7 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2 %, in 2010.
That places Cambodia 71st out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 3.2 % | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 3 % | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 2.8 % | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 2.6 % | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 2.4 % | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 2.3 % | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 2.2 % | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 2.1 % | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 2.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 % | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 2 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.1 % | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 2.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.2 % | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 2.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.4 % | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 2.5 % | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 2.7 % | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 2.9 % | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 3.2 % | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 3.6 % | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 4.1 % | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 4.8 % | +17.1% |
| 2024 | 5.7 % | +18.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 5.7 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.65 %, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 5.7 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.7 %, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.61 % | 2.1 % | 3.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.31 % | 2 % | 2.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.28 % | 3.2 % | 5.7 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More agriculture & rural data for Cambodia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 462.77 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5889 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cambodia?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cambodia was 5.7 % 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 % in 2010.
- How does Cambodia rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Cambodia ranks 71st out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 159.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.