Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cameroon
Cameroon: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 13.6 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cameroon, 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 Cameroon is 13.6 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 72.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cameroon peaked at 13.6 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.8 %, in 2000.
Cameroon ranks 10th of 148 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.8 % | — |
| 2001 | 8.1 % | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 8.4 % | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 8.6 % | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 8.8 % | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 8.9 % | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 8.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8.8 % | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 8.6 % | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 8.5 % | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 8.3 % | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 8.1 % | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 8 % | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 7.9 % | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 7.8 % | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 7.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7.9 % | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 8.1 % | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 8.4 % | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 8.9 % | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 9.6 % | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 10.6 % | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 11.9 % | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 13.6 % | +14.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 13.6 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.65 %, 2.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 13.6 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.25 %, 3.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.58 % | 7.8 % | 8.9 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.08 % | 7.8 % | 8.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.92 % | 8.9 % | 13.6 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 7 Paraguay 15.4 % compare
- 7 Türkiye 7.7 % compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 15 % compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.3 % compare
- 9 Argentina 14.3 % compare
- 10 Micronesia 5.1 % compare
- 11 Greece 13.5 % compare
- 11 Uruguay 13.5 % compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 4.7 % compare
- 13 Algeria 13.3 % compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.2 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cameroon?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Cameroon was 13.6 % 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 13.6 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8 % in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Cameroon ranks 10th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.