Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Egypt
Egypt: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 11.2 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Egypt, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 11.2 % for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Egypt peaked at 15.6 % in 2006 and was at its lowest, 11.1 %, in 2023.
That places Egypt 23rd out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 13.6 % | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 14.1 % | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 14.7 % | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 15.1 % | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 15.5 % | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 15.6 % | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 15.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15.5 % | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 15.3 % | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 15.1 % | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 14.8 % | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 14.5 % | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 14.2 % | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 13.8 % | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 13.3 % | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 12.9 % | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 12.4 % | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 12.1 % | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 11.7 % | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 11.5 % | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 11.3 % | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 11.2 % | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 11.1 % | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 11.2 % | +0.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 11.2 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.65 %, 2.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 11.2 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8.7 %, 1.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.81 % | 13.1 % | 15.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.48 % | 11.7 % | 15.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.26 % | 11.1 % | 11.5 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Egypt?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Egypt was 11.2 % 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6 % in 2006.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1 % in 2023.
- How does Egypt rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Egypt ranks 23rd out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.