Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Greece
Greece: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 13.5 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Greece, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Greece stood at 13.5 %.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Greece peaked at 13.9 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10.9 %, in 2000.
Greece ranks 11th 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 11.2 % | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 11.5 % | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 11.7 % | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 12 % | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 12.3 % | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 12.6 % | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 12.8 % | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 13.1 % | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 13.2 % | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 13.4 % | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 13.5 % | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 13.6 % | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 13.7 % | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 13.8 % | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 13.9 % | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 13.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.8 % | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 13.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13.7 % | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 13.6 % | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 13.5 % | -0.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 13.5 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.6 %, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Greece's 13.5 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6.6 %, 2.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.13 % | 10.9 % | 13.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.75 % | 13.4 % | 13.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.68 % | 13.5 % | 13.8 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 15 % compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.3 % compare
- 9 Argentina 14.3 % compare
- 10 Cameroon 13.6 % compare
- 10 Micronesia 5.1 % 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
- 14 Barbados 13 % compare
- 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 % compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 8.4 % compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 4.1 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (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 Greece?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Greece was 13.5 % 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 13.9 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9 % in 2000.
- How does Greece rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Greece ranks 11th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.