Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Iraq
Iraq: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 4.6 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Iraq, 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 Iraq is 4.6 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Iraq peaked at 11.2 % in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.6 %, in 2024.
That places Iraq 94th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Iraq, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 8.1 % | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 8.8 % | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 9.5 % | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 10.1 % | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 10.6 % | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 11 % | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 11.1 % | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 11.2 % | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 11.1 % | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 10.9 % | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 10.6 % | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 10.3 % | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 9.8 % | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 9.3 % | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 8.8 % | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 8.2 % | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 7.6 % | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 7.1 % | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 6.6 % | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 6.1 % | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 5.7 % | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 5.3 % | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 4.9 % | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 4.6 % | -6.1% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 4.6 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5 %, 61% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 4.6 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8.7 %, 53% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.89 % | 7.4 % | 11.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.92 % | 6.6 % | 10.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.32 % | 4.6 % | 6.1 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 94 Lithuania 4.6 % compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Iraq?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Iraq was 4.6 % 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 11.2 % in 2008.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6 % in 2024.
- How does Iraq rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Iraq ranks 94th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.