Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Mongolia
Mongolia: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 12.3 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia stood at 12.3 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Mongolia peaked at 12.3 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.7 %, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 18th of 148 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.7 % | — |
| 2001 | 8.9 % | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 9 % | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 9.1 % | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 9.2 % | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 9.3 % | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 9.4 % | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 9.5 % | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 9.6 % | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 9.7 % | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 9.9 % | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 10 % | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 10.2 % | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 10.3 % | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 10.4 % | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 10.5 % | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 10.6 % | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 10.7 % | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 10.9 % | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 11 % | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 11.2 % | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 11.4 % | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 11.7 % | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 12 % | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 12.3 % | +2.5% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 12.3 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5 %, 1.6× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 12.3 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.7 %, 2.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.24 % | 8.7 % | 9.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.45 % | 9.9 % | 11 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.72 % | 11.2 % | 12.3 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.7 % compare
- 16 Armenia 12.9 % compare
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.3 % compare
- 17 South Africa 12.8 % compare
- 18 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.7 % compare
- 18 North Macedonia 12.3 % compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 1.2 % compare
- 20 Serbia 12.2 % compare
- 21 Botswana 11.5 % compare
- 21 Caribbean 6.7 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Mongolia?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Mongolia was 12.3 % 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7 % in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Mongolia ranks 18th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.