Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Oceania
Oceania: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 20 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Oceania, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Oceania recorded 20 % for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Oceania peaked at 20 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.9 %, in 2000.
Oceania ranks 1st of 37 groups 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 Oceania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 6.2 % | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 6.4 % | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 6.7 % | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 7.1 % | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 7.5 % | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 7.9 % | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 8.4 % | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 8.9 % | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 9.5 % | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 10.1 % | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 10.8 % | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 11.4 % | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 12.2 % | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 13 % | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 13.7 % | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 14.5 % | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 15.3 % | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 16.1 % | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 16.9 % | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 17.6 % | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 18.3 % | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 18.9 % | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 19.5 % | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 20 % | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.45 % | 5.9 % | 9.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.4 % | 10.1 % | 16.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.86 % | 17.6 % | 20 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 1 Australia 26.4 % compare
- 1 Melanesia 16.6 % compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 11 % compare
- 2 Australia and New Zealand 23.4 % compare
- 3 Papua New Guinea 18.5 % compare
- 3 Viet Nam 10.5 % compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9.9 % compare
- 4 Tunisia 17.5 % compare
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- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate 8.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 0.9728 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.12 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 8.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Oceania?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Oceania was 20 % 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 Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 20 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9 % in 2000.
- How does Oceania rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Oceania ranks 1st out of 37 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania 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.