Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Pakistan
Pakistan: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 2.1 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 2.1 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 8.7% on the previous year and down 51.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Pakistan peaked at 5.2 % in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2.1 %, in 2024.
Pakistan ranks 136th of 148 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 5 % | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 5.1 % | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 5.2 % | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.1 % | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 5 % | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 4.9 % | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 4.8 % | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 4.6 % | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 4.5 % | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 4.3 % | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 4.1 % | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 3.9 % | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 3.7 % | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 3.4 % | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 3.2 % | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 3 % | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 2.8 % | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 2.5 % | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 2.3 % | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 2.1 % | -8.7% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 2.1 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.65 %, 45% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 2.1 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8.7 %, 24% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.11 % | 4.9 % | 5.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.14 % | 3.2 % | 4.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.54 % | 2.1 % | 3 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Pakistan?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Pakistan was 2.1 % 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2 % in 2003.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1 % in 2024.
- How does Pakistan rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Pakistan ranks 136th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.