Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 18.5 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea stood at 18.5 %.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Papua New Guinea peaked at 18.6 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.5 %, in 2000.
That places Papua New Guinea 3rd out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.5 % | — |
| 2001 | 4.8 % | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 5.2 % | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 5.6 % | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 6.1 % | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 6.6 % | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 7.2 % | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 7.9 % | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 8.6 % | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 9.3 % | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 10.1 % | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 10.9 % | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 11.7 % | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 12.6 % | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 13.5 % | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 14.4 % | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 15.3 % | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 16 % | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 16.8 % | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 17.4 % | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 17.9 % | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 18.3 % | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 18.5 % | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 18.6 % | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 18.5 % | -0.5% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 18.5 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.65 %, 4.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 18.5 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.7 %, 3.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.58 % | 4.5 % | 9.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.87 % | 10.1 % | 17.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.36 % | 17.9 % | 18.6 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 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 Viet Nam 10.5 % compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9.9 % compare
- 4 Tunisia 17.5 % compare
- 5 Albania 16.7 % compare
- 5 Polynesia 8.9 % compare
- 6 Ukraine 16 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Papua New Guinea?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Papua New Guinea was 18.5 % 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 18.6 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5 % in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.