Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Tunisia
Tunisia: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 17.5 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia is 17.5 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Tunisia peaked at 17.5 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.9 %, in 2000.
That places Tunisia 4th 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 Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 4.4 % | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 5.1 % | +15.9% |
| 2003 | 5.8 % | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 6.6 % | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 7.5 % | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 8.4 % | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 9.3 % | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 10.2 % | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 11.1 % | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 12 % | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 12.8 % | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 13.6 % | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 14.3 % | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 14.9 % | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 15.4 % | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 15.9 % | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 16.3 % | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 16.6 % | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 16.8 % | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 17 % | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 17.2 % | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 17.3 % | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 17.4 % | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 17.5 % | +0.6% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 17.5 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.65 %, 3.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 17.5 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8.7 %, 2.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.23 % | 3.9 % | 11.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.86 % | 12 % | 16.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.28 % | 17 % | 17.5 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 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
- 5 Albania 16.7 % compare
- 5 Polynesia 8.9 % compare
- 6 Ukraine 16 % compare
- 7 Paraguay 15.4 % compare
- 7 Türkiye 7.7 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 18.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1029 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5867 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.293 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Tunisia?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Tunisia was 17.5 % 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9 % in 2000.
- How does Tunisia rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Tunisia ranks 4th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.