Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Türkiye
Türkiye: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 7.7 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Türkiye, 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 Türkiye stood at 7.7 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Türkiye peaked at 10 % in 2011 and was at its lowest, 5.8 %, in 2000.
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 Türkiye, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.8 % | — |
| 2001 | 6.3 % | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 6.8 % | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 7.3 % | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 7.8 % | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 8.3 % | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 8.7 % | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 9.1 % | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 9.5 % | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 9.8 % | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 9.9 % | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 10 % | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 10 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9.9 % | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 9.8 % | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 9.6 % | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 9.3 % | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 9.1 % | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 8.8 % | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 8.6 % | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 8.4 % | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 8.1 % | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 8 % | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 7.8 % | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 7.7 % | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.94 % | 5.8 % | 9.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.5 % | 8.6 % | 10 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8 % | 7.7 % | 8.4 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
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- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 15 % compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.3 % compare
- 9 Argentina 14.3 % compare
- 10 Cameroon 13.6 % compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Türkiye?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Türkiye was 7.7 % 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 10 % in 2011.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8 % in 2000.
- How does Türkiye rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Türkiye ranks 7th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.