Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Ukraine
Ukraine: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 16 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Ukraine, 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 Ukraine stood at 16 %.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Ukraine peaked at 28.7 % in 2004 and was at its lowest, 14.2 %, in 2020.
That places Ukraine 6th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 25.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 26.7 % | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 27.6 % | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 28.3 % | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 28.7 % | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 28.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 28.4 % | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 27.8 % | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 26.8 % | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 25.7 % | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 24.4 % | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 23 % | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 21.4 % | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 20.1 % | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 18.9 % | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 17.8 % | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 16.5 % | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 15.6 % | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 14.9 % | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 14.4 % | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 14.2 % | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 14.4 % | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 14.8 % | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 15.2 % | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 16 % | +5.3% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 16 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5 %, 2.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 16 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6.6 %, 2.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.43 % | 25.6 % | 28.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.7 % | 14.4 % | 24.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.92 % | 14.2 % | 16 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 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
- 5 Albania 16.7 % compare
- 5 Polynesia 8.9 % compare
- 7 Paraguay 15.4 % compare
- 7 Türkiye 7.7 % compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 15 % compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.3 % compare
- 9 Argentina 14.3 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ukraine
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0757 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 416.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.304 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Ukraine?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Ukraine was 16 % 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 28.7 % in 2004.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.2 % in 2020.
- How does Ukraine rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Ukraine ranks 6th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.