Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Upper-middle-income economies
Upper-middle-income economies: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 8.6 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Upper-middle-income economies, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Upper-middle-income economies recorded 8.6 % for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Upper-middle-income economies peaked at 8.6 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.7 %, in 2000.
Upper-middle-income economies ranks 11th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Upper-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.7 % | — |
| 2001 | 6.8 % | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 6.9 % | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 7.1 % | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 7.2 % | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 7.3 % | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 7.5 % | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 7.6 % | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 7.7 % | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 7.8 % | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 7.9 % | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 7.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 % | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8.1 % | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 8.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8.2 % | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 8.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8.3 % | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 8.4 % | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.5 % | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 8.6 % | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.26 % | 6.7 % | 7.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.05 % | 7.9 % | 8.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4 % | 8.2 % | 8.6 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Upper-middle-income economies
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 15 % compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.3 % compare
- 9 Argentina 14.3 % compare
- 10 Cameroon 13.6 % compare
- 10 Micronesia 5.1 % compare
- 11 Greece 13.5 % compare
- 11 Uruguay 13.5 % compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 4.7 % compare
- 13 Algeria 13.3 % compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.2 % compare
- 14 Barbados 13 % compare
- 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 % compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 8.4 % compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 4.1 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Upper-middle-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,432 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,878 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 20 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 16.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 10.8 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 21,738 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 361.7 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,287 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 20.1 % (2023)
- Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) 135 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Upper-middle-income economies?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Upper-middle-income economies was 8.6 % 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 Upper-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Upper-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7 % in 2000.
- How does Upper-middle-income economies rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Upper-middle-income economies ranks 11th out of 37 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Upper-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper-middle-income economies 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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