Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Uruguay
Uruguay: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 13.5 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay is 13.5 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Uruguay peaked at 13.5 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.2 %, in 2007.
Uruguay ranks 11th of 148 countries on this measure, 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 9.5 % | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 9.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9.4 % | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 9.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9.3 % | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 9.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9.2 % | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 9.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9.3 % | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 9.4 % | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 9.5 % | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 9.6 % | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 9.8 % | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 10.1 % | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 10.3 % | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 10.7 % | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 11.1 % | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 11.5 % | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 12.1 % | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 12.7 % | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 13.5 % | +6.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 13.5 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.6 %, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 13.5 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.7 %, 1.8× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.36 % | 9.2 % | 9.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.71 % | 9.2 % | 10.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.18 % | 11.1 % | 13.5 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 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
- 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 Uruguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,609 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0435 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Uruguay?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Uruguay was 13.5 % 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2 % in 2007.
- How does Uruguay rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Uruguay ranks 11th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.