Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in World
World: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 5.5 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in World, 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 World stood at 5.5 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in World peaked at 5.5 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.1 %, in 2018.
That places World 25th out of 37 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 5.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5.4 % | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 5.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.3 % | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 5.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5.2 % | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.1 % | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 5.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5.2 % | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5.3 % | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 5.5 % | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.38 % | 5.3 % | 5.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.23 % | 5.1 % | 5.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.28 % | 5.2 % | 5.5 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in World?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in World was 5.5 % 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1 % in 2018.
- How does World rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- World ranks 25th out of 37 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this World 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.