Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)

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EconomyYearPrevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
Afghanistan20224.3%
Albania201715.4%
Algeria201912.1%
American Samoa2023N/A
Andorra2023N/A
Angola20153.6%
Antigua and Barbuda2023N/A
Argentina201812.8%
Armenia201612.7%
Aruba2023N/A
Australia2023N/A
Austria2023N/A
Azerbaijan2023N/A
Bahamas, The2023N/A
Bahrain2023N/A
Bangladesh20221.7%
Barbados2023N/A
Belarus2023N/A
Belgium2023N/A
Belize20156.5%
Benin20212.9%
Bermuda2023N/A
Bhutan2023N/A
Bolivia20169.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina2023N/A
Botswana2023N/A
Brazil20199.2%
British Virgin Islands2023N/A
Brunei Darussalam2023N/A
Bulgaria2023N/A
Burkina Faso20211.7%
Burundi20201.4%
Cabo Verde2023N/A
Cambodia20213.5%
Cameroon20189.7%
Canada2023N/A
Cayman Islands2023N/A
Central African Republic20192.9%
Chad20222%
Channel Islands2023N/A
Chile2023N/A
China2023N/A
Colombia20164.7%
Comoros2023N/A
Congo, Dem. Rep.20173.8%
Congo, Rep.2023N/A
Costa Rica20186.9%
Cote d'Ivoire20213.1%
Croatia2023N/A
Cuba20198.7%
Curacao2023N/A
Cyprus2023N/A
Czechia2023N/A
Denmark2023N/A
Djibouti20191.5%
Dominica2023N/A
Dominican Republic20197.1%
Ecuador201911.7%
Egypt, Arab Rep.2023N/A
El Salvador2023N/A
Equatorial Guinea2023N/A
Eritrea2023N/A
Estonia2023N/A
Eswatini2023N/A
Ethiopia20192.2%
Faroe Islands2023N/A
Fiji20216.8%
Finland2023N/A
France2023N/A
French Polynesia2023N/A
Gabon20204.8%
Gambia, The20202.3%
Georgia20184.8%
Germany20165.3%
Ghana20221.8%
Gibraltar2023N/A
Greece2023N/A
Greenland2023N/A
Grenada2023N/A
Guam2023N/A
Guatemala20154.8%
Guinea20223.2%
Guinea-Bissau20192%
Guyana20197%
Haiti20172.8%
Honduras20194.5%
Hong Kong SAR, China2023N/A
Hungary2023N/A
Iceland2023N/A
India20203.4%
Indonesia20187.7%
Iran, Islamic Rep.20172.6%
Iraq20185.7%
Ireland2023N/A
Isle of Man2023N/A
Israel2023N/A
Italy2023N/A
Jamaica20185.4%
Japan2023N/A
Jordan20238.5%
Kazakhstan201510%
Kenya20223.8%
Kiribati20180.9%
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.20172.3%
Korea, Rep.20205.7%
Kosovo2023N/A
Kuwait202112.8%
Kyrgyz Republic20217%
Lao PDR20173.1%
Latvia20216.5%
Lebanon20214.2%
Lesotho20185.8%
Liberia20194.2%
Libya2023N/A
Liechtenstein2023N/A
Lithuania20213.8%
Luxembourg2023N/A
Macao SAR, China2023N/A
Madagascar20211.6%
Malawi20203.9%
Malaysia20224.5%
Maldives20173%
Mali20220.9%
Malta2023N/A
Marshall Islands20173.2%
Mauritania20210.8%
Mauritius2023N/A
Mexico20227.3%
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2023N/A
Moldova2023N/A
Monaco2023N/A
Mongolia20189.8%
Montenegro20188%
Morocco20193.6%
Mozambique20223.1%
Myanmar20180.5%
Namibia2023N/A
Nauru2023N/A
Nepal20221%
Netherlands2023N/A
New Caledonia2023N/A
New Zealand2023N/A
Nicaragua2023N/A
Niger20220.5%
Nigeria20201.6%
North Macedonia20199%
Northern Mariana Islands2023N/A
Norway2023N/A
Oman20174.2%
Pakistan20182.6%
Palau2023N/A
Panama201911.1%
Papua New Guinea2023N/A
Paraguay201611.9%
Peru20228.1%
Philippines20213.7%
Poland2023N/A
Portugal20169.8%
Puerto Rico2023N/A
Qatar2023N/A
Romania2023N/A
Russian Federation2023N/A
Rwanda20205.4%
Samoa20198.5%
San Marino2023N/A
Sao Tome and Principe20193.4%
Saudi Arabia202011.5%
Senegal20192.5%
Serbia20198.9%
Seychelles2023N/A
Sierra Leone20212.8%
Singapore2023N/A
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2023N/A
Slovak Republic2023N/A
Slovenia2023N/A
Solomon Islands20154.4%
Somalia2023N/A
South Africa201711.6%
South Sudan2023N/A
Spain2023N/A
Sri Lanka20161.8%
St. Kitts and Nevis2023N/A
St. Lucia2023N/A
St. Martin (French part)2023N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines2023N/A
Sudan2023N/A
Suriname20183.8%
Sweden2023N/A
Switzerland2023N/A
Syrian Arab Republic2023N/A
Tajikistan20173.2%
Tanzania20223.5%
Thailand202211.3%
Timor-Leste20201.3%
Togo20171.6%
Tonga20199.9%
Trinidad and Tobago2023N/A
Tunisia201816.5%
Turkiye20186.8%
Turkmenistan20192.4%
Turks and Caicos Islands202021.2%
Tuvalu20193.6%
Uganda20201.7%
Ukraine2023N/A
United Arab Emirates2023N/A
United Kingdom20175.8%
United States20185.7%
Uruguay201811.8%
Uzbekistan20213.7%
Vanuatu2023N/A
Venezuela, RB2023N/A
Vietnam2023N/A
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2023N/A
West Bank and Gaza20206.9%
Yemen, Rep.2023N/A
Zambia20185%
Zimbabwe20192.2%

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