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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008

2008, as UNICEF’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008 covers 163 countries on 5 measures. Libya is highest, at 27.4728; Niger is lowest, at 0.6182. The middle country reads 6.2561. Against 2007, 163 values changed (74 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five · Data for 2008

HighestLibya

27.4728

LowestNiger

0.6182

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008, as published. UNICEF ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 163 countries · select a heading to sort

Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008: every country, as published by UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates).
derived
1LibyaLBYNorthern Africa27.472825.988228.87023.597731.720
2UkraineUKREastern Europe26.832625.373028.21316.825739.934
3AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe24.065422.684225.32520.733927.745
4Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe21.448520.189922.62618.477524.752
5SyriaSYRWestern Asia19.449218.290120.55616.752022.463
6GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia18.488617.355219.53315.881621.415
7MontenegroMNESouthern Europe18.116217.011019.15615.138721.531
8SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe17.702616.635918.74515.200620.517
9TongaTONPolynesia15.730614.739216.65511.389021.329
10EgyptEGYNorthern Africa15.529914.559916.45713.642117.626
11ArmeniaARMWestern Asia15.477614.468716.35513.370417.849
12AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa15.330714.370216.24813.314917.590
13ComorosCOMEastern Africa14.309513.411515.18611.649217.458
14North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe13.938913.043114.77711.793016.403
15MoroccoMARNorthern Africa13.891213.001614.74711.678216.446
16RussiaRUSEastern Europe13.799112.917514.63710.840217.408
17Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean13.324312.486414.1596.889924.206
18GreeceGRCSouthern Europe13.055512.215013.8568.991018.582
19KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia12.613311.796613.39010.852914.612
20South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa12.462211.659313.23710.388014.882
21AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia11.661910.864912.35010.126613.395
22EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa11.190510.466011.9059.695012.884
23BarbadosBRBCaribbean11.177210.448611.8857.962815.471
24IraqIRQWestern Asia11.169810.434211.8699.573812.994
25QatarQATWestern Asia10.818010.096511.4916.761116.869

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Libya27.4728
  2. 2Ukraine26.8326
  3. 3Albania24.0654
  4. 4Bosnia and Herzegovina21.4485
  5. 5Syria19.4492

Lowest

  1. 163Niger0.6182
  2. 162Nepal1.0387
  3. 161Burkina Faso1.1340
  4. 160Sri Lanka1.1509
  5. 159North Korea1.2604

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.2561. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Girls (%)

    HighestLibya25.9882

    LowestNiger0.5731

    Middle country: 5.8188

  • Boys (%)

    HighestLibya28.870

    LowestNiger0.662

    Middle country: 6.666

  • Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

    HighestLibya23.5977

    LowestNiger0.5616

    Middle country: 5.0655

  • Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

    HighestUkraine39.934

    LowestNiger0.680

    Middle country: 7.696

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 163 in both
  • 74 · 89rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNICEF’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2008.

  • The position is ours

    UNICEF publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 163 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) (2008). Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/child-overweight/2008

0625 held

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07Questions

Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest child overweight in Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008?

Libya, at 27.4728, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008 cover?

163.

Where can I download Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024.

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