Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2011

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2011: every country, as published by UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates).

Positionderived	Country	Children under 5 who are overweight (%)	Girls (%)	Boys (%)	Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)	Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)
1	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	24.625	23.245	25.930	21.0803	28.551
2	UkraineUKREastern Europe	22.968	21.650	24.208	12.3315	38.725
3	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	21.848	20.564	23.032	18.6872	25.377
4	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	19.166	18.007	20.246	15.8207	23.024
5	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	17.446	16.380	18.463	14.1188	21.363
6	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	16.057	15.057	17.006	13.5670	18.905
7	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	15.580	14.619	16.522	13.5622	17.837
8	TongaTONPolynesia	15.267	14.293	16.162	12.0003	19.228
9	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	15.059	14.088	15.935	12.9440	17.450
10	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	15.037	14.083	15.930	12.7429	17.660
11	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	14.846	13.909	15.737	12.9505	16.964
12	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	14.606	13.694	15.499	8.3071	24.410
13	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	14.203	13.302	15.064	12.1915	16.483
14	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.532	12.667	14.359	8.1791	21.565
15	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	13.128	12.275	13.923	11.0286	15.556
16	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	12.985	12.153	13.787	11.1443	15.077
17	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	12.818	11.982	13.596	10.8933	15.026
18	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	12.797	11.967	13.595	10.8669	15.013
19	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	12.734	11.909	13.516	10.5603	15.278
20	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	12.129	11.338	12.879	10.4080	14.089
21	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	11.765	10.998	12.499	8.8841	15.422
22	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	11.603	10.810	12.288	9.9787	13.452
23	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	11.555	10.807	12.286	9.3667	14.175
24	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	11.228	10.490	11.931	7.6800	16.130
25	CanadaCANNorthern America	10.952	10.230	11.640	6.0984	18.892

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.014. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Girls (%)

  HighestLibya23.245

  LowestNiger0.540

  Middle country: 5.597

• Boys (%)

  HighestLibya25.930

  LowestNiger0.624

  Middle country: 6.414

• Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestLibya21.0803

  LowestNiger0.5322

  Middle country: 4.7340

• Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestUkraine38.725

  LowestNiger0.637

  Middle country: 7.802

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