Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2013

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2013: 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	21.315	20.069	22.495	18.108	24.917
2	UkraineUKREastern Europe	20.148	18.948	21.274	9.421	37.969
3	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	19.823	18.625	20.922	16.742	23.312
4	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	17.301	16.231	18.299	13.713	21.594
5	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	15.592	14.617	16.520	11.723	20.442
6	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	15.435	14.490	16.380	9.432	24.235
7	TongaTONPolynesia	14.709	13.767	15.579	11.955	17.968
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	14.407	13.492	15.275	11.887	17.356
9	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	14.386	13.446	15.224	12.160	16.941
10	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	14.330	13.414	15.189	12.102	16.889
11	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	14.269	13.353	15.121	12.128	16.715
12	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	14.170	13.269	15.028	12.133	16.486
13	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	13.952	13.067	14.804	12.070	16.073
14	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.747	12.869	14.583	7.572	23.669
15	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	13.233	12.385	14.046	11.267	15.484
16	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	13.157	12.317	13.970	11.509	15.001
17	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	12.630	11.804	13.398	9.299	16.930
18	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	12.385	11.578	13.147	10.344	14.762
19	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	12.327	11.517	13.079	10.251	14.754
20	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	12.158	11.371	12.916	9.195	15.910
21	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	11.975	11.190	12.728	10.246	13.951
22	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	11.386	10.637	12.095	9.563	13.505
23	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	11.298	10.560	12.010	8.441	14.964
24	CanadaCANNorthern America	11.136	10.404	11.835	5.763	20.435
25	PanamaPANCentral America	11.129	10.397	11.827	9.171	13.442

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.952. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Girls (%)

  HighestLibya20.069

  LowestNiger0.555

  Middle country: 5.536

• Boys (%)

  HighestLibya22.495

  LowestNiger0.641

  Middle country: 6.345

• Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestLibya18.108

  LowestNiger0.545

  Middle country: 4.434

• Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestUkraine37.969

  LowestNiger0.658

  Middle country: 7.513

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