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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2015

2015, as UNICEF’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2015 covers 163 countries on 5 measures. Albania is highest, at 17.7890; Niger is lowest, at 0.6545. The middle country reads 5.4813. Against 2014, 163 values changed (72 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five · Data for 2015

HighestAlbania

17.7890

LowestNiger

0.6545

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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates).
derived
1AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe17.789016.684918.797314.701021.363
2UkraineUKREastern Europe17.780216.690718.80427.630236.148
3LibyaLBYNorthern Africa17.590916.514918.611214.806920.771
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand16.300515.287817.260513.175119.997
5Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean16.223315.240217.208710.666523.901
6Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe15.451814.475316.363411.390420.624
7TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa15.418714.445516.330413.011818.178
8Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia14.418013.494715.27789.981320.381
9TongaTONPolynesia14.071413.172114.920011.673816.867
10GreeceGRCSouthern Europe13.883212.994014.72236.830626.172
11SyriaSYRWestern Asia13.696912.820414.52969.396419.541
12ArmeniaARMWestern Asia13.580812.682114.375311.160816.429
13EgyptEGYNorthern Africa13.322412.467714.137611.347415.581
14South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa13.267612.421214.086011.622715.105
15MontenegroMNESouthern Europe12.640911.812213.407510.527115.107
16BarbadosBRBCaribbean12.498211.693913.27598.977917.139
17SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe12.453011.648113.224810.557514.633
18Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean12.397711.597913.16898.827417.141
19AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa12.352511.553213.119010.373314.648
20ParaguayPRYSouth America11.813311.042912.54949.798814.177
21North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe11.520410.759812.23289.514913.884
22PanamaPANCentral America11.345710.600812.05519.239013.859
23MoroccoMARNorthern Africa11.299010.552112.01459.638013.204
24CanadaCANNorthern America11.290610.549811.99815.300122.447
25ArgentinaARGSouth America11.233910.492811.93429.018513.910

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Albania17.7890
  2. 2Ukraine17.7802
  3. 3Libya17.5909
  4. 4Australia16.3005
  5. 5Turks and Caicos Islands16.2233

Lowest

  1. 163Niger0.6545
  2. 162Djibouti1.0276
  3. 161Burkina Faso1.0521
  4. 160Mali1.1094
  5. 159Sri Lanka1.1698

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.4813. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Girls (%)

    HighestUkraine16.6907

    LowestNiger0.6068

    Middle country: 5.0921

  • Boys (%)

    HighestUkraine18.8042

    LowestNiger0.7008

    Middle country: 5.8401

  • Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

    HighestLibya14.8069

    LowestNiger0.5945

    Middle country: 4.2511

  • Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

    HighestUkraine36.148

    LowestNiger0.721

    Middle country: 7.202

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 163 in both
  • 72 · 91rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Libya19.5107 → 17.5909−1.9198
  • Georgia11.1356 → 9.9706−1.1650
  • Ukraine18.9353 → 17.7802−1.1551
  • Albania18.7813 → 17.7890−0.9923
  • Syria14.6314 → 13.6969−0.9345

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 2015.

  • 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) (2015). Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/child-overweight/2015

0625 held

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07Questions

Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest child overweight in Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2015?

Albania, at 17.7890, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2015 cover?

163.

Where can I download Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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