Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2018

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2018: 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	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	19.5142	18.3465	20.618	14.8927	25.146
2	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	17.2559	16.2155	18.283	12.5791	23.210
3	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	16.7548	15.7114	17.727	10.1682	26.356
4	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	16.5793	15.5516	17.551	13.4614	20.250
5	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15.5768	14.5861	16.486	12.2223	19.646
6	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14.8721	13.9286	15.759	5.6458	33.778
7	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.9221	13.0320	14.765	6.0864	28.757
8	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	13.8659	12.9865	14.714	8.8190	21.132
9	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	13.3113	12.4648	14.135	11.1132	15.867
10	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	13.1991	12.3432	13.999	8.6754	19.576
11	ParaguayPRYSouth America	13.1533	12.3085	13.960	10.2047	16.795
12	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	12.9383	12.1100	13.740	8.3157	19.582
13	TongaTONPolynesia	12.8424	12.0072	13.625	10.3750	15.793
14	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	12.5672	11.7312	13.317	9.5805	16.317
15	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	12.1606	11.3681	12.912	10.0797	14.601
16	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	12.0564	11.2721	12.805	10.1122	14.315
17	ArgentinaARGSouth America	11.8310	11.0570	12.565	9.2520	15.010
18	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	11.5510	10.7945	12.272	6.7914	18.968
19	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	11.5135	10.7619	12.235	9.4239	13.995
20	PanamaPANCentral America	11.4650	10.7114	12.179	9.0995	14.348
21	CanadaCANNorthern America	11.4341	10.6839	12.148	4.8343	24.705
22	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	11.0096	10.2853	11.702	6.6876	17.598
23	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	10.9194	10.1963	11.602	9.7389	12.224
24	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	10.9175	10.2035	11.611	8.9359	13.274
25	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	10.8529	10.1349	11.534	9.4509	12.434

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.4544. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Girls (%)

  HighestAustralia18.3465

  LowestNiger0.7907

  Middle country: 5.0722

• Boys (%)

  HighestAustralia20.618

  LowestNiger0.913

  Middle country: 5.818

• Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestAustralia14.8927

  LowestNiger0.7680

  Middle country: 4.0408

• Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestUkraine33.778

  LowestNiger0.947

  Middle country: 7.487

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