Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019: 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	20.6623	19.4429	21.8135	15.2906	27.313
2	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	17.5280	16.4739	18.5667	12.9939	23.222
3	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	17.3663	16.2929	18.3669	10.0433	28.346
4	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	16.8347	15.7951	17.8195	13.3138	21.060
5	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15.2018	14.2316	16.0938	11.5360	19.772
6	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14.3981	13.4795	15.2610	5.1393	34.305
7	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	14.2633	13.3628	15.1319	8.6381	22.644
8	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.8939	13.0056	14.7353	5.7840	29.781
9	ParaguayPRYSouth America	13.5952	12.7264	14.4252	10.2431	17.826
10	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	13.2653	12.4237	14.0888	10.6938	16.342
11	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	13.0083	12.1763	13.8134	7.9255	20.621
12	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	12.6858	11.8584	13.4591	7.8864	19.779
13	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	12.3526	11.5337	13.0969	9.0048	16.716
14	TongaTONPolynesia	12.3523	11.5435	13.1080	9.7473	15.534
15	ArgentinaARGSouth America	12.1054	11.3163	12.8546	9.3675	15.507
16	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	11.7222	10.9565	12.4528	9.7240	14.067
17	PanamaPANCentral America	11.4622	10.7084	12.1754	8.9869	14.511
18	CanadaCANNorthern America	11.4545	10.7030	12.1694	4.4909	26.248
19	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	11.4194	10.6732	12.1362	9.1682	14.137
20	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	11.1111	10.3803	11.8084	6.3130	18.823
21	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	11.0760	10.3481	11.7724	6.3681	18.574
22	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	11.0081	10.2801	11.6961	9.4128	12.836
23	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	10.8270	10.1225	11.5198	5.4493	20.368
24	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	10.7995	10.0858	11.4785	9.5224	12.225
25	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	10.6873	9.9876	11.3687	8.5422	13.293

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.3410. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Girls (%)

  HighestAustralia19.4429

  LowestMyanmar0.8334

  Middle country: 4.9684

• Boys (%)

  HighestAustralia21.8135

  LowestMyanmar0.9622

  Middle country: 5.6994

• Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestAustralia15.2906

  LowestMyanmar0.6927

  Middle country: 3.8691

• Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestUkraine34.305

  LowestNiger1.080

  Middle country: 7.673

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