Data for 2019
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019
2019, as UNICEF’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019 covers 163 countries on 5 measures. Australia is highest, at 20.6623; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.8996. The middle country reads 5.3410. Against 2018, 161 values changed (85 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five · Data for 2019
HighestAustralia
20.6623LowestMyanmar
0.8996Shaded 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, 2019, 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
| derived | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.6623 | 19.4429 | 21.8135 | 15.2906 | 27.313 | |
| 2 | 17.5280 | 16.4739 | 18.5667 | 12.9939 | 23.222 | |
| 3 | 17.3663 | 16.2929 | 18.3669 | 10.0433 | 28.346 | |
| 4 | 16.8347 | 15.7951 | 17.8195 | 13.3138 | 21.060 | |
| 5 | 15.2018 | 14.2316 | 16.0938 | 11.5360 | 19.772 | |
| 6 | 14.3981 | 13.4795 | 15.2610 | 5.1393 | 34.305 | |
| 7 | 14.2633 | 13.3628 | 15.1319 | 8.6381 | 22.644 | |
| 8 | 13.8939 | 13.0056 | 14.7353 | 5.7840 | 29.781 | |
| 9 | 13.5952 | 12.7264 | 14.4252 | 10.2431 | 17.826 | |
| 10 | 13.2653 | 12.4237 | 14.0888 | 10.6938 | 16.342 | |
| 11 | 13.0083 | 12.1763 | 13.8134 | 7.9255 | 20.621 | |
| 12 | 12.6858 | 11.8584 | 13.4591 | 7.8864 | 19.779 | |
| 13 | 12.3526 | 11.5337 | 13.0969 | 9.0048 | 16.716 | |
| 14 | 12.3523 | 11.5435 | 13.1080 | 9.7473 | 15.534 | |
| 15 | 12.1054 | 11.3163 | 12.8546 | 9.3675 | 15.507 | |
| 16 | 11.7222 | 10.9565 | 12.4528 | 9.7240 | 14.067 | |
| 17 | 11.4622 | 10.7084 | 12.1754 | 8.9869 | 14.511 | |
| 18 | 11.4545 | 10.7030 | 12.1694 | 4.4909 | 26.248 | |
| 19 | 11.4194 | 10.6732 | 12.1362 | 9.1682 | 14.137 | |
| 20 | 11.1111 | 10.3803 | 11.8084 | 6.3130 | 18.823 | |
| 21 | 11.0760 | 10.3481 | 11.7724 | 6.3681 | 18.574 | |
| 22 | 11.0081 | 10.2801 | 11.6961 | 9.4128 | 12.836 | |
| 23 | 10.8270 | 10.1225 | 11.5198 | 5.4493 | 20.368 | |
| 24 | 10.7995 | 10.0858 | 11.4785 | 9.5224 | 12.225 | |
| 25 | 10.6873 | 9.9876 | 11.3687 | 8.5422 | 13.293 | |
| 26 | 10.6766 | 9.9689 | 11.3475 | 6.5022 | 17.042 | |
| 27 | 10.6725 | 9.9648 | 11.3429 | 8.6628 | 13.082 | |
| 28 | 10.5842 | 9.8782 | 11.2589 | 8.7100 | 12.805 | |
| 29 | 10.5378 | 9.8391 | 11.2020 | 8.1814 | 13.473 | |
| 30 | 10.5308 | 9.8318 | 11.1938 | 8.6529 | 12.760 | |
| 31 | 10.0832 | 9.4047 | 10.7145 | 7.7454 | 13.027 | |
| 32 | 9.8550 | 9.1938 | 10.4777 | 8.5520 | 11.332 | |
| 33 | 9.7921 | 9.1289 | 10.4047 | 7.4878 | 12.708 | |
| 34 | 9.5727 | 8.9255 | 10.1761 | 6.6850 | 13.527 | |
| 35 | 9.5120 | 8.8570 | 10.0989 | 8.7743 | 10.305 | |
| 36 | 9.3587 | 8.7406 | 9.9684 | 7.7621 | 11.244 | |
| 37 | 9.2779 | 8.6569 | 9.8741 | 7.2813 | 11.753 | |
| 38 | 9.2026 | 8.5862 | 9.7945 | 7.2366 | 11.636 | |
| 39 | 9.1315 | 8.5090 | 9.7075 | 4.8588 | 16.510 | |
| 40 | 9.1163 | 8.5030 | 9.7008 | 6.4196 | 12.791 | |
| 41 | 8.9754 | 8.3739 | 9.5555 | 6.6423 | 12.023 | |
| 42 | 8.9735 | 8.3696 | 9.5507 | 6.3115 | 12.607 | |
| 43 | 8.8790 | 8.2832 | 9.4534 | 6.3662 | 12.254 | |
| 44 | 8.7535 | 8.1622 | 9.3170 | 7.5686 | 10.104 | |
| 45 | 8.5919 | 8.0105 | 9.1459 | 6.7039 | 10.949 | |
| 46 | 8.5034 | 7.9054 | 9.0270 | 6.1675 | 11.614 | |
| 47 | 8.4346 | 7.8707 | 8.9883 | 6.6183 | 10.692 | |
| 48 | 8.2703 | 7.7020 | 8.7978 | 4.8171 | 13.839 | |
| 49 | 8.1333 | 7.5832 | 8.6638 | 7.5719 | 8.732 | |
| 50 | 7.9603 | 7.4168 | 8.4759 | 6.9397 | 9.116 | |
| 51 | 7.6562 | 7.1325 | 8.1545 | 6.3053 | 9.268 | |
| 52 | 7.6194 | 7.0990 | 8.1166 | 6.1939 | 9.340 | |
| 53 | 7.5557 | 7.0401 | 8.0500 | 5.7113 | 9.933 | |
| 54 | 7.5318 | 7.0155 | 8.0222 | 5.8108 | 9.710 | |
| 55 | 7.5097 | 6.9979 | 8.0024 | 6.0306 | 9.316 | |
| 56 | 7.4832 | 6.9675 | 7.9679 | 6.6137 | 8.457 | |
| 57 | 7.4622 | 6.9484 | 7.9462 | 6.0184 | 9.218 | |
| 58 | 7.4189 | 6.9088 | 7.9015 | 3.3045 | 15.818 | |
| 59 | 7.2707 | 6.7703 | 7.7447 | 5.7255 | 9.192 | |
| 60 | 7.2513 | 6.7613 | 7.7347 | 6.1503 | 8.532 | |
| 61 | 7.1124 | 6.6240 | 7.5791 | 5.9624 | 8.464 | |
| 62 | 7.0743 | 6.5862 | 7.5363 | 3.8691 | 12.587 | |
| 63 | 7.0636 | 6.5665 | 7.5139 | 5.7938 | 8.586 | |
| 64 | 6.7149 | 6.2539 | 7.1598 | 5.9838 | 7.528 | |
| 65 | 6.7007 | 6.2370 | 7.1406 | 5.8439 | 7.673 | |
| 66 | 6.6999 | 6.2434 | 7.1480 | 3.7610 | 11.657 | |
| 67 | 6.5933 | 6.1386 | 7.0291 | 5.6064 | 7.740 | |
| 68 | 6.5840 | 6.1282 | 7.0172 | 5.0897 | 8.478 | |
| 69 | 6.5249 | 6.0736 | 6.9553 | 4.5933 | 9.191 | |
| 70 | 6.5071 | 6.0559 | 6.9352 | 5.8423 | 7.242 | |
| 71 | 6.3986 | 5.9595 | 6.8259 | 3.5797 | 11.180 | |
| 72 | 6.3284 | 5.8856 | 6.7420 | 4.7647 | 8.360 | |
| 73 | 6.2809 | 5.8393 | 6.6894 | 4.2923 | 9.103 | |
| 74 | 6.1040 | 5.6726 | 6.5001 | 4.4197 | 8.374 | |
| 75 | 6.0493 | 5.6322 | 6.4543 | 4.8247 | 7.560 | |
| 76 | 6.0035 | 5.5882 | 6.4043 | 4.7528 | 7.557 | |
| 77 | 5.9782 | 5.5625 | 6.3751 | 4.2883 | 8.276 | |
| 78 | 5.8043 | 5.3993 | 6.1895 | 4.9924 | 6.739 | |
| 79 | 5.8040 | 5.3987 | 6.1889 | 4.8070 | 6.993 | |
| 80 | 5.7680 | 5.3670 | 6.1529 | 4.1896 | 7.892 | |
| 81 | 5.5886 | 5.1978 | 5.9604 | 2.0228 | 14.509 | |
| 82 | 5.3410 | 4.9684 | 5.6994 | 4.0583 | 7.000 | |
| 83 | 5.3354 | 4.9676 | 5.6986 | 4.2461 | 6.685 | |
| 84 | 5.3162 | 4.9475 | 5.6756 | 4.2579 | 6.619 | |
| 85 | 5.2482 | 4.8778 | 5.5962 | 3.2338 | 8.408 | |
| 86 | 5.1566 | 4.7919 | 5.4985 | 3.3092 | 7.951 | |
| 87 | 5.1005 | 4.7499 | 5.4507 | 3.9653 | 6.539 | |
| 88 | 5.0294 | 4.6734 | 5.3634 | 3.4449 | 7.288 | |
| 89 | 5.0212 | 4.6767 | 5.3673 | 3.2115 | 7.769 | |
| 90 | 4.9193 | 4.5729 | 5.2490 | 2.6063 | 9.093 | |
| 91 | 4.9105 | 4.5650 | 5.2400 | 3.8691 | 6.214 | |
| 92 | 4.8408 | 4.4985 | 5.1641 | 3.5066 | 6.648 | |
| 93 | 4.6585 | 4.3349 | 4.9777 | 3.9691 | 5.461 | |
| 94 | 4.5123 | 4.1830 | 4.8043 | 3.3171 | 6.111 | |
| 95 | 4.4766 | 4.1605 | 4.7787 | 3.7847 | 5.288 | |
| 96 | 4.3816 | 4.0718 | 4.6774 | 1.6354 | 11.214 | |
| 97 | 4.3807 | 4.0696 | 4.6749 | 3.2085 | 5.955 | |
| 98 | 4.3093 | 4.0030 | 4.5988 | 2.5857 | 7.098 | |
| 99 | 4.2973 | 3.9890 | 4.5829 | 3.5232 | 5.232 | |
| 100 | 4.2661 | 3.9566 | 4.5458 | 3.1245 | 5.800 | |
| 101 | 4.2617 | 3.9596 | 4.5493 | 3.0085 | 6.005 | |
| 102 | 4.2388 | 3.9385 | 4.5253 | 3.7629 | 4.772 | |
| 103 | 4.2385 | 3.9433 | 4.5308 | 3.6543 | 4.911 | |
| 104 | 4.0653 | 3.7771 | 4.3409 | 3.0265 | 5.441 | |
| 105 | 3.8808 | 3.6085 | 4.1482 | 2.5840 | 5.790 | |
| 106 | 3.8435 | 3.5733 | 4.1080 | 3.3666 | 4.385 | |
| 107 | 3.8240 | 3.5540 | 4.0859 | 3.2759 | 4.460 | |
| 108 | 3.7708 | 3.5038 | 4.0285 | 2.8403 | 4.991 | |
| 109 | 3.7426 | 3.4822 | 4.0038 | 1.0541 | 12.427 | |
| 110 | 3.7190 | 3.4567 | 3.9747 | 1.9931 | 6.835 | |
| 111 | 3.6892 | 3.4302 | 3.9443 | 3.1023 | 4.382 | |
| 112 | 3.6839 | 3.4212 | 3.9341 | 2.9440 | 4.601 | |
| 113 | 3.6790 | 3.4190 | 3.9316 | 3.0968 | 4.366 | |
| 114 | 3.6650 | 3.4058 | 3.9165 | 2.6538 | 5.042 | |
| 115 | 3.6278 | 3.3716 | 3.8773 | 2.9226 | 4.495 | |
| 116 | 3.6179 | 3.3632 | 3.8677 | 3.0257 | 4.321 | |
| 117 | 3.6072 | 3.3516 | 3.8544 | 3.1376 | 4.144 | |
| 118 | 3.5305 | 3.2822 | 3.7751 | 2.7618 | 4.503 | |
| 119 | 3.4353 | 3.1943 | 3.6744 | 2.8895 | 4.080 | |
| 120 | 3.3468 | 3.1113 | 3.5794 | 2.2851 | 4.877 | |
| 121 | 3.3345 | 3.0992 | 3.5656 | 2.8977 | 3.835 | |
| 122 | 3.3030 | 3.0653 | 3.5267 | 1.9398 | 5.570 | |
| 123 | 3.2344 | 3.0042 | 3.4568 | 1.1360 | 8.862 | |
| 124 | 3.2216 | 2.9911 | 3.4418 | 2.4805 | 4.175 | |
| 125 | 3.1923 | 2.9625 | 3.4091 | 2.5987 | 3.916 | |
| 126 | 3.1347 | 2.9135 | 3.3529 | 2.6667 | 3.682 | |
| 127 | 3.1144 | 2.8908 | 3.3269 | 1.9769 | 4.874 | |
| 128 | 3.1070 | 2.8888 | 3.3246 | 2.7963 | 3.451 | |
| 129 | 3.0539 | 2.8340 | 3.2618 | 2.0637 | 4.498 | |
| 130 | 2.9280 | 2.7180 | 3.1289 | 2.3706 | 3.612 | |
| 131 | 2.9261 | 2.7190 | 3.1300 | 2.5531 | 3.352 | |
| 132 | 2.9194 | 2.7102 | 3.1200 | 2.4107 | 3.532 | |
| 133 | 2.5487 | 2.3619 | 2.7204 | 2.1409 | 3.032 | |
| 134 | 2.4812 | 2.3025 | 2.6523 | 1.9799 | 3.105 | |
| 135 | 2.4183 | 2.2432 | 2.5841 | 1.6731 | 3.484 | |
| 136 | 2.3152 | 2.1505 | 2.4778 | 1.9059 | 2.810 | |
| 137 | 2.2013 | 2.0434 | 2.3548 | 1.8254 | 2.653 | |
| 138 | 2.1210 | 1.9688 | 2.2691 | 1.7832 | 2.521 | |
| 139 | 2.0932 | 1.9427 | 2.2391 | 1.3563 | 3.218 | |
| 140 | 2.0138 | 1.8694 | 2.1549 | 1.0826 | 3.716 | |
| 141 | 1.9649 | 1.8221 | 2.1004 | 1.7388 | 2.220 | |
| 142 | 1.9416 | 1.8020 | 2.0773 | 1.6322 | 2.308 | |
| 143 | 1.9286 | 1.7888 | 2.0622 | 1.3901 | 2.670 | |
| 144 | 1.8966 | 1.7599 | 2.0290 | 0.9331 | 3.817 | |
| 145 | 1.8837 | 1.7485 | 2.0159 | 1.5929 | 2.226 | |
| 146 | 1.8731 | 1.7383 | 2.0041 | 1.6909 | 2.075 | |
| 147 | 1.8572 | 1.7243 | 1.9881 | 1.5977 | 2.158 | |
| 148 | 1.8500 | 1.7176 | 1.9803 | 1.3854 | 2.467 | |
| 149 | 1.7421 | 1.6150 | 1.8624 | 1.4987 | 2.024 | |
| 150 | 1.6268 | 1.5081 | 1.7394 | 0.9188 | 2.865 | |
| 151 | 1.5511 | 1.4397 | 1.6606 | 1.3198 | 1.822 | |
| 152 | 1.4864 | 1.3780 | 1.5896 | 1.2077 | 1.828 | |
| 153 | 1.4656 | 1.3590 | 1.5678 | 1.1577 | 1.854 | |
| 154 | 1.4380 | 1.3343 | 1.5393 | 1.2708 | 1.627 | |
| 155 | 1.3755 | 1.2742 | 1.4701 | 1.2252 | 1.544 | |
| 156 | 1.3477 | 1.2503 | 1.4426 | 1.1203 | 1.621 | |
| 157 | 1.3411 | 1.2439 | 1.4352 | 1.2172 | 1.477 | |
| 158 | 1.3019 | 1.2076 | 1.3934 | 1.0877 | 1.558 | |
| 159 | 1.2563 | 1.1655 | 1.3449 | 1.1051 | 1.428 | |
| 160 | 1.0872 | 1.0078 | 1.1633 | 0.9395 | 1.258 | |
| 161 | 1.0274 | 0.9531 | 1.1002 | 0.9365 | 1.127 | |
| 162 | 0.9690 | 0.8985 | 1.0373 | 0.8693 | 1.080 | |
| 163 | 0.8996 | 0.8334 | 0.9622 | 0.6927 | 1.168 |
02In 2019
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Australia20.6623
- 2
Turks and Caicos Islands17.5280
- 3
Papua New Guinea17.3663
- 4
Tunisia16.8347
- 5
Albania15.2018
Lowest
- 163
Myanmar0.8996
- 162
Niger0.9690
- 161
Mali1.0274
- 160
Sri Lanka1.0872
- 159
Mauritania1.2563
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 (%)
Highest
Australia19.4429
Lowest
Myanmar0.8334
Middle country: 4.9684
Boys (%)
Highest
Australia21.8135
Lowest
Myanmar0.9622
Middle country: 5.6994
Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)
Highest
Australia15.2906
Lowest
Myanmar0.6927
Middle country: 3.8691
Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)
Highest
Ukraine34.305
Lowest
Niger1.080
Middle country: 7.673
032018 → 2019
Since 2018
What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 161values changed, of 163 in both
- 85 · 76rose · fell
- 2unchanged
Rose most
Australia19.5142 → 20.6623+1.1481
Papua New Guinea16.7548 → 17.3663+0.6115
Vietnam6.9330 → 7.4832+0.5502
Oman4.8323 → 5.3410+0.5087
Paraguay13.1533 → 13.5952+0.4419
Fell most
Libya12.1606 → 10.5308−1.6298
Georgia7.0671 → 6.3284−0.7387
Indonesia7.1881 → 6.5071−0.6810
Azerbaijan7.7370 → 7.0636−0.6734
Montenegro10.3915 → 9.7921−0.5994
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.
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 2019.
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
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UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) (2019). Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/child-overweight/2019
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07Questions
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019: questions and answers
Which country has the highest child overweight in Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019?
Australia, at 20.6623, of the 163 countries in the file.
What year does Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019 describe?
2019.
How many countries does Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019 cover?
163.
Where can I download Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2019?
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, 2019 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024.