Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2021

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2021: 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	23.0028	21.686	24.247	15.5758	32.603
2	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	18.2530	17.137	19.294	9.1045	33.233
3	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	17.9662	16.886	19.019	13.2653	23.874
4	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	17.2028	16.146	18.206	12.5989	23.046
5	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15.0770	14.115	15.965	10.5984	21.004
6	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	14.8342	13.904	15.731	8.0636	25.701
7	ParaguayPRYSouth America	14.4643	13.549	15.339	9.9573	20.546
8	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14.3597	13.443	15.221	4.7907	35.846
9	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.7849	12.902	14.620	5.3537	31.127
10	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	13.1115	12.284	13.934	9.5380	17.761
11	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	13.0902	12.254	13.900	7.0632	22.988
12	ArgentinaARGSouth America	12.7903	11.964	13.577	9.2311	17.458
13	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	12.1961	11.396	12.943	8.1539	17.853
14	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	12.1885	11.389	12.936	6.6191	21.372
15	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	11.6299	10.872	12.358	8.7815	15.248
16	UruguayURYSouth America	11.5462	10.788	12.264	8.5886	15.351
17	CanadaCANNorthern America	11.4549	10.703	12.170	4.1950	27.652
18	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	11.4249	10.675	12.138	9.2876	13.978
19	PanamaPANCentral America	11.3727	10.624	12.081	8.5012	15.055
20	TongaTONPolynesia	11.2773	10.529	11.975	8.2598	15.214
21	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	11.2671	10.527	11.973	9.0152	13.995
22	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	11.1630	10.431	11.865	5.7877	20.447
23	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	11.0174	10.303	11.723	4.8897	22.969
24	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	10.7935	10.079	11.471	5.8354	19.109
25	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	10.7249	10.025	11.411	7.9434	14.329

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.3896. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Girls (%)

  HighestAustralia21.686

  LowestMyanmar0.706

  Middle country: 5.018

• Boys (%)

  HighestAustralia24.247

  LowestMyanmar0.815

  Middle country: 5.756

• Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestAustralia15.5758

  LowestMyanmar0.5392

  Middle country: 3.6483

• Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestUkraine35.846

  LowestMyanmar1.076

  Middle country: 8.025

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