Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2022

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2022: 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	24.1701	22.808	25.459	15.8384	35.0589
2	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	18.4892	17.363	19.541	8.8926	34.5185
3	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	18.1215	17.030	19.177	13.0148	24.6639
4	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	17.3292	16.266	18.338	12.0279	24.3211
5	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15.3425	14.368	16.245	10.1281	22.5675
6	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	14.9960	14.057	15.901	7.5969	27.4601
7	ParaguayPRYSouth America	14.8046	13.872	15.696	9.7053	21.9324
8	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14.7860	13.847	15.669	5.1391	35.7223
9	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.7032	12.823	14.533	4.9629	32.5622
10	ArgentinaARGSouth America	13.2177	12.368	14.027	9.1752	18.6751
11	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	13.0884	12.252	13.898	6.6768	24.0690
12	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	13.0251	12.203	13.843	8.9830	18.5161
13	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	12.2820	11.479	13.036	7.6474	19.1431
14	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	12.2328	11.431	12.983	6.3774	22.1900
15	UruguayURYSouth America	12.0999	11.310	12.848	8.5473	16.8571
16	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	11.9761	11.198	12.723	8.6180	16.4077
17	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	11.6828	10.920	12.412	9.2182	14.6998
18	CanadaCANNorthern America	11.4349	10.685	12.149	4.0825	28.1438
19	PanamaPANCentral America	11.2468	10.506	11.949	7.9250	15.7232
20	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	11.1842	10.450	11.886	5.4691	21.5124
21	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	11.1581	10.424	11.857	8.6544	14.2729
22	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	11.1578	10.436	11.871	4.6731	24.3430
23	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	10.9996	10.268	11.682	7.6568	15.5561
24	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	10.9975	10.282	11.698	7.8241	15.2451
25	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	10.8355	10.119	11.516	5.4801	20.3002

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.4492. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Girls (%)

  HighestAustralia22.808

  LowestMyanmar0.656

  Middle country: 5.070

• Boys (%)

  HighestAustralia25.459

  LowestMyanmar0.757

  Middle country: 5.815

• Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestAustralia15.8384

  LowestMyanmar0.4703

  Middle country: 3.5127

• Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestUkraine35.7223

  LowestMyanmar1.0640

  Middle country: 8.2904

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