Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2023

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2023: 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	25.3184	23.9132	26.648	15.563	38.408
2	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	18.5631	17.4333	19.619	8.441	36.044
3	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	18.2597	17.1586	19.318	12.538	25.822
4	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	17.4211	16.3544	18.435	11.392	25.715
5	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15.8615	14.8617	16.790	9.730	24.796
6	UkraineUKREastern Europe	15.2330	14.2710	16.138	4.803	39.029
7	ParaguayPRYSouth America	15.1211	14.1718	16.028	9.253	23.738
8	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	15.0397	14.0985	15.947	7.053	29.226
9	ArgentinaARGSouth America	13.7081	12.8320	14.542	8.977	20.376
10	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.6028	12.7281	14.427	4.761	33.148
11	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	13.0617	12.2270	13.870	6.112	25.748
12	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	12.9237	12.1047	13.734	8.358	19.455
13	UruguayURYSouth America	12.7467	11.9212	13.529	8.548	18.588
14	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	12.5226	11.7140	13.298	8.589	17.904
15	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	12.5029	11.6863	13.267	5.892	24.594
16	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	12.4939	11.6783	13.258	7.183	20.848
17	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	11.9688	11.1903	12.714	8.989	15.765
18	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11.8769	11.1123	12.627	7.752	17.775
19	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	11.5111	10.7481	12.220	7.539	17.188
20	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	11.4843	10.7376	12.208	7.540	17.110
21	CanadaCANNorthern America	11.4009	10.6525	12.113	3.871	29.138
22	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	11.3219	10.5895	12.043	4.349	26.390
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	11.1897	10.4538	11.891	4.934	23.422
24	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	11.1412	10.4079	11.839	8.231	14.913
25	PanamaPANCentral America	11.0798	10.3488	11.773	7.500	16.072

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.3877. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Girls (%)

  HighestAustralia23.9132

  LowestMyanmar0.6132

  Middle country: 5.0091

• Boys (%)

  HighestAustralia26.648

  LowestMyanmar0.708

  Middle country: 5.746

• Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestAustralia15.563

  LowestMyanmar0.406

  Middle country: 3.456

• Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestUkraine39.029

  LowestMyanmar1.079

  Middle country: 9.035

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