Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.
Latest, 20154.9%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2009No change4.9%
High since 19877.3% of children under 52000 · World Bank
Low since 19872.8% of children under 51987 · World Bank
Recent years
- 20154.9% of children under 5No change
- 20094.9% of children under 5−0.3 pp
- 20025.2% of children under 5−2.1 pp
- 20007.3% of children under 5+0.4 pp
- 19996.9% of children under 5+0.7 pp
- 19956.2% of children under 5+3.4 pp
- 19872.8% of children under 5
Related
- Projected population, national totalBanguat18,312,373people2026+1.3%vs 2025
- National povertyWorld Bank56%of population2023The latest figure is older than its frequency allows
- Child stuntingWorld Bank46%of children under 52021−0.7 ppvs 2015The latest figure is older than its frequency allows
- Life expectancyWorld Bank72.75years2024+0.2%vs 2023