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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2000

2000, as UNICEF’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of children under five who are too heavy for their height. It is the other half of what nutritionists call the double burden of malnutrition: in many countries some children are underfed while others are overweight, and both harm health for life.

Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2000 covers 163 countries on 5 measures. Ukraine is highest, at 25.5871; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.7047. The middle country reads 6.0666.

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five · Data for 2000

HighestUkraine

25.5871

LowestBangladesh

0.7047

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2000, 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

Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2000: every country, as published by UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates).
derived
1UkraineUKREastern Europe25.587124.17326.92720.719931.148
2AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe19.869318.70421.00814.794326.151
3LibyaLBYNorthern Africa19.853618.66820.96816.447323.765
4GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia18.170017.05919.20814.661522.299
5Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe17.881116.78718.90914.703621.572
6SyriaSYRWestern Asia17.651016.57518.67814.953620.717
7SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe16.369515.37117.35312.066121.827
8RussiaRUSEastern Europe16.028515.03016.97714.597117.572
9MontenegroMNESouthern Europe14.867813.94115.77210.770120.172
10UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia13.771112.89114.60811.702916.138
11ComorosCOMEastern Africa13.312712.46314.13311.161215.805
12AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa13.173412.32113.97511.579614.949
13EgyptEGYNorthern Africa13.129012.28113.93011.366615.118
14EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa13.042812.22013.86210.735915.758
15TongaTONPolynesia12.959812.11313.7427.632721.153
16MalawiMWIEastern Africa12.022511.26012.79210.777213.390
17MoroccoMARNorthern Africa11.975511.18512.72310.126314.110
18ArmeniaARMWestern Asia11.893611.10812.62210.193313.834
19BelizeBLZCentral America11.774111.00612.5098.383116.293
20North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe11.492310.72912.1999.344014.058
21ChileCHLSouth America11.433810.68512.15010.174112.827
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa11.299410.56312.0138.891314.258
23GreeceGRCSouthern Europe10.851310.13511.5348.232514.175
24QatarQATWestern Asia10.45829.75411.1077.076015.193
25ArgentinaARGSouth America10.45219.75911.1128.517812.764

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Ukraine25.5871
  2. 2Albania19.8693
  3. 3Libya19.8536
  4. 4Georgia18.1700
  5. 5Bosnia and Herzegovina17.8811

Lowest

  1. 163Bangladesh0.7047
  2. 162Nepal0.7389
  3. 161Sri Lanka0.9327
  4. 160North Korea0.9926
  5. 159Niger1.0663

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.0666. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Girls (%)

    HighestUkraine24.173

    LowestBangladesh0.653

    Middle country: 5.647

  • Boys (%)

    HighestUkraine26.927

    LowestBangladesh0.755

    Middle country: 6.471

  • Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

    HighestUkraine20.7199

    LowestNepal0.6314

    Middle country: 4.2208

  • Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

    HighestUkraine31.148

    LowestBangladesh0.781

    Middle country: 7.836

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNICEF’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 163 countries has every column.

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UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) (2000). Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/child-overweight/2000

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