Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2012

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Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2012: 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	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	23.006	21.6894	24.2514	19.5790	26.832
2	UkraineUKREastern Europe	21.434	20.1784	22.6133	10.7617	38.163
3	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	20.863	19.6199	22.0056	17.8224	24.269
4	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	18.263	17.1461	19.3036	14.8002	22.323
5	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	16.575	15.5511	17.5508	12.8285	21.150
6	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	15.202	14.2426	16.1062	12.8421	17.907
7	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	15.026	14.0980	15.9467	8.8631	24.330
8	TongaTONPolynesia	14.996	14.0386	15.8802	12.0151	18.561
9	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	14.782	13.8570	15.6797	12.8334	16.969
10	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	14.761	13.8035	15.6196	12.5400	17.298
11	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	14.529	13.6090	15.4047	12.5251	16.793
12	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	13.719	12.8438	14.5557	11.8186	15.869
13	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	13.712	12.8307	14.5410	11.5389	16.219
14	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.649	12.7767	14.4811	7.7351	22.959
15	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	13.577	12.6990	14.3945	11.5695	15.871
16	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	13.543	12.6739	14.3667	11.1991	16.287
17	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	13.088	12.2508	13.8963	11.3187	15.087
18	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	12.742	11.9097	13.5162	10.6416	15.186
19	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	12.377	11.5691	13.1516	10.5338	14.490
20	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	11.945	11.1683	12.6894	9.0328	15.635
21	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	11.779	11.0076	12.5098	10.0035	13.821
22	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	11.744	10.9681	12.4656	8.9488	15.266
23	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	11.305	10.5295	11.9747	9.6170	13.245
24	CanadaCANNorthern America	11.048	10.3203	11.7412	5.8836	19.791
25	PanamaPANCentral America	10.977	10.2539	11.6669	9.0390	13.269

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.991. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Girls (%)

  HighestLibya21.6894

  LowestNiger0.5433

  Middle country: 5.5726

• Boys (%)

  HighestLibya24.2514

  LowestNiger0.6276

  Middle country: 6.3865

• Lower bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestLibya19.5790

  LowestNiger0.5346

  Middle country: 4.5781

• Upper bound (JME uncertainty interval)

  HighestUkraine38.163

  LowestNiger0.643

  Middle country: 7.633

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