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Prevalence of overweight weight for height female percentage of children under 5

Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls 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 new child growth standards released in 2006.Source:
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Country
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)Year
1
Ukraine
25.5%
2000
2
Albania
23.4%
2009
3
Libya
21.6%
2007
4
Egypt
21.2%
2008
5
Montenegro
19.6%
2013
6
Georgia
18.3%
2009
7
Syria
18.1%
2009
8
Lebanon
18%
2004
9
Bosnia and Herzegovina
18%
2012
10
South Africa
17.7%
2004
11
Serbia
14.7%
2010
12
Armenia
14.6%
2010
13
Greece
14.5%
2003
14
Tunisia
13.7%
2012
15
Barbados
13.3%
2012
16
Papua New Guinea
13%
2011
17
Azerbaijan
12.7%
2006
18
Bulgaria
12.6%
2004
19
Uzbekistan
12.5%
2006
20
São Tomé and Príncipe
12.1%
2008
21
Paraguay
12%
2012
22
Algeria
11.9%
2012
23
Kazakhstan
11.8%
2010
24
Thailand
11.6%
2012
25
Republic of Macedonia
11.4%
2011
26
Indonesia
11.3%
2013
27
Benin
11.3%
2006
28
Swaziland
11.2%
2010
29
Iraq
11.1%
2011
30
Botswana
11.1%
2007
31
Comoros
10.3%
2012
32
Jamaica
10.1%
2012
33
Turkey
9.9%
2013
34
Argentina
9.5%
2005
35
Mexico
9%
2012
36
Sierra Leone
9%
2013
37
Morocco
8.8%
2011
38
Chile
8.7%
2014
39
Kuwait
8.6%
2014
40
Djibouti
8.5%
2012
41
Guyana
8.4%
2009
42
Kyrgyzstan
8.2%
2012
43
Malawi
8.2%
2010
44
Romania
8.1%
2002
45
Bolivia
8.1%
2008
46
Belarus
8.1%
2005
47
Equatorial Guinea
7.9%
2010
48
Costa Rica
7.9%
2008
49
Brunei
7.8%
2009
50
Mozambique
7.7%
2011
51
Brazil
7.7%
2007
52
Bhutan
7.6%
2010
53
Uruguay
7.6%
2011
54
Dominican Republic
7.3%
2013
55
Rwanda
7.1%
2010
56
Belize
7.1%
2011
57
Ecuador
7%
2012
58
United States
6.9%
2012
59
Lesotho
6.9%
2009
60
Maldives
6.4%
2009
61
Tajikistan
6.3%
2012
62
Panama
6.2%
1997
63
Gabon
6.2%
2012
64
Trinidad and Tobago
6.2%
2000
65
Peru
6.1%
2012
66
Madagascar
6.1%
2004
67
Saudi Arabia
6%
2005
68
South Sudan
5.9%
2010
69
Zambia
5.9%
2013
70
China
5.6%
2010
71
Nicaragua
5.6%
2006
72
Angola
5.5%
2001
73
Kenya
5.3%
2009
74
Turkmenistan
5.3%
2006
75
Canada
5.2%
1971
76
South Korea
5.1%
2010
77
Cameroon
5.1%
2011
78
Mongolia
5.1%
2010
79
El Salvador
5%
2008
80
Zimbabwe
5%
2010
81
Tanzania
5%
2010
82
Honduras
4.8%
2012
83
Fiji
4.8%
2004
84
Pakistan
4.8%
2012
85
Philippines
4.6%
2013
86
Guatemala
4.6%
2015
87
Mali
4.6%
2006
88
Sudan
4.4%
2006
89
Democratic Republic Of Congo
4.3%
2013
90
Namibia
4.3%
2013
91
Colombia
4.2%
2010
92
Czech Republic
4.1%
2001
93
Vanuatu
4%
2007
94
Jordan
3.9%
2012
95
Vietnam
3.8%
2010
96
Moldova
3.7%
2012
97
Republic of the Congo
3.5%
2011
98
Gambia
3.4%
2013
99
Germany
3.3%
2005
100
Liberia
3.3%
2013
101
Ethiopia
3.2%
2014
102
Uganda
3.1%
2011
103
Guinea-Bissau
3.1%
2010
104
Somalia
3.1%
2009
105
Haiti
3.1%
2012
106
Suriname
3%
2010
107
Burkina Faso
2.9%
2010
108
Ivory Coast
2.8%
2012
109
Guinea
2.7%
2012
110
Hungary
2.7%
1984
111
Myanmar
2.6%
2009
112
Chad
2.6%
2015
113
Afghanistan
2.6%
2004
114
Burundi
2.6%
2010
115
Niger
2.5%
2012
116
Yemen
2.5%
2013
117
Togo
2.2%
2014
118
Eritrea
2.1%
2010
119
Netherlands
2.1%
1980
120
Laos
2.1%
2011
121
Singapore
2%
2000
122
Oman
2%
2009
123
Nigeria
1.8%
2014
124
Cambodia
1.8%
2014
125
India
1.7%
2006
126
Central African Republic
1.7%
2010
127
Nepal
1.6%
2011
128
Ghana
1.6%
2014
129
Bangladesh
1.5%
2014
130
Solomon Islands
1.5%
1989
131
East Timor
1.4%
2013
132
Mauritania
1.2%
2012
133
Japan
1.1%
2010
134
Senegal
0.9%
2014
135
Sri Lanka
0.4%
2012
136
North Korea
0%
2009
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