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

Prevalence of overweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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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Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)Year
1
Ukraine
27.3%
2000
2
Montenegro
24.7%
2013
3
Albania
23.3%
2009
4
Libya
23.2%
2007
5
Georgia
21.3%
2009
6
South Africa
20.6%
2004
7
Armenia
18.8%
2010
8
Tonga
18.6%
2012
9
Syria
17.8%
2009
10
Bosnia and Herzegovina
16.7%
2012
11
Serbia
16.6%
2010
12
Egypt
16.4%
2014
13
Lebanon
15.3%
2004
14
Azerbaijan
14.9%
2006
15
Kazakhstan
14.8%
2010
16
Bulgaria
14.8%
2004
17
Tunisia
14.8%
2012
18
Papua New Guinea
14.4%
2011
19
Greece
13.7%
2003
20
Republic of Macedonia
13.4%
2011
21
Uzbekistan
13.1%
2006
22
Algeria
12.8%
2012
23
Morocco
12.5%
2011
24
Iraq
12.5%
2011
25
Indonesia
11.8%
2013
26
Turkey
11.7%
2013
27
Equatorial Guinea
11.6%
2010
28
Benin
11.6%
2006
29
Paraguay
11.4%
2012
30
Comoros
11.4%
2012
31
Belarus
11.3%
2005
32
Barbados
11.3%
2012
33
Botswana
11.3%
2007
34
São Tomé and Príncipe
11.1%
2008
35
Malawi
10.3%
2010
36
Argentina
10.2%
2005
37
Swaziland
10.1%
2010
38
Thailand
10.1%
2012
39
Chile
10%
2014
40
Kyrgyzstan
9.8%
2012
41
Canada
9.6%
1971
42
Bolivia
9.2%
2008
43
Gabon
9.2%
2012
44
Mexico
9%
2012
45
Brunei
8.9%
2009
46
Kuwait
8.9%
2014
47
Sierra Leone
8.8%
2013
48
Romania
8.6%
2002
49
Belize
8.6%
2011
50
Costa Rica
8.3%
2008
51
South Korea
8.2%
2010
52
Peru
8.2%
2012
53
Mongolia
8.2%
2010
54
Mozambique
8.1%
2011
55
Cameroon
7.9%
2011
56
Maldives
7.9%
2009
57
Dominican Republic
7.9%
2013
58
Ecuador
7.9%
2012
59
Uruguay
7.8%
2011
60
Djibouti
7.7%
2012
61
Lesotho
7.7%
2009
62
Bhutan
7.5%
2010
63
China
7.5%
2010
64
Rwanda
7.1%
2010
65
Brazil
6.9%
2007
66
Tajikistan
6.9%
2012
67
Nicaragua
6.7%
2006
68
Zimbabwe
6.7%
2010
69
Zambia
6.6%
2013
70
El Salvador
6.3%
2008
71
Saudi Arabia
6.3%
2005
72
Afghanistan
6.3%
2004
73
Madagascar
6.3%
2004
74
Panama
6.2%
1997
75
South Sudan
6.1%
2010
76
Tanzania
6%
2010
77
Moldova
6%
2012
78
Jamaica
5.8%
2012
79
Jordan
5.6%
2012
80
Honduras
5.5%
2012
81
Vietnam
5.5%
2010
82
Fiji
5.4%
2004
83
Colombia
5.4%
2010
84
Vanuatu
5.4%
2007
85
Philippines
5.4%
2013
86
United States
5.2%
2012
87
Angola
5.1%
2001
88
Suriname
5%
2010
89
Guyana
4.9%
2009
90
Mali
4.9%
2006
91
Guatemala
4.8%
2015
92
Czech Republic
4.7%
2001
93
Kenya
4.7%
2009
94
Pakistan
4.7%
2012
95
Uganda
4.5%
2011
96
Democratic Republic Of Congo
4.5%
2013
97
Sudan
4.1%
2006
98
Haiti
4.1%
2012
99
Namibia
3.9%
2013
100
Turkmenistan
3.8%
2006
101
Trinidad and Tobago
3.8%
2000
102
Republic of the Congo
3.7%
2011
103
Ghana
3.6%
2014
104
Germany
3.6%
2005
105
Ivory Coast
3.5%
2012
106
Guinea
3.4%
2012
107
Niger
3.4%
2012
108
Guinea-Bissau
3.4%
2010
109
Hungary
3.2%
1984
110
Liberia
3.1%
2013
111
Singapore
3.1%
2000
112
Burundi
3.1%
2010
113
Gambia
3.1%
2013
114
Somalia
2.8%
2009
115
Cambodia
2.7%
2014
116
Burkina Faso
2.7%
2010
117
Myanmar
2.7%
2009
118
Chad
2.5%
2015
119
Netherlands
2.5%
1980
120
Yemen
2.5%
2013
121
Solomon Islands
2.3%
1989
122
India
2.2%
2006
123
Ethiopia
2.1%
2014
124
Central African Republic
2%
2010
125
Laos
1.9%
2011
126
Japan
1.9%
2010
127
Nigeria
1.8%
2014
128
Togo
1.8%
2014
129
Senegal
1.7%
2014
130
Eritrea
1.6%
2010
131
Bangladesh
1.6%
2014
132
Nepal
1.5%
2011
133
Oman
1.5%
2009
134
East Timor
1.5%
2013
135
Mauritania
1.1%
2012
136
Sri Lanka
0.7%
2012
137
North Korea
0%
2009
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