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Prevalence of overweight weight for height percentage of children under 5

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 new child growth standards released in 2006.Source:
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Country
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)Year
1
Ukraine
26.5%
2000
2
Albania
23.4%
2009
3
Libya
22.4%
2007
4
Montenegro
22.3%
2013
5
Georgia
19.9%
2009
6
Syria
17.9%
2009
7
Bosnia and Herzegovina
17.4%
2012
8
Tonga
17.3%
2012
9
Lebanon
16.7%
2004
10
Kiribati
15.9%
1985
11
Egypt
15.7%
2014
12
Tunisia
14.3%
2012
13
Serbia
13.9%
2014
14
Papua New Guinea
13.8%
2010
15
Bulgaria
13.6%
2004
16
Armenia
13.6%
2016
17
South Africa
13.3%
2016
18
Azerbaijan
13%
2013
19
Uzbekistan
12.8%
2006
20
Paraguay
12.4%
2016
21
Republic of Macedonia
12.4%
2011
22
Algeria
12.4%
2012
23
Barbados
12.2%
2012
24
Iraq
11.8%
2011
25
Indonesia
11.5%
2013
26
Trinidad and Tobago
11.5%
2011
27
Botswana
11.2%
2007
28
Turkey
10.9%
2013
29
Comoros
10.9%
2012
30
Morocco
10.7%
2011
31
Mongolia
10.5%
2013
32
Canada
10.4%
2004
33
Qatar
10.4%
1995
34
Seychelles
10.2%
2012
35
Bolivia
10.1%
2016
36
Argentina
9.9%
2005
37
Equatorial Guinea
9.7%
2011
38
Belarus
9.7%
2005
39
Chile
9.3%
2014
40
Kazakhstan
9.3%
2015
41
Swaziland
9%
2014
42
Sierra Leone
8.9%
2013
43
Jamaica
8.5%
2014
44
Brunei
8.3%
2009
45
Nicaragua
8.3%
2012
46
Romania
8.3%
2002
47
Thailand
8.2%
2016
48
Costa Rica
8.1%
2008
49
Djibouti
8.1%
2012
50
Ecuador
8%
2014
51
Mozambique
7.9%
2011
52
Gabon
7.7%
2012
53
Australia
7.7%
2007
54
Rwanda
7.7%
2015
55
Bhutan
7.6%
2010
56
Dominican Republic
7.6%
2013
57
Bahrain
7.5%
1989
58
Lesotho
7.4%
2014
59
Brazil
7.3%
2007
60
South Korea
7.3%
2010
61
Belize
7.3%
2015
62
Uruguay
7.2%
2011
63
Peru
7.2%
2012
64
Kyrgyzstan
7%
2014
65
Iran
6.9%
1998
66
Cameroon
6.7%
2014
67
Tajikistan
6.6%
2012
68
China
6.6%
2010
69
Mauritius
6.5%
1995
70
Maldives
6.5%
2009
71
El Salvador
6.4%
2014
72
Venezuela
6.4%
2009
73
Saint Lucia
6.3%
2012
74
Tuvalu
6.3%
2007
75
Zambia
6.2%
2013
76
Panama
6.2%
1997
77
Madagascar
6.2%
2004
78
Saudi Arabia
6.1%
2005
79
Kuwait
6%
2015
80
Malaysia
6%
2016
81
United States
6%
2012
82
South Sudan
6%
2010
83
Republic of the Congo
5.9%
2015
84
Turkmenistan
5.9%
2015
85
Zimbabwe
5.6%
2015
86
Afghanistan
5.4%
2013
87
Samoa
5.4%
2014
88
Vietnam
5.3%
2015
89
Guyana
5.3%
2014
90
Honduras
5.2%
2012
91
Mexico
5.2%
2015
92
Fiji
5.1%
2004
93
Moldova
4.9%
2012
94
Colombia
4.8%
2010
95
Pakistan
4.8%
2012
96
Guatemala
4.7%
2015
97
Jordan
4.7%
2012
98
Vanuatu
4.6%
2013
99
Malawi
4.5%
2015
100
Oman
4.4%
2014
101
Democratic Republic Of Congo
4.4%
2013
102
Czech Republic
4.4%
2001
103
Namibia
4.1%
2013
104
Kenya
4.1%
2014
105
Suriname
4%
2010
106
Guinea
4%
2016
107
Solomon Islands
3.9%
2015
108
Philippines
3.9%
2015
109
Uganda
3.7%
2016
110
Haiti
3.6%
2012
111
Tanzania
3.6%
2015
112
Germany
3.5%
2005
113
Angola
3.3%
2016
114
Liberia
3.2%
2013
115
Gambia
3.2%
2013
116
Somalia
3%
2009
117
Sudan
3%
2014
118
Niger
3%
2012
119
Nauru
2.8%
2007
120
Ethiopia
2.8%
2016
121
Ghana
2.6%
2014
122
Singapore
2.6%
2000
123
Chad
2.5%
2015
124
São Tomé and Príncipe
2.4%
2014
125
Guinea-Bissau
2.3%
2014
126
India
2.1%
2015
127
Cambodia
2%
2014
128
Sri Lanka
2%
2016
129
Laos
2%
2011
130
Togo
2%
2014
131
Yemen
2%
2013
132
Mali
1.9%
2015
133
Eritrea
1.9%
2010
134
Central African Republic
1.8%
2010
135
Benin
1.7%
2014
136
Nigeria
1.5%
2016
137
East Timor
1.5%
2013
138
Japan
1.5%
2010
139
Ivory Coast
1.5%
2016
140
Burundi
1.4%
2016
141
Bangladesh
1.4%
2014
142
Mauritania
1.3%
2015
143
Myanmar
1.3%
2016
144
Nepal
1.2%
2016
145
Burkina Faso
1.2%
2016
146
Senegal
0.9%
2016
147
North Korea
0%
2009
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