Table 2.
Estimates of the proportion of overweight children under 5 years of age, by region
| Region | Estimated overweight proportion in 1990 (%) (uncertainty interval) | Estimated overweight proportion (%) in 2018 (uncertainty interval) |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | 5.2 (4.2–6.2) | 4.9 (3.6–6.1) |
| Northern Africa | 7.0 (4.2–11.4) | 10.6 (4.8–21.8) |
| Middle Africa | 4.1 (2.2–7.5) | 4.6 (3.4–6.3) |
| Southern Africa | 9.1 (6.4–12.9) | 13.0 (9.3–17.9) |
| Eastern Africa | 5.0 (3.7–6.7) | 4.3 (3.5–5.3) |
| Western Africa | 3.9 (2.8–5.5) | 2.1 (1.6–2.6) |
| Asia | 4.0 (3.0–5.0) | 5.2 (3.9–6.5) |
| Eastern Asia | 6.4 (5.8–7.0) | 6.3 (5.5–7.2) |
| Western Asia | 5.7 (3.0–10.5) | 9.0 (3.5–21.1) |
| Southern Asia | 2.3 (0.8–6.1) | 3.1 (1.9–5.1) |
| South-eastern Asia | 1.9 (1.5–2.4) | 7.7 (4.0–14.2) |
| Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) | 3.2 (2.4–4.2) | 9.1 (5.9–13.8) |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 6.2 (4.7–7.7) | 7.5 (6.6–8.4) |
| Caribbean | 4.2 (4.0–4.5) | 7.0 (3.7–12.8) |
| Central America | 5.3 (3.7–7.6) | 6.9 (6.0–8.1) |
| South America | 6.8 (4.9–9.3) | 7.8 (6.7–9.1) |
Estimates were published jointly by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization and the World Bank (see Table 1)
Bold shows regional aggregates