Child Welfare · Middle Africa

Cameroon Overweight Children

11%as of 2018Reported+64.2% vs 2014

Share of children under 5 who are overweight (weight-for-height above two standard deviations). Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved 15 Oct 2026.

Trend

2004 – 2018 · World Bank

History

most recent 5 periods · World Bank
PeriodOverweight Children
201811%
20146.7%
20116.5%
200610.5%
20048.7%

Overweight Children across Africa

All 54 countries →
CountryOverweight ChildrenPeriod
Nigeria1.5%2021
Kenya3.4%2022
South Africa11.8%2017
Egypt10.1%2021
Ghana2%2022
Ethiopia2.3%2019

Overweight Children in every African country

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