Child Welfare · Eastern Africa

Djibouti Overweight Children

4.2%as of 2023Reported+162.5% vs 2019

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

2011 – 2023 · World Bank

History

most recent 4 periods · World Bank
PeriodOverweight Children
20234.2%
20191.6%
20130.3%
20110.5%

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

6 countries carry a recent overweight prevalence among children under 5 figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.

Western Africa

Eastern Africa

  • Djibouti4.2% · 2023
  • Zimbabwe4.3% · 2024

Middle Africa

Southern Africa

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