Child Welfare · Eastern Africa

Somalia Overweight Children

3%as of 2009Reported-36.2% vs 2006

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.

History

most recent 2 periods · World Bank

2 observations are available since 2006. At least 4 are needed to show a trend chart.

PeriodOverweight Children
20093%
20064.7%

Overweight Children across Africa

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

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