Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls 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. More info »
2004
2006
2008
2009
2011
2013
2015
2016
2018
-0.50
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
6.00
6.50
Afghanistan
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators - Last updated January 1, 2020