Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children 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 »
1992
1995
1999
2002
2006
2009
2012
2016
2019
-2.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
14.00
16.00
18.00
20.00
Malawi
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators - Last updated January 1, 2020