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 »
1994
1997
2000
2003
2006
2008
2011
2014
2017
-2.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
14.00
South Africa
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators - Last updated January 1, 2020