Overweight in children — all countries

Overweight in children — Brunei Darussalam

Overweight in children in Brunei Darussalam in 2009 — 8.3%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 29.

2009 8.3%
World rank 25of 29
Period maximum 8.3%2009
Period minimum 8.3%2009

Trend over time

2009–2009 · % of children under 5

Change over the period: +0 pp
Overweight in children — Brunei Darussalam, by year Brunei Darussalam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2009 8.3

South-Eastern Asia, 2009

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of children under five whose weight exceeds the WHO norm for their height by more than two standard deviations. The indicator matters in that it grows at the same time as stunting in the very same countries: a diet of cheap calories produces both the one and the other, and this is the core of the notion of the double burden of malnutrition. Overweight in children used to be considered a problem of rich countries — now it is growing fastest in middle-income countries.

Important: The data come from sample surveys, the years are intermittent. The aggregate by group is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.