Congo vs Sierra Leone: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Congo

5.3%

in 2024

Sierra Leone

5.4%

in 2024

Congo rank

87th

Sierra Leone rank

85th

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

Congo
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 5.4% against 5.3% in Congo, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 87th and Sierra Leone ranks 85th of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of children who are overweight or obese
Unit: %
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 4,075 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of children under five years old that are defined as overweight or obese. A child is classified as overweight if their weight-for-height is more than two standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.