Share of children who are overweight or obese in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Share of children who are overweight or obese was 2.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children who are overweight or obese in Burkina Faso, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 2.8% for share of children who are overweight or obese in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.7% on the previous year and up 180.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are overweight or obese in Burkina Faso peaked at 2.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2010.
That places Burkina Faso 138th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 137 Maldives 3.0% compare
- 138 Eritrea 2.8% compare
- 140 Gambia, The 2.7% compare
- 140 Iran, Islamic Rep. 2.7% compare
More reference data data for Burkina Faso
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 9.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4137 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9232 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 9.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 26.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 65.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric Fermentat 18,150 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 596.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 16.15 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are overweight or obese in Burkina Faso?
- Share of children who are overweight or obese in Burkina Faso was 2.8% in 2024, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are overweight or obese recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children who are overweight or obese recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2010.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for share of children who are overweight or obese?
- Burkina Faso ranks 138th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are overweight or obese rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 180.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are overweight or obese. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.