Children – Worldmapper

Obese Children

tina-gotthardt — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:26:41 +0000

The highest number of obese children lives in China (>28 million), followed by the United States of America (>13 million), India (>7.5 million), Brazil (>5.2 million) and Mexico (>5.1 million). Egypt, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan and Iraq complete the top 10 countries. China's prevalence is with 11.7% rather average, the high absolute number is a result of the big population. The highest prevalence among children is recorded on the Pacific island states of Nauru and Palau (both >30%), Tonga, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands (all above 23%). Kuwait, Samoa, the United States and Micronesia all have an obesity prevalence of more than 20%. Overall the world is split in three parts, 22 countries have a prevalence of 15% or more, among them mostly developing countries, with the exception of developed and emerging economies like United States of America, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and UAE. The middle field - 5-15% is mixed, all EU states are here. Among those Greece has with 13.8 the highest prevalence, followed by Italy (12.5) and Hungary (11.1). The lowest prevalence among the EU countries was estimated for Estonia (6.3) On the lowest end - below 5% prevalence of obesity - you find (with only the exception Japan with 3.3) the poorest countries in the world, most Sub-Sahara African countries are among those, plus some South-East and Central Asian states where malnutrition is still a bigger problem than obesity. According to the WHO: " Estimates of the number of overweight infants and children in the WHO European Region rose steadily from 1990 to 2008. Over 60% of children who are overweight before puberty will be overweight in early adulthood. Childhood obesity is strongly associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, orthopaedic problems, mental disorders, underachievement in school and lower self-esteem. The worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly doubled between 1980 and 2008. According to country estimates for 2008, over 50% of both men and women in the WHO European Region were overweight, and roughly 23% of women and 20% of men were obese. Based on the latest estimates in European Union countries, overweight affects 30-70% and obesity affects 10-30% of adults."

Child Labour

Worldmapper — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 19:00:03 +0000

This cartogram uses UNESCO data to highlight where the phenomenon is most widespread, and how it relates to the number of children in each country. The map is proportional to the number of children aged 5 to 14 years in each country, while the colours indicate the prevalence of child labour in each country. Child labour is a major problem in the world’s poorest countries where more than a quarter of children are engaged in such activities that are harmful to their health and their development. The majority of child labour takes place in agriculture (58.6 per cent of child labour according to ILO estimates). The cartogram also demonstrates that in absolute numbers Asia and the Pacific play an equally prominent role. And while there is a lack of data for the wealthiest parts of the world, including China, child labour is still an issue in upper- and middle-income countries with the ILO estimating 12 out of 168 million child workers being in these countries.

Obesity Prevalence in Children

tina-gotthardt — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 21:39:04 +0000

0-4 Year Olds

tina-gotthardt — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:14:45 +0000

This map shows the proportion of all children between age 0-4 living there in 2015.

Data sources
This map uses data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition. (last accessed March 2018). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

5-14 Year Olds

tina-gotthardt — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 11:27:27 +0000

This map shows the proportion of all children between age 5-14 living there in 2015.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.