Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Albania
Albania: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 16.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Albania, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Albania is 16.7%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Albania peaked at 24.4% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2020.
Albania ranks 6th of 148 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.9% | — |
| 2001 | 21.0% | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 22.0% | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 22.9% | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 23.7% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 24.2% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 24.4% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 24.1% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 23.5% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 22.7% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 21.8% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 20.9% | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 19.8% | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 17.8% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 16.9% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 16.1% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 15.6% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 15.2% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 15.0% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 15.1% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 15.3% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 16.7% | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.0% | 19.9% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 15.2% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.6% | 15.0% | 16.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 3 Papua New Guinea 18.5% compare
- 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 18.3% compare
- 5 Tunisia 17.5% compare
- 7 Ukraine 16.0% compare
- 8 Paraguay 15.4% compare
- 8 Türkiye 7.7% compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 15.0% compare
More infrastructure data for Albania
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.49 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 89.13 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 165,380 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 5.92 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0696 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 165,380 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.05 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Albania?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Albania was 16.7% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 24.4% in 2006.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2020.
- How does Albania rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Albania ranks 6th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested).