Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Argentina
Argentina: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 14.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Argentina, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Argentina is 14.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Argentina peaked at 14.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 2001.
Argentina ranks 10th of 148 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Argentina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.5% | — |
| 2001 | 10.4% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 10.4% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10.6% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10.8% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 10.9% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 11.1% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 11.8% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 12.1% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 12.4% | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 12.8% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 13.2% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 13.7% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 14.3% | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.5% | 10.4% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 10.7% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 12.4% | 14.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More infrastructure data for Argentina
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 64.08 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 140.24 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 6.42 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 14.05 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1405 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -8.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 6.42 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.4 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 Argentina?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Argentina was 14.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 2001.
- How does Argentina rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Argentina ranks 10th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.
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