Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Barbados
Barbados: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 13.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Barbados, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Barbados is 13.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Barbados peaked at 13.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2000.
Barbados ranks 15th 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 Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.3% | — |
| 2001 | 9.5% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 9.8% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 10.0% | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 10.3% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 11.8% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 12.2% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 12.3% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 12.9% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 13.0% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 13.1% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13.0% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.4% | 9.3% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 11.6% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 13.0% | 13.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More infrastructure data for Barbados
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 323,482 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 114.58 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 121,314 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 42.97 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.4297 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.2761 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 121,314 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.15 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Barbados?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Barbados was 13.0% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2000.
- How does Barbados rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Barbados ranks 15th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados 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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