Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Belize
Belize: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 5.6% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Belize, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Belize stood at 5.6%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Belize peaked at 11.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2024.
That places Belize 72nd out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.0% | 9.8% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 6.5% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Belize
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 270,536 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 67.17 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 17,806 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4.42 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0442 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -6.28 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 17,806 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.6717 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Belize?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Belize was 5.6% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2024.
- How does Belize rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Belize ranks 72nd out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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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