Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Botswana
Botswana: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 11.5% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Botswana, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Botswana is 11.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Botswana peaked at 11.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2000.
Botswana ranks 22nd of 148 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.1% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 10.4% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More infrastructure data for Botswana
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 4.13 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 164 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 83,182 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.3 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.033 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -7.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 83,182 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.64 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Botswana?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Botswana was 11.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2000.
- How does Botswana rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Botswana ranks 22nd out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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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