Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 2.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Burkina Faso, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Burkina Faso stood at 2.8%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 21.7% on the previous year and up 180.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Burkina Faso peaked at 2.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2010.
That places Burkina Faso 152nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | per pop u5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.9% | — |
| 2001 | 1.8% | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | +15.0% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | +21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More infrastructure data for Burkina Faso
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 27.46 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 116.59 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 81,718 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.347 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.9155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 81,718 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.17 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Burkina Faso?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Burkina Faso was 2.8% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2010.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Burkina Faso ranks 152nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 180.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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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