Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Cambodia
Cambodia: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 5.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Cambodia, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 5.7% for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.8% on the previous year and up 159.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Cambodia peaked at 5.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2010.
That places Cambodia 71st out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4% | — |
| 2001 | 3.2% | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 2.8% | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 3.6% | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 4.1% | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 4.8% | +17.1% |
| 2024 | 5.7% | +18.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.1% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.2% | 5.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More infrastructure data for Cambodia
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 20.48 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 116.09 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 29,080 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.1649 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0016 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -11.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 29,080 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.16 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Cambodia?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Cambodia was 5.7% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2010.
- How does Cambodia rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Cambodia ranks 71st out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 159.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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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