Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Chile
Chile: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 8.7% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Chile, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
Chile recorded 8.7% for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Chile peaked at 11.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2021.
Chile ranks 45th of 148 countries on this measure, 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 | 11.1% | 10.5% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 8.9% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More infrastructure data for Chile
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 26.22 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 132.66 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.74 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 8.79 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0879 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -12.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.74 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.33 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Chile?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Chile was 8.7% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2001.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2021.
- How does Chile rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Chile ranks 45th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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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