Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 11.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in China (People’s Republic of), 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
China (People’s Republic of) recorded 11.1% 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 6.7% on the previous year and up 54.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 11.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 2000.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 27th 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.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in China (People’s Republic of), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.5% | — |
| 2001 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 6.7% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 6.9% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 7.2% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 7.4% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 7.6% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 7.9% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 8.2% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 8.5% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 8.9% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 10.4% | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 11.1% | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.4% | 6.7% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 8.9% | 11.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near China (People’s Republic of)
More infrastructure data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.87 billion (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 131.75 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 166.51 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.73 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -7.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 166.51 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 China (People’s Republic of)?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in China (People’s Republic of) was 11.1% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 2000.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 27th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) 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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