Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in El Salvador
El Salvador: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 8.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in El Salvador, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in El Salvador is 8.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in El Salvador peaked at 8.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.4%, in 2000.
El Salvador ranks 50th of 148 countries on this measure, 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.4% | — |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 4.7% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 5.5% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 5.7% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 5.9% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 6.1% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 7.4% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 7.8% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 8.1% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.3% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 8.5% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.1% | 4.4% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 6.1% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.1% | 7.8% | 8.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More infrastructure data for El Salvador
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 176.52 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 885,101 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 13.96 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1396 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.6394 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 885,101 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.77 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in El Salvador?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in El Salvador was 8.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 8.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4% in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- El Salvador ranks 50th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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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