Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%) in Eritrea
Eritrea: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%) was 2.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 2.8% for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.0% on the previous year and up 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea peaked at 2.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2000.
That places Eritrea 154th out of 180 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 Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.5% | — |
| 2001 | 1.6% | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | +12.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 2.8% is above the median for low income countries, which is 2.8%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 2.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.2%, 67% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 153 Maldives 3.0% compare
- 154 Burkina Faso 2.8% compare
- 156 Gambia 2.7% compare
- 156 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.7% compare
More infrastructure data for Eritrea
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.02 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 59.12 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 68,216 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.02 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 68,216 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.5912 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2000.
- How does Eritrea rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Eritrea ranks 154th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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