Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Kuwait
Kuwait: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 10.1% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Kuwait, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Kuwait stood at 10.1%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Kuwait peaked at 10.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.8%, in 2000.
Kuwait ranks 34th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.1% | 7.8% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 8.6% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 9.6% | 10.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More infrastructure data for Kuwait
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 8.11 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 167.68 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 572,621 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.83 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.118 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.0192 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 572,621 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.67 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Kuwait?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Kuwait was 10.1% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 10.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8% in 2000.
- How does Kuwait rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Kuwait ranks 34th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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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