Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Lesotho, Kingdom of
Lesotho, Kingdom of: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 7.5% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Lesotho, Kingdom of, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
Lesotho, Kingdom of recorded 7.5% 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 1.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Lesotho, Kingdom of peaked at 7.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 2000.
Lesotho, Kingdom of ranks 56th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 7.0% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Lesotho, Kingdom of
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.64 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 70.33 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 7,980 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.3414 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0034 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 8.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 7,980 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.7033 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Lesotho, Kingdom of?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Lesotho, Kingdom of was 7.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Lesotho, Kingdom of?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Lesotho, Kingdom of?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 2000.
- How does Lesotho, Kingdom of rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Lesotho, Kingdom of ranks 56th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Lesotho, Kingdom of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho, Kingdom 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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