Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives
Maldives: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 3.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives stood at 3.0%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives peaked at 5.9% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2024.
That places Maldives 124th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.5% | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 4.7% | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 5.6% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 5.6% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 5.2% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 5.0% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 4.5% | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 3.0% | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.2% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 4.3% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.0% | 4.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More infrastructure data for Maldives
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 781,866 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 148.14 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11,998 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.27 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0227 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -6.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 11,998 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.48 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 Maldives?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives was 3.0% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9% in 2008.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Maldives ranks 124th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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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