Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Mongolia
Mongolia: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 12.3% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Mongolia, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Mongolia is 12.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Mongolia peaked at 12.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 19th 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 | 9.2% | 8.7% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 9.9% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7% | 11.2% | 12.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 17 Armenia 12.9% compare
- 18 South Africa 12.8% compare
- 19 North Macedonia, Republic of 12.3% compare
- 21 Serbia, Republic of 12.2% compare
- 22 Botswana 11.5% compare
More infrastructure data for Mongolia
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 4.89 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 140.67 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 519,169 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 14.94 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1473 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 519,169 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.39 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Mongolia?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Mongolia was 12.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Mongolia ranks 19th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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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