Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 18.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2024
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 Papua New Guinea is 18.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Papua New Guinea peaked at 18.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2000.
That places Papua New Guinea 3rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | per pop u5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.5% | — |
| 2001 | 4.8% | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 5.2% | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 5.6% | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 6.1% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 7.2% | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 7.9% | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 8.6% | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 9.3% | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 10.9% | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 11.7% | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 13.5% | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 14.4% | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 15.3% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 16.8% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 17.4% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 17.9% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 18.3% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 18.5% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 18.6% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 18.5% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.6% | 4.5% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.9% | 10.1% | 17.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 17.9% | 18.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 1 Australia 26.4% compare
- 2 Australia and New Zealand 23.4% compare
- 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 18.3% compare
- 5 Tunisia 17.5% compare
- 6 Albania 16.7% compare
More infrastructure data for Papua New Guinea
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 4.10 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 38.77 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 172,691 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.69 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0169 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 4.03 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 172,691 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.3877 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 Papua New Guinea?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Papua New Guinea was 18.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 18.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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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