Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Paraguay
Paraguay: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 15.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Paraguay, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 15.4% for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Paraguay peaked at 15.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2000.
That places Paraguay 8th out of 148 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 Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.6% | — |
| 2001 | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 7.8% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 8.1% | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 8.4% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 8.8% | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 11.8% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 15.1% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.8% | 6.6% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 9.6% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.8% | 14.0% | 15.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More infrastructure data for Paraguay
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 8.67 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 126.61 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 205,511 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.03 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 21.95 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 205,511 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.27 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Paraguay?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Paraguay was 15.4% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2000.
- How does Paraguay rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Paraguay ranks 8th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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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