Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Poland
Poland: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 8.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Poland, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Poland is 8.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Poland peaked at 8.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2000.
That places Poland 47th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.8% | — |
| 2001 | 4.8% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 5.1% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 5.7% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 6.1% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 6.3% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 8.0% | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 8.3% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 8.6% | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.1% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 5.7% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Poland
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 53.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 138.02 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4.41 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.45 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1208 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -9.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 4.41 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.45 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 Poland?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Poland was 8.6% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2000.
- How does Poland rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Poland ranks 47th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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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