Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%) in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%) was 5.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 5.4% for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.4% on the previous year and up 116.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sierra Leone peaked at 5.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2013.
Sierra Leone ranks 98th of 180 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%) in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.9% | — |
| 2001 | 4.6% | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 3.4% | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 3.2% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | +15.0% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | +17.4% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 5.4% is above the median for low income countries, which is 2.8%, 1.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 5.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.2%, 1.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 2.9% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 3.2% | 5.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More infrastructure data for Sierra Leone
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 8.93 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 107.88 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 269 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0033 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 269 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.08 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sierra Leone?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sierra Leone was 5.4% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2013.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Sierra Leone ranks 98th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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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