Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 6.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Solomon Islands, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 6.2% 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 3.3% on the previous year and up 59.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Solomon Islands peaked at 6.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2000.
That places Solomon Islands 67th 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 Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.4% | — |
| 2001 | 2.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.5% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 3.1% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 5.5% | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 6.2% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 5.3% | 6.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More infrastructure data for Solomon Islands
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 484,835 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 62.07 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 6,978 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.8934 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0089 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.3143 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 6,978 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.6207 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Solomon Islands?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Solomon Islands was 6.2% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2000.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Solomon Islands ranks 67th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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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