Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Somalia
Somalia: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 2.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Somalia, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 2.5% for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.6% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Somalia peaked at 4.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2018.
Somalia ranks 131st of 148 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.9% | — |
| 2001 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4.8% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 3.4% | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | +13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4% | 3.4% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More infrastructure data for Somalia
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.91 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 53.96 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 55,005 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.2996 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.003 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -39.55 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 55,005 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.5396 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Somalia?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Somalia was 2.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2018.
- How does Somalia rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Somalia ranks 131st out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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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