Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 0.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sri Lanka, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sri Lanka is 0.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2000.
That places Sri Lanka 147th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9% | — |
| 2001 | 1.0% | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More infrastructure data for Sri Lanka
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 30.62 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 132.55 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.58 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 6.85 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0722 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -7.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.58 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.4 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sri Lanka?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Sri Lanka was 0.9% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Sri Lanka ranks 147th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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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