Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Tonga
Tonga: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 9.5% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Tonga, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Tonga stood at 9.5%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Tonga peaked at 15.7% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2024.
That places Tonga 38th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.8% | 13.0% | 15.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 12.4% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 9.5% | 11.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 36 Kyrgyz Republic 9.9% compare
- 36 Thailand 9.9% compare
- 38 Brunei Darussalam 9.5% compare
- 38 Russian Federation 9.5% compare
- 41 Portugal 9.4% compare
- 41 Samoa 9.4% compare
More infrastructure data for Tonga
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 64,838 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 61.73 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3,280 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.12 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0312 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -69.7 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 3,280 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.6173 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Tonga?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Tonga was 9.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 15.7% in 2007.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2024.
- How does Tonga rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Tonga ranks 38th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga 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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