Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 5.5% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu is 5.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu peaked at 5.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2000.
That places Vanuatu 74th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More infrastructure data for Vanuatu
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 286,107 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 89.29 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3,036 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.9262 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0093 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 3,036 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.8929 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu was 5.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- How does Vanuatu rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Vanuatu ranks 74th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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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