Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 8.6 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) stood at 8.6 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) peaked at 8.6 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.4 %, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 5.6 % | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 5.7 % | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 5.8 % | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 5.9 % | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 6 % | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 6.1 % | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 6.2 % | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 6.3 % | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 6.5 % | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 6.6 % | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 6.8 % | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 6.9 % | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 7.1 % | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 7.3 % | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 7.5 % | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 7.6 % | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 7.8 % | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 8 % | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 8.1 % | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 8.3 % | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 8.4 % | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 8.5 % | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.6 % | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 8.6 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.95 % | 5.4 % | 6.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.37 % | 6.6 % | 8.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.48 % | 8.3 % | 8.6 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
- 3 Papua New Guinea 18.5 % compare
- 3 Viet Nam 10.5 % compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9.9 % compare
- 4 Tunisia 17.5 % compare
- 5 Albania 16.7 % compare
- 5 Polynesia 8.9 % compare
- 6 Ukraine 16 % compare
- 7 Paraguay 15.4 % compare
- 7 Türkiye 7.7 % compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 15 % compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.3 % compare
- 9 Argentina 14.3 % compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was 8.6 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4 % in 2000.
- How does Small Island Developing States (SIDS) rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ranks 6th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small Island Developing States (SIDS) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modelled estimates) (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.