Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 0.9 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Sri Lanka, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.9 % for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are 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.
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 1 % | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 % | +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 % | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9 % | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9 % | +0.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.9 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5 %, 12% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.9 % is below the median for South Asia, which is 2.4 %, 38% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.07 % | 0.9 % | 1.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 % | 1.1 % | 1.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.98 % | 0.9 % | 1.1 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Sri Lanka?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Sri Lanka was 0.9 % 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 % in 2008.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9 % in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Sri Lanka ranks 147th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are 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 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.