Children moderately or severely overweight in Belize
Belize: Children moderately or severely overweight was 2 num th in 2024. βΌ Falling
Children moderately or severely overweight in Belize, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
In 2024, children moderately or severely overweight in Belize stood at 2 num th. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Belize peaked at 4.2 num th in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2 num th, in 2024.
That places Belize 151st out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 num th | 3.7 num th | 4.2 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.94 num th | 2.5 num th | 3.5 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2 num th | 2 num th | 2.4 num th | 5 |
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More development goals data for Belize
- Red List Index 0.86 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 22.46 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 409.96 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 2 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 2 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 2 (2025)
- Infant deaths 80 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 69 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 4.99 ltpureal (2024)
- Under-five deaths 94 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Belize?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Belize was 2 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2 num th in 2003.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 num th in 2024.
- How does Belize rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Belize ranks 151st out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Children moderately or severely overweight (thousands). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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