Children moderately or severely overweight in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Children moderately or severely overweight was 21.3 num th in 2024. βΌ Falling
Children moderately or severely overweight in Costa Rica, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 21.3 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Costa Rica peaked at 31.4 num th in 2000 and was at its lowest, 21.3 num th, in 2024.
That places Costa Rica 111th out of 164 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 | 29.39 num th | 27.9 num th | 31.4 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.78 num th | 25.7 num th | 27.7 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.1 num th | 21.3 num th | 25 num th | 5 |
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More development goals data for Costa Rica
- Red List Index 0.8353 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 5.55 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 2,219 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 30 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 30 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 29 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 5 (2025)
- Infant deaths 468 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Costa Rica?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Costa Rica was 21.3 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 31.4 num th in 2000.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.3 num th in 2024.
- How does Costa Rica rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Costa Rica ranks 111th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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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