Children moderately or severely overweight in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Children moderately or severely overweight was 19.1 num th in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 19.1 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 19.1 num th in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.9 num th, in 2000.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 127th of 180 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Children moderately or severely overweight in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.9 num th | — |
| 2001 | 10.9 num th | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 11.9 num th | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 12.9 num th | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 14 num th | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 15 num th | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 15.9 num th | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 16.6 num th | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 17.1 num th | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 17.5 num th | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 17.6 num th | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 17.7 num th | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 17.6 num th | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 17.4 num th | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 17.1 num th | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 16.8 num th | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 16.4 num th | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 16.2 num th | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 16.1 num th | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 16.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16.2 num th | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 16.6 num th | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 17.1 num th | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 17.9 num th | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 19.1 num th | +6.7% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 19.1 num th is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 37.75 num th, 51% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 19.1 num th is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.6 num th, 29% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.17 num th | 9.9 num th | 17.5 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9 num th | 16.1 num th | 17.7 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.38 num th | 16.2 num th | 19.1 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More development goals data for Equatorial Guinea
- Red List Index 0.7829 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 22.33 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 1,033 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 2 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 2 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 2 (2025)
- Infant deaths 2,632 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 1,490 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 5.28 ltpureal (2024)
- Under-five deaths 3,727 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Equatorial Guinea?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Equatorial Guinea was 19.1 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 19.1 num th in 2024.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9 num th in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 127th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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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