Children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea
Eritrea: Children moderately or severely overweight was 12.9 num th in 2024. β² Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
In 2024, children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea stood at 12.9 num th. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.2% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea peaked at 12.9 num th in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6 num th, in 2000.
Eritrea ranks 122nd of 164 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.53 num th | 6 num th | 8.8 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.74 num th | 8.6 num th | 9 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.88 num th | 9.4 num th | 12.9 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 119 Eswatini 14.5 num th compare
- 120 Qatar 13.4 num th compare
- 121 Mauritania 13.2 num th compare
- 123 Belarus 12.8 num th compare
- 124 Trinidad and Tobago 12.4 num th compare
- 125 North Macedonia 11.2 num th compare
More development goals data for Eritrea
- Red List Index 0.9007 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 13,442 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 42.7 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 16 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 16 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 16 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 6 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 6 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 6 (2025)
- Infant deaths 2,468 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Eritrea was 12.9 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 12.9 num th in 2024.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 num th in 2000.
- How does Eritrea rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Eritrea ranks 122nd out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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