Children moderately or severely overweight in Guinea
Guinea: Children moderately or severely overweight was 97.8 num th in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Guinea, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 97.8 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Guinea peaked at 97.8 num th in 2024 and was at its lowest, 75.9 num th, in 2015.
That places Guinea 67th out of 180 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Guinea, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 76.1 num th | — |
| 2001 | 77.2 num th | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 77.6 num th | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 77.7 num th | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 77.6 num th | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 77.4 num th | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 77.2 num th | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 77.1 num th | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 77.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 77 num th | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 76.9 num th | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 76.7 num th | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 76.5 num th | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 76.2 num th | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 76 num th | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 75.9 num th | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 76.1 num th | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 76.7 num th | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 77.7 num th | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 79.3 num th | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 81.5 num th | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 84.3 num th | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 87.8 num th | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 92.3 num th | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 97.8 num th | +6.0% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 97.8 num th is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 57.05 num th, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 97.8 num th is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.6 num th, 1.5× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.2 num th | 76.1 num th | 77.7 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.8 num th | 75.9 num th | 79.3 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.74 num th | 81.5 num th | 97.8 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More development goals data for Guinea
- Red List Index 0.8805 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 294.82 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 232.96 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 5 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 5 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 0 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 0 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 6 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 7 (2025)
- Infant deaths 28,994 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Guinea?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Guinea was 97.8 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 97.8 num th in 2024.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.9 num th in 2015.
- How does Guinea rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Guinea ranks 67th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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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