Children moderately or severely overweight in Guyana
Guyana: Children moderately or severely overweight was 4.1 num th in 2024. β¬ Flat
Children moderately or severely overweight in Guyana, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children moderately or severely overweight in Guyana is 4.1 num th, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Guyana peaked at 5.2 num th in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4.1 num th, in 2024.
That places Guyana 140th out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.68 num th | 4.5 num th | 4.8 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.07 num th | 4.9 num th | 5.2 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.52 num th | 4.1 num th | 4.9 num th | 5 |
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More development goals data for Guyana
- Red List Index 0.7279 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 35.28 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 459.03 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 29 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 29 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 29 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 11 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 11 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 11 (2025)
- Infant deaths 385 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Guyana?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Guyana was 4.1 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2 num th in 2014.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1 num th in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Guyana ranks 140th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guyana 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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