Children moderately or severely overweight in Haiti
Haiti: Children moderately or severely overweight was 48.1 num th in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Haiti, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 48.1 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Haiti peaked at 48.1 num th in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.4 num th, in 2006.
Haiti ranks 96th 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 Haiti, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 43.5 num th | — |
| 2001 | 43.4 num th | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 43.2 num th | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 43 num th | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 42.8 num th | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 42.5 num th | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 42.4 num th | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 42.4 num th | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 42.5 num th | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 42.7 num th | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 42.7 num th | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 42.7 num th | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 43.1 num th | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 43.4 num th | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 43.7 num th | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 44 num th | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 44.2 num th | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 44.5 num th | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 44.9 num th | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 45.3 num th | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 45.8 num th | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 46.2 num th | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 46.7 num th | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 47.4 num th | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 48.1 num th | +1.5% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 48.1 num th is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 57.05 num th, 84% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 48.1 num th is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48 num th, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.84 num th | 42.4 num th | 43.5 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.85 num th | 42.7 num th | 45.3 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.84 num th | 45.8 num th | 48.1 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
More development goals data for Haiti
- Red List Index 0.6724 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 1,306 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 210.44 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 29 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 28 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 28 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 9 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 9 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 9 (2025)
- Infant deaths 10,005 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Haiti?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Haiti was 48.1 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 48.1 num th in 2024.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.4 num th in 2006.
- How does Haiti rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Haiti ranks 96th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti 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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