Children moderately or severely overweight in Indonesia
Indonesia: Children moderately or severely overweight was 578.4 num th in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Indonesia, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 578.4 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 22.2% on the previous year and down 72.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Indonesia peaked at 2,094 num th in 2014 and was at its lowest, 578.4 num th, in 2024.
Indonesia ranks 17th of 180 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Children moderately or severely overweight in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 689.1 num th | — |
| 2001 | 765.3 num th | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 848.7 num th | +10.9% |
| 2003 | 940.8 num th | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 1,044 num th | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 1,160 num th | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 1,288 num th | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 1,424 num th | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 1,562 num th | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 1,693 num th | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 1,816 num th | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 1,924 num th | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 2,015 num th | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 2,074 num th | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 2,094 num th | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,066 num th | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,984 num th | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 1,855 num th | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 1,692 num th | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 1,510 num th | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 1,316 num th | -12.8% |
| 2021 | 1,119 num th | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 925.9 num th | -17.3% |
| 2023 | 743.7 num th | -19.7% |
| 2024 | 578.4 num th | -22.2% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 578.4 num th is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 37.75 num th, 15.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 578.4 num th is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28.4 num th, 20.4× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,141 num th | 689.1 num th | 1,693 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,903 num th | 1,510 num th | 2,094 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 936.74 num th | 578.4 num th | 1,316 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More development goals data for Indonesia
- Red List Index 0.8248 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 3.21 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 915.42 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 53 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 53 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 46 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 153 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 171 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 173 (2025)
- Infant deaths 67,732 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Indonesia?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Indonesia was 578.4 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,094 num th in 2014.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 578.4 num th in 2024.
- How does Indonesia rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Indonesia ranks 17th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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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