Children moderately or severely overweight in Kiribati
Kiribati: Children moderately or severely overweight was 0.3 num th in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
0.3 num th
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
176th
of 180 countries
All-time high
0.3 num th
in 2000
All-time low
0.3 num th
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024
Children moderately or severely overweight in Kiribati, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 0.3 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Kiribati peaked at 0.3 num th in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3 num th, in 2000.
That places Kiribati 176th out of 180 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Children moderately or severely overweight in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3 num th | — |
| 2001 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 0.3 num th is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 57.05 num th, 1% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 0.3 num th is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28.4 num th, 1% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 173 Maldives 0.9 num th compare
- 174 Saint Lucia 0.7 num th compare
- 175 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.5 num th compare
- 177 Marshall Islands 0.2 num th compare
- 178 Nauru 0.1 num th compare
- 178 Naoero 0.1 num th compare
More development goals data for Kiribati
- Red List Index 0.7691 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 3.66 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 95.9 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 8 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 7 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 7 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 2 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 2 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 2 (2025)
- Infant deaths 132 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Kiribati?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Kiribati was 0.3 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3 num th in 2000.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 num th in 2000.
- How does Kiribati rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Kiribati ranks 176th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kiribati 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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