Children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives
Maldives: Children moderately or severely overweight was 0.9 num th in 2024. ▼ Falling
Children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
In 2024, children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives stood at 0.9 num th. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and down 55.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives peaked at 2 num th in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.9 num th, in 2024.
Maldives ranks 173rd of 180 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.3 num th | — |
| 2001 | 1.4 num th | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 1.4 num th | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.4 num th | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.5 num th | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 1.5 num th | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.6 num th | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 1.6 num th | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.7 num th | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 1.8 num th | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 1.9 num th | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 2 num th | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 2 num th | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 num th | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2 num th | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9 num th | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 1.8 num th | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 1.7 num th | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 1.6 num th | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 1.5 num th | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 1.4 num th | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 1.2 num th | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 1.1 num th | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 1 num th | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9 num th | -10.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.9 num th is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 37.75 num th, 2% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.9 num th is below the median for South Asia, which is 31.85 num th, 3% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.52 num th | 1.3 num th | 1.8 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.84 num th | 1.5 num th | 2 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 num th | 0.9 num th | 1.4 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 171 Tonga 1.1 num th compare
- 172 Seychelles 1 num th compare
- 174 Saint Lucia 0.7 num th compare
- 175 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.5 num th compare
- 176 Kiribati 0.3 num th compare
More development goals data for Maldives
- Red List Index 0.8608 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 12.65 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 200.77 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 4 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 4 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 4 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 4 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 4 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 4 (2025)
- Infant deaths 27 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Maldives was 0.9 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 2 num th in 2011.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9 num th in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Maldives ranks 173rd out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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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