Children moderately or severely overweight in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Children moderately or severely overweight was 0.2 num th in 2024. βΌ Falling
Children moderately or severely overweight in Marshall Islands, 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 Marshall Islands is 0.2 num th, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Marshall Islands peaked at 0.3 num th in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2 num th, in 2015.
Marshall Islands ranks 162nd of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.25 num th | 0.2 num th | 0.3 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2 num th | 0.2 num th | 0.2 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 159 Saint Lucia 0.7 num th compare
- 160 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.5 num th compare
- 161 Kiribati 0.3 num th compare
- 163 Nauru 0.1 num th compare
- 164 Tuvalu 0 num th compare
More development goals data for Marshall Islands
- Red List Index 0.8363 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 162.5 constant US$ (2025)
- Infant deaths 18 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 9 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 0.7036 ltpureal (2024)
- Under-five deaths 22 (2024)
- Children moderately or severely stunted 1.2 num th (2024)
- Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 173,249 tonnes (2024)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1 ratio (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Marshall Islands?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Marshall Islands was 0.2 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3 num th in 2000.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 num th in 2015.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Marshall Islands ranks 162nd out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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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