Children moderately or severely overweight in Nauru
Nauru: Children moderately or severely overweight was 0.1 num th in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Children moderately or severely overweight in Nauru, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Nauru recorded 0.1 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Nauru peaked at 0.1 num th in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0 num th, in 2000.
That places Nauru 178th out of 180 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Children moderately or severely overweight in Nauru, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 num th | — |
| 2001 | 0 num th | — |
| 2002 | 0 num th | — |
| 2003 | 0 num th | — |
| 2004 | 0 num th | — |
| 2005 | 0 num th | — |
| 2006 | 0 num th | — |
| 2007 | 0 num th | — |
| 2008 | 0 num th | — |
| 2009 | 0.1 num th | — |
| 2010 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1 num th | +0.0% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 0.1 num th is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.8 num th, 0% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 0.1 num th is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28.4 num th, 0% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.01 num th | 0 num th | 0.1 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1 num th | 0.1 num th | 0.1 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1 num th | 0.1 num th | 0.1 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
- 175 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.5 num th compare
- 176 Kiribati 0.3 num th compare
- 177 Marshall Islands 0.2 num th compare
- 178 Naoero 0.1 num th compare
- 180 Tuvalu 0 num th compare
More development goals data for Nauru
- Red List Index 0.825 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 41.56 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 2,844 constant US$ (2025)
- Infant deaths 2 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 1 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 0 ltpureal (2024)
- Under-five deaths 2 (2024)
- Children moderately or severely stunted 0.2 num th (2024)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1.53 ratio (2024)
- River flow maximum 0 m3 per sec (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Nauru?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Nauru was 0.1 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1 num th in 2009.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 num th in 2000.
- How does Nauru rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Nauru ranks 178th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nauru 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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