Children moderately or severely overweight in Qatar
Qatar: Children moderately or severely overweight was 13.4 num th in 2024. β² Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Qatar, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 13.4 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Qatar peaked at 14.3 num th in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.6 num th, in 2000.
Qatar ranks 120th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.07 num th | 5.6 num th | 9.1 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.17 num th | 9.8 num th | 13.9 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.84 num th | 13.4 num th | 14.3 num th | 5 |
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More development goals data for Qatar
- Red List Index 0.7804 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 2.15 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 3,920 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 5 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 5 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 1 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 0 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 3 (2025)
- Infant deaths 142 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Qatar?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Qatar was 13.4 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3 num th in 2020.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6 num th in 2000.
- How does Qatar rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Qatar ranks 120th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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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