Children moderately or severely overweight in Singapore
Singapore: Children moderately or severely overweight was 8.9 num th in 2024. β² Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Singapore, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 8.9 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 36.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Singapore peaked at 8.9 num th in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.5 num th, in 2005.
That places Singapore 130th out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.77 num th | 5.5 num th | 6.2 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.68 num th | 5.9 num th | 7.6 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.14 num th | 7.7 num th | 8.9 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 127 Guinea-Bissau 10.8 num th compare
- 128 Gambia 10.6 num th compare
- 129 Georgia 9.6 num th compare
- 131 Jamaica 8.3 num th compare
- 132 Republic of Moldova 6.9 num th compare
- 133 Solomon Islands 6.5 num th compare
More development goals data for Singapore
- Red List Index 0.8886 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0.6643 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 13,645 constant US$ (2025)
- Infant deaths 106 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 53 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 2.18 ltpureal (2024)
- Under-five deaths 128 (2024)
- Children moderately or severely stunted 6.5 num th (2024)
- Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 167.01 million tonnes (2024)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1.34 ratio (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Singapore?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Singapore was 8.9 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 8.9 num th in 2024.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5 num th in 2005.
- How does Singapore rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Singapore ranks 130th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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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