Children moderately or severely overweight (thousands) in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Children moderately or severely overweight (thousands) was 0.7 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Children moderately or severely overweight in Saint Lucia, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 0.7 for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Saint Lucia peaked at 0.9 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.7, in 2006.
That places Saint Lucia 174th out of 180 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Children moderately or severely overweight (thousands) in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9 | — |
| 2001 | 0.9 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8 | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7 | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0.7 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 37.75, 2% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 0.7 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48, 1% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.79 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 171 Tonga 1.1 compare
- 172 Seychelles 1 compare
- 173 Maldives 0.9 compare
- 175 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.5 compare
- 176 Kiribati 0.3 compare
- 177 Marshall Islands 0.2 compare
More development goals data for Saint Lucia
- Red List Index 0.714 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 92.62 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 277.32 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 21 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 21 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 20 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 13 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 13 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 13 (2025)
- Infant deaths 32 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Saint Lucia?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Saint Lucia was 0.7 in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9 in 2000.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7 in 2006.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Saint Lucia ranks 174th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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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