Children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Children moderately or severely overweight was 1.8 num th in 2024. βΌ Falling
Children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
In 2024, children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste stood at 1.8 num th. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste peaked at 6.8 num th in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.8 num th, in 2024.
That places Timor-Leste 155th out of 164 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.01 num th | 4.8 num th | 6.8 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.21 num th | 2.4 num th | 4.4 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.06 num th | 1.8 num th | 2.3 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
More development goals data for Timor-Leste
- Red List Index 0.8585 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 1.13 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 21.95 constant US$ (2025)
- Infant deaths 1,051 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 659 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 0.2022 ltpureal (2024)
- Under-five deaths 1,449 (2024)
- Children moderately or severely stunted 69.1 num th (2024)
- Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 6.35 million tonnes (2024)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1 ratio (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste was 1.8 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8 num th in 2002.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8 num th in 2024.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Timor-Leste ranks 155th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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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