Children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Children moderately or severely overweight was 1.8 num th in 2024. ▼ Falling
Children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 1.8 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of 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.
Timor-Leste ranks 168th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Children moderately or severely overweight in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2 num th | — |
| 2001 | 6.5 num th | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 6.8 num th | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 6.7 num th | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 6.4 num th | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 6.1 num th | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 5.9 num th | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 5.5 num th | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 5.2 num th | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 4.8 num th | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 4.4 num th | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 4 num th | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 3.7 num th | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 3.5 num th | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 3.2 num th | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 3 num th | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 2.8 num th | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 2.6 num th | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 2.5 num th | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 2.4 num th | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 2.3 num th | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 2.2 num th | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 2.1 num th | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 1.9 num th | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 1.8 num th | -5.3% |
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
- 168 Timor-Leste 1.8 num th compare
- 170 Tonga 1.1 num th compare
- 171 Seychelles 1 num th compare
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)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1 ratio (2024)
- Annual inflation, consumer prices 2.1% (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 168th out of 178 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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