Children moderately or severely overweight in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Children moderately or severely overweight was 12.4 num th in 2024. β² Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Trinidad and Tobago, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Trinidad and Tobago recorded 12.4 num th for children moderately or severely overweight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 13 num th in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.4 num th, in 2000.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 124th 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 | 6.79 num th | 5.4 num th | 8.7 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.25 num th | 9.2 num th | 12.9 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.8 num th | 12.4 num th | 13 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 121 Mauritania 13.2 num th compare
- 122 Eritrea 12.9 num th compare
- 123 Belarus 12.8 num th compare
- 125 North Macedonia 11.2 num th compare
- 126 Finland 11.1 num th compare
- 127 Guinea-Bissau 10.8 num th compare
More development goals data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Red List Index 0.7554 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 32.08 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 2,281 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 34 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 34 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 34 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 5 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 5 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 5 (2025)
- Infant deaths 271 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Trinidad and Tobago was 12.4 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 13 num th in 2020.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4 num th in 2000.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 124th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 25 observations, free to reuse under UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested).