Children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Children moderately or severely overweight was 2.4 num th in 2024. β² Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu is 2.4 num th, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu peaked at 2.4 num th in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.2 num th, in 2000.
Vanuatu ranks 149th of 164 countries on this measure, 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 | 1.35 num th | 1.2 num th | 1.6 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.99 num th | 1.7 num th | 2.3 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.36 num th | 2.3 num th | 2.4 num th | 5 |
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More development goals data for Vanuatu
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- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 5.07 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 70.05 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 5 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 5 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 5 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 6 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 6 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 6 (2025)
- Infant deaths 130 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Vanuatu was 2.4 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4 num th in 2022.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 num th in 2000.
- How does Vanuatu rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Vanuatu ranks 149th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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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