Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) in Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands: Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) was 0.5 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) in Turks and Caicos Islands, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Turks and Caicos Islands recorded 0.5 for overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) in Turks and Caicos Islands peaked at 0.5 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2, in 2000.
That places Turks and Caicos Islands 158th out of 162 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.
Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) in Turks and Caicos Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2 | — |
| 2001 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3 | +50.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4 | +33.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5 | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.26 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.35 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) in Turks and Caicos Islands was 0.5 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 in 2020.
- What is the lowest overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 in 2000.
- How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands)?
- Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 158th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turks and Caicos Islands data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), model-based estimates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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