Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female was 7.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Caribbean Small States, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Caribbean Small States stood at 7.6%.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Caribbean Small States peaked at 7.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2000.
That places Caribbean Small States 9th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.3% | — |
| 2001 | 5.5% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 5.7% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 6.4% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 6.6% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 7.3% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 7.9% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 7.9% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 7.9% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 7.9% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 7.7% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 7.6% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.1% | 5.3% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 7.0% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.8% | 7.6% | 7.9% | 5 |
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More health data for Caribbean Small States
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate 0.2701 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate -0.1327 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0377 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate -0.1813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0385 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate -0.3742 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Caribbean Small States?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female in Caribbean Small States was 7.6% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2000.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 9th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.