Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, %) in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, %) was 8.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Caribbean Small States, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Caribbean Small States is 8.1%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Caribbean Small States peaked at 8.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.7%, in 2000.
That places Caribbean Small States 10th 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 (modeled estimate, %) in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.7% | — |
| 2001 | 5.9% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 6.3% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 6.5% | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 6.7% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 7.1% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 7.2% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 8.5% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 8.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8.5% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 8.4% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 8.1% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.6% | 5.7% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.3% | 8.1% | 8.5% | 5 |
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More health data for Caribbean Small States
- Population ages 20-24, male, annual growth rate -1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, annual growth rate -0.6288 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0376 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate -1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.034 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0366 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Caribbean Small States?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Caribbean Small States was 8.1% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 8.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7% in 2000.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height 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 (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children 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.