Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Suriname
Suriname: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 3.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Suriname, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Suriname recorded 3.7% for prevalence of overweight, weight for height in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Suriname peaked at 3.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 2000.
That places Suriname 124th out of 163 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.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.3% | — |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.7% | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | +0.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 3.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5%, 49% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 3.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.9%, 47% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More health data for Suriname
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6063 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,195 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 22 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.0344 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0409 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.0221 % 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, male, per capita 0.0425 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Suriname?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Suriname was 3.7% 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 2000.
- How does Suriname rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Suriname ranks 124th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.