Namibia vs Solomon Islands: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Namibia

5.8%

in 2024

Solomon Islands

6.2%

in 2024

Namibia rank

76th

Solomon Islands rank

73rd

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

Namibia
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 6.2% against 5.8% in Namibia, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Solomon Islands's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 76th and Solomon Islands ranks 73rd of 163 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator: Share of children who are overweight or obese
Unit: %
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 4,075 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of children under five years old that are defined as overweight or obese. A child is classified as overweight if their weight-for-height is more than two standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.