Share of children who are overweight or obese in Eritrea
Eritrea: Share of children who are overweight or obese was 2.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children who are overweight or obese in Eritrea, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children who are overweight or obese in Eritrea is 2.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.0% on the previous year and up 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are overweight or obese in Eritrea peaked at 2.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2000.
Eritrea ranks 138th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 5 |
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More reference data data for Eritrea
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.03 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.6441 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.4557 °C (2026)
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- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.253 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.3232 °C (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Democracy 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are overweight or obese in Eritrea?
- Share of children who are overweight or obese in Eritrea was 2.8% in 2024, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are overweight or obese recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children who are overweight or obese recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2000.
- How does Eritrea rank for share of children who are overweight or obese?
- Eritrea ranks 138th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are overweight or obese rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are overweight or obese. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.