Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard in Ukraine
Ukraine: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard was 25.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
25.4%
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
107th
of 198 countries
All-time high
25.4%
in 2024
All-time low
17.3%
in 1980
Years of data
45
1980–2024
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard in Ukraine, 1980–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 25.4% for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard in Ukraine peaked at 25.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 1980.
Ukraine ranks 107th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 17.3% | — |
| 1981 | 17.4% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 17.4% | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 17.5% | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 17.6% | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 17.7% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 17.8% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 17.9% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 18.0% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 18.1% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 18.2% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 18.3% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 18.4% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 18.4% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 18.5% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 18.6% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 18.6% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 18.7% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 18.9% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 19.0% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 19.2% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 19.5% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 19.8% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 20.1% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 20.4% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 20.8% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 21.2% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 21.6% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 22.0% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 22.7% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 23.0% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 23.3% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 23.5% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 23.8% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 24.0% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 24.2% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 24.3% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 24.5% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 24.7% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 24.8% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 24.9% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 25.1% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 25.2% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 25.4% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.7% | 17.3% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.6% | 18.2% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.7% | 19.2% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.8% | 22.7% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.1% | 24.8% | 25.4% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard in Ukraine?
- Overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard in Ukraine was 25.4% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 25.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 1980.
- How does Ukraine rank for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
- Ukraine ranks 107th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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