Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Africa (UNSDG)
Africa (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 14.27 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Africa (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Africa (UNSDG) recorded 14.27 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Africa (UNSDG) peaked at 14.27 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.78, in 2000.
Africa (UNSDG) ranks 100th of 156 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Africa (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.78 | — |
| 2001 | 9.03 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 9.3 | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 9.55 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 9.8 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 10.03 | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 10.25 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 10.45 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 10.6 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 10.78 | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 10.93 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 11.07 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 11.24 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 11.41 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 11.61 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 11.83 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 12.09 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 12.39 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 12.72 | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 13.07 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 13.47 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 13.88 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 14.27 | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.86 | 8.78 | 10.78 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.83 | 10.93 | 13.07 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.87 | 13.47 | 14.27 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Africa (UNSDG)
More health data for Africa (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 52,055 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 36.19 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 15.51 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 10.56 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 5.27 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 8.85 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.89 (2020)
- Weight-for-height <-2 SD 5.4 (2024)
- Weight-for-height <-3 SD 1.3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Africa (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Africa (UNSDG) was 14.27 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Africa (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.27 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Africa (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.78 in 2000.
- How does Africa (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Africa (UNSDG) ranks 100th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Africa (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa (UNSDG) data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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