Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in América Latina y el Caribe
América Latina y el Caribe: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 36.16 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in América Latina y el Caribe, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in América Latina y el Caribe stood at 36.16. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in América Latina y el Caribe peaked at 36.16 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21.13, in 2000.
América Latina y el Caribe ranks 22nd of 156 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 América Latina y el Caribe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.13 | — |
| 2001 | 21.79 | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 22.42 | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 23.05 | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 23.7 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 24.33 | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 25.01 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 25.67 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 26.31 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 26.99 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 27.66 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 28.32 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 29 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 29.67 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 30.38 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 31.08 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 31.77 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 32.51 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 33.23 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 33.98 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 34.68 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 35.43 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 36.16 | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.04 | 21.13 | 26.99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.76 | 27.66 | 33.98 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.43 | 34.68 | 36.16 | 3 |
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More health data for América Latina y el Caribe
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,095 (2100)
- Child deaths 19,510 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.02 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 65,579 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 46,069 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 7.1 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.08 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5402 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 76,696 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in América Latina y el Caribe?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in América Latina y el Caribe was 36.16 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in América Latina y el Caribe?
- The highest recorded value was 36.16 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in América Latina y el Caribe?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.13 in 2000.
- How does América Latina y el Caribe rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- América Latina y el Caribe ranks 22nd out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in América Latina y el Caribe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this América Latina y el Caribe 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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