Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 27.28 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) is 27.28, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) peaked at 27.28 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.54, in 2000.
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) ranks 48th 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 Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.54 | — |
| 2001 | 16.96 | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 17.43 | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 17.9 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 18.35 | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 18.78 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 19.2 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 19.56 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 19.91 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 20.24 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 20.59 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 20.93 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 21.36 | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 21.78 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 22.26 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 22.79 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 23.34 | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 23.93 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 24.59 | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 25.26 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 25.87 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 26.58 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 27.28 | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.49 | 16.54 | 20.24 | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.68 | 20.59 | 25.26 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.57 | 25.87 | 27.28 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
More health data for Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.6377 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 5,347 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 3,332 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 24 10,091 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 14 2,856 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 24 16,279 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 7,600 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 4,744 (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 24.27 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 4.5 (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) was 27.28 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)?
- The highest recorded value was 27.28 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.54 in 2000.
- How does Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) ranks 48th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) 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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