Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Asia Meridional
Asia Meridional: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 11.85 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Asia Meridional, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Asia Meridional recorded 11.85 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Asia Meridional peaked at 11.85 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.37, in 2000.
That places Asia Meridional 125th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom 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 Asia Meridional, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.37 | — |
| 2001 | 2.66 | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 2.95 | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 3.32 | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 3.7 | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 4.07 | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 4.44 | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 4.74 | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 5.13 | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 5.53 | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 5.93 | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 6.28 | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 6.63 | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 7.07 | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 7.44 | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 7.85 | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 8.33 | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 8.84 | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 9.35 | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 9.9 | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 10.53 | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 11.17 | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 11.85 | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.89 | 2.37 | 5.53 | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.76 | 5.93 | 9.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.18 | 10.53 | 11.85 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Asia Meridional
- 122 Lithuania 20.54 compare
- 123 Kazakhstan 20.38 compare
- 124 Uzbekistan 19.9 compare
- 125 Russian Federation 19.7 compare
- 126 Denmark 19.04 compare
- 127 Eswatini 18.94 compare
- 128 Pakistan 18.88 compare
More health data for Asia Meridional
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -5.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 23,581 (2100)
- Child deaths 157,304 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 8.19 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 439,901 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 282,597 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 12.69 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 4.53 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.6322 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 189,445 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Asia Meridional?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Asia Meridional was 11.85 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Asia Meridional?
- The highest recorded value was 11.85 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Asia Meridional?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.37 in 2000.
- How does Asia Meridional rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Asia Meridional ranks 125th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Asia Meridional?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia Meridional 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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