Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)
Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 37 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) recorded 37 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 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) peaked at 37 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 29.26, in 2000.
Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) ranks 11th of 156 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 29.26 | — |
| 2001 | 29.92 | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 30.49 | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 30.97 | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 31.53 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 31.89 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 32.16 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 32.49 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 32.71 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 32.94 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 33.16 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 33.37 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 33.64 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 33.83 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 34.18 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 34.44 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 34.78 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 35.13 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 35.47 | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 35.91 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 36.24 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 36.67 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 37 | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.44 | 29.26 | 32.94 | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.39 | 33.16 | 35.91 | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.64 | 36.24 | 37 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)
More health data for Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 458.2 (2100)
- Child deaths 198 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 0.9024 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 525 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 327 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 1.45 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 0.5513 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.6187 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 732 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) was 37 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 37 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.26 in 2000.
- How does Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) ranks 11th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand (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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