Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Austria
Austria: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 28.49 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Austria, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Austria recorded 28.49 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Austria peaked at 28.49 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17.17, in 1990.
That places Austria 80th out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Austria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 17.17 | — |
| 1991 | 17.72 | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 18.27 | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 18.79 | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 19.29 | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 19.76 | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 20.2 | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 20.62 | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 21.06 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 21.52 | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 22.01 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 22.54 | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 23.08 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 23.62 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 24.15 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 24.67 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 25.17 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 25.66 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 26.11 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 26.5 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 26.86 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 27.13 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 27.33 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 27.48 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 27.62 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 27.76 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 27.89 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 28.03 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 28.15 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 28.25 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 28.34 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 28.42 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 28.49 | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.44 | 17.17 | 21.52 | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.35 | 22.01 | 26.5 | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.65 | 26.86 | 28.25 | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.42 | 28.34 | 28.49 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Austria?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Austria was 28.49 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 28.49 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.17 in 1990.
- How does Austria rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Austria ranks 80th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria 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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