Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 29.17 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
29.17
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
78th
of 193 countries
All-time high
29.17
in 2022
All-time low
16.52
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Bulgaria, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 29.17 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.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Bulgaria peaked at 29.17 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.52, in 1990.
Bulgaria ranks 78th of 193 countries on this measure, 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 Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16.52 | — |
| 1991 | 16.63 | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 16.74 | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 16.87 | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 17.06 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 17.28 | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 17.52 | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 17.79 | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 18.07 | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 18.39 | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 18.73 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 19.09 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 19.48 | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 19.89 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 20.35 | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 20.87 | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 21.45 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 22.07 | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 22.72 | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 23.37 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 24.03 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 24.65 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 25.23 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 25.8 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 26.27 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 26.63 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 26.98 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 27.33 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 27.65 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 28.03 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 28.45 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 28.83 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 29.17 | +1.2% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 29.17 is below the median for high income countries, which is 29.21, 100% of the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 29.17 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24.84, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.29 | 16.52 | 18.39 | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.8 | 18.73 | 23.37 | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.26 | 24.03 | 28.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.82 | 28.45 | 29.17 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Bulgaria?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Bulgaria was 29.17 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 29.17 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.52 in 1990.
- How does Bulgaria rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Bulgaria ranks 78th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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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