Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Caribbean (UNSDG)
Caribbean (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 31.74 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Caribbean (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Caribbean (UNSDG) is 31.74, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 33.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Caribbean (UNSDG) peaked at 31.74 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.67, in 2000.
Caribbean (UNSDG) ranks 35th of 156 groups on this measure, in the top 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 Caribbean (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.67 | — |
| 2001 | 17.2 | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 17.75 | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 18.28 | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 18.87 | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 19.43 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 20.03 | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 20.6 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 21.21 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 21.85 | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 22.48 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 23.13 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 23.8 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 24.47 | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 25.19 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 25.96 | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 26.71 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 27.51 | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 28.34 | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 29.15 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 30.05 | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 30.91 | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 31.74 | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.19 | 16.67 | 21.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.67 | 22.48 | 29.15 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.9 | 30.05 | 31.74 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean (UNSDG)
More health data for Caribbean (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 350.27 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 53.98 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 24.41 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 6.25 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 14.94 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 4.94 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 11.75 (2020)
- Weight-for-height <-2 SD 2.9 (2024)
- Weight-for-height <-3 SD 0.8 (2024)
- Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 71.8 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Caribbean (UNSDG) was 31.74 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 31.74 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.67 in 2000.
- How does Caribbean (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Caribbean (UNSDG) ranks 35th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean (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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