Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Central America (UNSDG)
Central America (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 35.73 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Central America (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Central America (UNSDG) recorded 35.73 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 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Central America (UNSDG) peaked at 35.73 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 26.02, in 2000.
Central America (UNSDG) ranks 26th 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 Central America (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.02 | — |
| 2001 | 26.86 | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 27.61 | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 28.27 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 28.94 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 29.45 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 29.95 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 30.45 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 30.81 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 31.24 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 31.61 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 31.97 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 32.28 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 32.64 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 32.95 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 33.33 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 33.63 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 34.01 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 34.33 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 34.72 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 35.03 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 35.41 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 35.73 | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.96 | 26.02 | 31.24 | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.15 | 31.61 | 34.72 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.39 | 35.03 | 35.73 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Central America (UNSDG)
- 23 Brunei Darussalam 41.74 compare
- 24 Saudi Arabia 41.4 compare
- 25 Peru 41.13 compare
- 26 Argentina 41.09 compare
- 27 Bahrain 40.51 compare
- 28 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 40.35 compare
- 29 Uruguay 40.05 compare
More health data for Central America (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 1,708 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 71.26 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 34.44 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 1.84 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 15.55 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 2.29 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 10.92 (2020)
- Weight-for-height <-2 SD 0.9 (2024)
- Weight-for-height <-3 SD 0.2 (2024)
- Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 78.2 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Central America (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Central America (UNSDG) was 35.73 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Central America (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.73 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Central America (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.02 in 2000.
- How does Central America (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Central America (UNSDG) ranks 26th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Central America (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America (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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