Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Central Asia (UNSDG)
Central Asia (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 17.25 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Central Asia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Central Asia (UNSDG) recorded 17.25 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 2.3% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Central Asia (UNSDG) peaked at 17.25 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13.38, in 2004.
Central Asia (UNSDG) ranks 90th of 156 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Asia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.55 | — |
| 2001 | 13.47 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 13.44 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 13.39 | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 13.38 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 13.42 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 13.43 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 13.46 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 13.55 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 13.63 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 13.7 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 13.85 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 14.03 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 14.23 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 14.48 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 14.78 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 15.08 | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 15.41 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 15.73 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 16.1 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 16.46 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 16.87 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 17.25 | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.47 | 13.38 | 13.63 | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.74 | 13.7 | 16.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.86 | 16.46 | 17.25 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia (UNSDG)
More health data for Central Asia (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 1,720 (2100)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 8.25 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 11,452 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.27 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 6 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 15,857 (2024)
- Child deaths 4,405 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5145 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 3,373 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Central Asia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Central Asia (UNSDG) was 17.25 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Central Asia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.25 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Central Asia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.38 in 2004.
- How does Central Asia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Central Asia (UNSDG) ranks 90th 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 Asia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia (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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