Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Cyprus

Cyprus: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 32.98 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
32.98
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
58th
of 193 countries
All-time high
32.98
in 2022
All-time low
22.13
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022

Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Cyprus, 1990–2022

01020301990200620221990: 22.11991: 22.71992: 23.31993: 23.91994: 24.41995: 24.91996: 25.41997: 25.91998: 26.41999: 272000: 27.52001: 28.12002: 28.72003: 29.22004: 29.72005: 30.12006: 30.42007: 30.62008: 30.92009: 312010: 31.22011: 31.32012: 31.52013: 31.62014: 31.72015: 31.82016: 322017: 32.12018: 32.32019: 32.52020: 32.72021: 32.82022: 33

Source: UNICEF.

Analysis

In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Cyprus stood at 32.98. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Cyprus peaked at 32.98 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 22.13, in 1990.

That places Cyprus 58th 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 Cyprus, year by year

Annual values for Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) in Cyprus, 1990 to 2022.
Year Value Change
1990 22.13
1991 22.73 +2.7%
1992 23.32 +2.6%
1993 23.9 +2.5%
1994 24.44 +2.3%
1995 24.93 +2.0%
1996 25.42 +2.0%
1997 25.92 +2.0%
1998 26.44 +2.0%
1999 26.98 +2.0%
2000 27.53 +2.0%
2001 28.1 +2.1%
2002 28.68 +2.1%
2003 29.22 +1.9%
2004 29.68 +1.6%
2005 30.06 +1.3%
2006 30.37 +1.0%
2007 30.63 +0.9%
2008 30.85 +0.7%
2009 31.03 +0.6%
2010 31.18 +0.5%
2011 31.33 +0.5%
2012 31.46 +0.4%
2013 31.57 +0.3%
2014 31.68 +0.3%
2015 31.82 +0.4%
2016 31.97 +0.5%
2017 32.14 +0.5%
2018 32.31 +0.5%
2019 32.49 +0.6%
2020 32.66 +0.5%
2021 32.82 +0.5%
2022 32.98 +0.5%

Cyprus compared with similar countries

  • Cyprus's 32.98 is above the median for high income countries, which is 29.21, 1.1× the median. (61 countries reporting)
  • Cyprus's 32.98 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24.84, 1.3× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 24.62 22.13 26.98 10
2000s 29.61 27.53 31.03 10
2010s 31.79 31.18 32.49 10
2020s 32.82 32.66 32.98 3

Countries ranked near Cyprus

  1. 55 Costa Rica 33.89 compare
  2. 56 Ecuador 33.52 compare
  3. 57 Jamaica 33.19 compare
  4. 59 Dominican Republic 32.75 compare
  5. 60 Türkiye 32.69 compare
  6. 61 Malaysia 32.6 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Cyprus?
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Cyprus was 32.98 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Cyprus?
The highest recorded value was 32.98 in 2022.
What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Cyprus?
The lowest recorded value was 22.13 in 1990.
How does Cyprus rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
Cyprus ranks 58th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Cyprus?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cyprus 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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Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate)
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Coverage
349 places, 9,957 data points, 1990–2022
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