Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)
East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 22.11 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) stood at 22.11. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) peaked at 22.11 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.24, in 2000.
East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 69th 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 East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.24 | — |
| 2001 | 8.68 | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 9.21 | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 9.73 | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 10.32 | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 10.91 | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 11.56 | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 12.35 | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 13.07 | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 13.85 | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 14.64 | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 15.37 | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 16.14 | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 16.83 | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 17.41 | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 18.01 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 18.58 | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 19.12 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 19.69 | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 20.25 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 20.85 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 21.5 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 22.11 | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.79 | 8.24 | 13.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.6 | 14.64 | 20.25 | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.49 | 20.85 | 22.11 | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)
More health data for East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -8.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 9,751 (2100)
- Child deaths 56,161 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 4.29 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 140,023 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 83,862 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 6.95 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.66 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4979 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 99,253 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) was 22.11 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.11 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.24 in 2000.
- How does East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 69th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) 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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