Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Eastern Africa (UNSDG)
Eastern Africa (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 8.85 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Eastern Africa (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Africa (UNSDG) is 8.85, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Africa (UNSDG) peaked at 8.85 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.51, in 2000.
That places Eastern Africa (UNSDG) 155th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom 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 Eastern Africa (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.51 | — |
| 2001 | 4.65 | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 4.82 | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 4.98 | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 5.14 | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 5.28 | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 5.46 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 5.6 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 5.74 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 5.9 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 6.03 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 6.19 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 6.37 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 6.53 | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 6.73 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 6.91 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 7.13 | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 7.39 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 7.63 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 7.89 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 8.2 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 8.53 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 8.85 | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.21 | 4.51 | 5.9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.88 | 6.03 | 7.89 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.52 | 8.2 | 8.85 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa (UNSDG)
More health data for Eastern Africa (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 18,688 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 23.19 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 8.07 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 15.22 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 2.57 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 8.69 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 14.11 (2020)
- Weight-for-height <-2 SD 4.8 (2024)
- Weight-for-height <-3 SD 0.9 (2024)
- Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 57.8 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Africa (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Africa (UNSDG) was 8.85 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Eastern Africa (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.85 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Eastern Africa (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.51 in 2000.
- How does Eastern Africa (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Eastern Africa (UNSDG) ranks 155th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Eastern Africa (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa (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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