Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 21.98 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) is 21.98, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) peaked at 21.98 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.67, in 2000.
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) ranks 70th 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 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.67 | — |
| 2001 | 9.11 | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 9.62 | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 10.14 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 10.7 | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 11.28 | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 11.91 | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 12.66 | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 13.35 | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 14.08 | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 14.82 | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 15.51 | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 16.23 | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 16.88 | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 17.42 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 17.99 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 18.53 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 19.06 | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 19.61 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 20.16 | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 20.75 | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 21.38 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 21.98 | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.15 | 8.67 | 14.08 | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.62 | 14.82 | 20.16 | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.37 | 20.75 | 21.98 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
More health data for Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -8.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 10,242 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 136,069 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 4.03 (2024)
- Child deaths 54,474 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 6.5 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.48 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 81,595 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4962 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 68,835 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) was 21.98 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 21.98 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.67 in 2000.
- How does Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) ranks 70th 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 and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern and South-Eastern 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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