Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
Eastern Asia (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 22.65 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Eastern Asia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Asia (UNSDG) stood at 22.65. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Asia (UNSDG) peaked at 22.65 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.8, in 2000.
Eastern Asia (UNSDG) ranks 63rd 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 Asia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.8 | — |
| 2001 | 10.29 | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 10.87 | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 11.45 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 12.11 | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 12.78 | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 13.53 | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 14.45 | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 15.28 | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 16.18 | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 17.08 | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 17.89 | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 18.7 | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 19.34 | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 19.8 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 20.26 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 20.65 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 20.96 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 21.27 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 21.59 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 21.91 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 22.33 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 22.65 | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.67 | 9.8 | 16.18 | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.75 | 17.08 | 21.59 | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.3 | 21.91 | 22.65 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
More health data for Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -14.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 3,990 (2100)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 3.16 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 15,961 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 1.61 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 1.55 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 35,755 (2024)
- Child deaths 19,794 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4332 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 15,417 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Asia (UNSDG) was 22.65 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.65 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8 in 2000.
- How does Eastern Asia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Eastern Asia (UNSDG) ranks 63rd 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 Asia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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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