Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions)
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 26.76 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) recorded 26.76 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 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 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) peaked at 26.76 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.05, in 2000.
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) ranks 51st 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 Mediterranean (WHO regions), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.05 | — |
| 2001 | 14.46 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 14.84 | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 15.23 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 15.65 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 16.02 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 16.4 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 16.78 | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 17.14 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 17.54 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 17.94 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 18.41 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 18.9 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 19.48 | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 20.1 | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 20.81 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 21.53 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 22.31 | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 23.15 | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 24.03 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 24.92 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 25.81 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 26.76 | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.81 | 14.05 | 17.54 | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.66 | 17.94 | 24.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.83 | 24.92 | 26.76 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions)
More health data for Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 19,337 (2100)
- Child deaths 135,374 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 11.56 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 352,758 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 7.33 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 217,384 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 18.81 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 109,734 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 137,386 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) was 26.76 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.76 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.05 in 2000.
- How does Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) ranks 51st 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 Mediterranean (WHO regions)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Mediterranean (WHO 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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