Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ECE_All countries
ECE_All countries: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 28.8 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ECE_All countries, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ECE_All countries is 28.8, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ECE_All countries peaked at 28.8 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 23.69, in 2000.
ECE_All countries ranks 42nd 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 ECE_All countries, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.69 | — |
| 2001 | 24.16 | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 24.63 | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 25.11 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 25.57 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 25.98 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 26.35 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 26.72 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 27.07 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 27.35 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 27.59 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 27.76 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 27.91 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 28.01 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 28.11 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 28.21 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 28.32 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 28.43 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 28.54 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 28.62 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 28.67 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 28.75 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 28.8 | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.66 | 23.69 | 27.35 | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.15 | 27.59 | 28.62 | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.74 | 28.67 | 28.8 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ECE_All countries
- 39 Marshall Islands 36.99 compare
- 40 Saint Lucia 36.95 compare
- 41 Dominica 36.83 compare
- 42 Australia 36.39 compare
- 43 Papua New Guinea 36.37 compare
- 44 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 36.13 compare
- 45 Suriname 35.92 compare
More health data for ECE_All countries
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 11,822 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 60.08 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 27.78 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 2.02 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 11.44 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 2.49 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 7.75 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ECE_All countries?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ECE_All countries was 28.8 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ECE_All countries?
- The highest recorded value was 28.8 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ECE_All countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.69 in 2000.
- How does ECE_All countries rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ECE_All countries ranks 42nd out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in ECE_All countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE_All countries 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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