Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ECLAC_Latin America
ECLAC_Latin America: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 36.17 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ECLAC_Latin America, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
ECLAC_Latin America recorded 36.17 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.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ECLAC_Latin America peaked at 36.17 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21.18, in 2000.
ECLAC_Latin America ranks 21st of 156 groups on this measure, in the top 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 ECLAC_Latin America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.18 | — |
| 2001 | 21.83 | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 22.46 | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 23.09 | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 23.74 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 24.37 | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 25.05 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 25.71 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 26.34 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 27.03 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 27.69 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 28.35 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 29.02 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 29.69 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 30.4 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 31.1 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 31.79 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 32.52 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 33.25 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 33.99 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 34.69 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 35.44 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 36.17 | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.08 | 21.18 | 27.03 | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.78 | 27.69 | 33.99 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.43 | 34.69 | 36.17 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC_Latin America
- 18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.47 compare
- 19 Egypt 42.42 compare
- 20 Barbados 42.02 compare
- 21 United States of America 41.95 compare
- 22 Lebanon 41.82 compare
- 23 Brunei Darussalam 41.74 compare
- 24 Saudi Arabia 41.4 compare
More health data for ECLAC_Latin America
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,053 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 65.27 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 29.72 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 2.46 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 15.67 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 2.44 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 9.66 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ECLAC_Latin America?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ECLAC_Latin America was 36.17 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ECLAC_Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 36.17 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ECLAC_Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.18 in 2000.
- How does ECLAC_Latin America rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ECLAC_Latin America ranks 21st out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in ECLAC_Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC_Latin America 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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