Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 13.67 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) stood at 13.67. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) peaked at 13.67 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.69, in 2000.
That places Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 109th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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 Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.69 | — |
| 2001 | 5.94 | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 6.24 | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 6.55 | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 6.82 | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 7.14 | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 7.43 | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 7.75 | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 8.05 | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 8.38 | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 8.66 | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 8.96 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 9.26 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 9.61 | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 9.93 | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 10.3 | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 10.74 | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 11.16 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 11.61 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 12.07 | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 12.62 | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 13.16 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 13.67 | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 | 5.69 | 8.38 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.23 | 8.66 | 12.07 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.15 | 12.62 | 13.67 | 3 |
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More health data for Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 13,070 (2100)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.3177 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 64,492 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 63,976 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 24 122,658 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 14 43,511 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 24 230,145 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 101,677 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 58,166 (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 8.65 (2022)
All data for Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) was 13.67 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.67 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.69 in 2000.
- How does Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) ranks 109th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 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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