Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 11.24 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recorded 11.24 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.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) peaked at 11.24 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.47, in 2000.
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ranks 136th of 156 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.47 | — |
| 2001 | 5.71 | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 5.96 | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 6.2 | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 6.45 | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 6.75 | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 6.99 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 7.23 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 7.45 | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 7.68 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 7.88 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 8.03 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 8.25 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 8.41 | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 8.63 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 8.87 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 9.11 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 9.39 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 9.73 | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 10.08 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 10.45 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 10.88 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 11.24 | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.59 | 5.47 | 7.68 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.84 | 7.88 | 10.08 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.85 | 10.45 | 11.24 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
More health data for Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 14,567 (2100)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.361 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 64,097 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 115,440 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 24 123,911 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 14 72,800 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 24 312,151 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 132,614 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 59,814 (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 12.06 (2022)
All data for Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was 11.24 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 West African States (ECOWAS)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.24 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.47 in 2000.
- How does Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ranks 136th 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 West African States (ECOWAS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 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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