Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Ecuador

Ecuador: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 33.52 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
33.52
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
56th
of 193 countries
All-time high
33.52
in 2022
All-time low
18.21
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022

Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Ecuador, 1990–2022

01020301990200620221990: 18.21991: 18.81992: 19.41993: 201994: 20.61995: 21.11996: 21.71997: 22.21998: 22.71999: 23.22000: 23.72001: 24.22002: 24.62003: 252004: 25.42005: 25.72006: 26.12007: 26.42008: 26.82009: 27.12010: 27.52011: 27.92012: 28.32013: 28.72014: 29.12015: 29.62016: 30.12017: 30.72018: 31.22019: 31.82020: 32.42021: 32.92022: 33.5

Source: UNICEF.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 33.52 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Ecuador peaked at 33.52 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18.21, in 1990.

Ecuador ranks 56th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) in Ecuador, 1990 to 2022.
Year Value Change
1990 18.21
1991 18.8 +3.2%
1992 19.39 +3.1%
1993 19.97 +3.0%
1994 20.55 +2.9%
1995 21.12 +2.8%
1996 21.68 +2.7%
1997 22.22 +2.5%
1998 22.74 +2.3%
1999 23.24 +2.2%
2000 23.72 +2.1%
2001 24.17 +1.9%
2002 24.6 +1.8%
2003 25 +1.6%
2004 25.38 +1.5%
2005 25.74 +1.4%
2006 26.09 +1.4%
2007 26.44 +1.3%
2008 26.78 +1.3%
2009 27.13 +1.3%
2010 27.49 +1.3%
2011 27.87 +1.4%
2012 28.27 +1.4%
2013 28.69 +1.5%
2014 29.15 +1.6%
2015 29.62 +1.6%
2016 30.13 +1.7%
2017 30.66 +1.8%
2018 31.2 +1.8%
2019 31.77 +1.8%
2020 32.35 +1.8%
2021 32.93 +1.8%
2022 33.52 +1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 20.79 18.21 23.24 10
2000s 25.51 23.72 27.13 10
2010s 29.49 27.49 31.77 10
2020s 32.93 32.35 33.52 3

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 53 Greece 33.97 compare
  2. 54 Korea 33.92 compare
  3. 55 Costa Rica 33.89 compare
  4. 57 Jamaica 33.19 compare
  5. 58 Cyprus 32.98 compare
  6. 59 Dominican Republic 32.75 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Ecuador?
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Ecuador was 33.52 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 33.52 in 2022.
What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 18.21 in 1990.
How does Ecuador rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
Ecuador ranks 56th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador 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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Indicator
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
349 places, 9,957 data points, 1990–2022
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