Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Egypt
Egypt: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 42.42 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
42.42
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
19th
of 193 countries
All-time high
42.42
in 2022
All-time low
28.08
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Egypt, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Egypt is 42.42, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Egypt peaked at 42.42 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 28.08, in 1990.
Egypt ranks 19th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 28.08 | — |
| 1991 | 28.78 | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 29.49 | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 30.21 | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 30.93 | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 31.66 | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 32.39 | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 33.12 | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 33.85 | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 34.56 | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 35.24 | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 35.88 | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 36.45 | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 36.95 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 37.38 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 37.74 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 38.03 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 38.26 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 38.45 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 38.64 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 38.82 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 39.02 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 39.24 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 39.48 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 39.76 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 40.06 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 40.38 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 40.72 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 41.08 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 41.44 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 41.79 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 42.12 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 42.42 | +0.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 42.42 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15.63, 2.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 42.42 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 34.97, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.31 | 28.08 | 34.56 | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.3 | 35.24 | 38.64 | 10 |
| 2010s | 40 | 38.82 | 41.44 | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.11 | 41.79 | 42.42 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 16 Kiribati 43.64 compare
- 17 Micronesia, Federated States of 42.81 compare
- 18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.47 compare
- 20 Barbados 42.02 compare
- 21 United States of America 41.95 compare
- 22 Lebanon 41.82 compare
More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Egypt?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Egypt was 42.42 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 42.42 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.08 in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Egypt ranks 19th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 33 observations, free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required).