Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in El Salvador
El Salvador: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 29.27 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
29.27
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
76th
of 193 countries
All-time high
29.27
in 2022
All-time low
17.03
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in El Salvador, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in El Salvador stood at 29.27. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in El Salvador peaked at 29.27 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17.03, in 1990.
That places El Salvador 76th out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 17.03 | — |
| 1991 | 17.77 | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 18.52 | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 19.27 | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 20.01 | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 20.74 | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 21.45 | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 22.12 | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 22.76 | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 23.36 | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 23.92 | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 24.43 | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 24.87 | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 25.24 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 25.54 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 25.79 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 25.99 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 26.15 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 26.27 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 26.38 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 26.49 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 26.6 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 26.74 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 26.9 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 27.09 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 27.3 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 27.53 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 27.79 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 28.08 | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 28.38 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 28.69 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 28.99 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 29.27 | +1.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 29.27 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30.72, 95% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 29.27 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 36.89, 79% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.3 | 17.03 | 23.36 | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.46 | 23.92 | 26.38 | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.29 | 26.49 | 28.38 | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.98 | 28.69 | 29.27 | 3 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in El Salvador?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in El Salvador was 29.27 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 29.27 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.03 in 1990.
- How does El Salvador rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- El Salvador ranks 76th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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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