Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_All countries
ESCAP_All countries: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 17.38 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_All countries, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_All countries is 17.38, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 46.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_All countries peaked at 17.38 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.67, in 2000.
That places ESCAP_All countries 89th 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 ESCAP_All countries, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.67 | — |
| 2001 | 6.99 | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 7.34 | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 7.74 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 8.16 | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 8.58 | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 9.02 | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 9.48 | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 9.94 | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 10.43 | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 10.92 | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 11.37 | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 11.85 | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 12.36 | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 12.79 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 13.28 | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 13.79 | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 14.32 | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 14.87 | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 15.44 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 16.06 | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 16.72 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 17.38 | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.44 | 6.67 | 10.43 | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.1 | 10.92 | 15.44 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.72 | 16.06 | 17.38 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_All countries
More health data for ESCAP_All countries
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 38,584 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 37.19 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 10.58 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 8.23 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 7.37 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 12.25 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 17.34 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_All countries?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_All countries was 17.38 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_All countries?
- The highest recorded value was 17.38 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_All countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.67 in 2000.
- How does ESCAP_All countries rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ESCAP_All countries ranks 89th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in ESCAP_All countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP_All countries 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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