Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E)
ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 17.66 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E) stood at 17.66. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 47.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E) peaked at 17.66 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.97, in 2000.
ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E) ranks 87th of 156 groups on this measure, 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_LLDC (LLDC_E), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.97 | — |
| 2001 | 10.01 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 10.08 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 10.14 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 10.23 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 10.37 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 10.5 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 10.65 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 10.84 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 11.07 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 11.28 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 11.6 | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 11.94 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 12.35 | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 12.8 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 13.3 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 13.81 | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 14.39 | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 14.99 | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 15.62 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 16.28 | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 16.98 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 17.66 | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.39 | 9.97 | 11.07 | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.21 | 11.28 | 15.62 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.97 | 16.28 | 17.66 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E)
More health data for ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 4,052 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 50.67 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 20.02 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 5.02 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 5.79 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 6.8 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.26 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E) was 17.66 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.66 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.97 in 2000.
- How does ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E) ranks 87th 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_LLDC (LLDC_E)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP_LLDC (LLDC_E) 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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