Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States
ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 33.07 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States recorded 33.07 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States peaked at 33.07 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20.34, in 2000.
ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States ranks 32nd of 156 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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_Small Islands Developing States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.34 | — |
| 2001 | 20.92 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 21.46 | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 22.05 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 22.61 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 23.15 | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 23.72 | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 24.23 | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 24.72 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 25.24 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 25.73 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 26.29 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 26.78 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 27.34 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 27.88 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 28.42 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 29.01 | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 29.6 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 30.27 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 30.96 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 31.68 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 32.37 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 33.07 | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.84 | 20.34 | 25.24 | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.23 | 25.73 | 30.96 | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.37 | 31.68 | 33.07 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States
More health data for ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 340.35 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 47.74 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 19.32 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 5.33 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 14.2 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 3.71 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 17.08 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States was 33.07 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 33.07 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.34 in 2000.
- How does ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States ranks 32nd 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_Small Islands Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP_Small Islands Developing States 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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