Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_WB High Income Economies
ESCAP_WB High Income Economies: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 22.55 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_WB High Income Economies, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB High Income Economies stood at 22.55. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB High Income Economies peaked at 22.55 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.63, in 2000.
ESCAP_WB High Income Economies ranks 65th 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_WB High Income Economies, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.63 | — |
| 2001 | 16.91 | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 17.24 | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 17.61 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 18.05 | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 18.48 | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 18.88 | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 19.31 | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 19.67 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 20.01 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 20.32 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 20.58 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 20.78 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 20.98 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 21.14 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 21.27 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 21.44 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 21.63 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 21.83 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 22.02 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 22.2 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 22.43 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 22.55 | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.28 | 16.63 | 20.01 | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.2 | 20.32 | 22.02 | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.39 | 22.2 | 22.55 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_WB High Income Economies
More health data for ESCAP_WB High Income Economies
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 2,347 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 43.03 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 15.33 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 5.05 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 7.88 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 2.67 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 8.42 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB High Income Economies?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB High Income Economies was 22.55 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_WB High Income Economies?
- The highest recorded value was 22.55 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_WB High Income Economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.63 in 2000.
- How does ESCAP_WB High Income Economies rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ESCAP_WB High Income Economies ranks 65th 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_WB High Income Economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP_WB High Income Economies 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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