Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies
ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 21.76 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies is 21.76, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 74.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies peaked at 21.76 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.46, in 2000.
ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies ranks 71st 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 Low Income Economies, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.46 | — |
| 2001 | 6.8 | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 7.23 | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 7.63 | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 8.1 | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 8.59 | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 9.06 | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 9.55 | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 10.09 | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 10.64 | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 11.19 | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 11.84 | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 12.49 | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 13.22 | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 13.95 | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 14.75 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 15.59 | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 16.51 | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 17.53 | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 18.47 | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 19.5 | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 20.63 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 21.76 | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.41 | 6.46 | 10.64 | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.55 | 11.19 | 18.47 | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.63 | 19.5 | 21.76 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies
More health data for ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 1,956 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 42.76 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 14.97 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 7.86 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 8.67 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 8.21 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 18.6 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies was 21.76 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies?
- The highest recorded value was 21.76 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.46 in 2000.
- How does ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ESCAP_WB Low Income Economies ranks 71st 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 Low Income Economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP_WB Low 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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