Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies
ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 12.37 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies stood at 12.37. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 75.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies peaked at 12.37 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.91, in 2000.
That places ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies 121st out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom 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_WB Lower Middle Income Economies, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.91 | — |
| 2001 | 3.19 | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 3.46 | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 3.81 | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 4.17 | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 4.53 | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 4.88 | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 5.18 | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 5.55 | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 5.95 | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 6.34 | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 6.69 | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 7.06 | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 7.5 | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 7.88 | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 8.3 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 8.79 | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 9.31 | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 9.83 | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 10.4 | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 11.04 | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 11.68 | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 12.37 | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.36 | 2.91 | 5.95 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.21 | 6.34 | 10.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7 | 11.04 | 12.37 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies
- 118 Yemen 21.06 compare
- 119 South Africa 20.97 compare
- 120 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 20.96 compare
- 121 Morocco 20.89 compare
- 122 Lithuania 20.54 compare
- 123 Kazakhstan 20.38 compare
- 124 Uzbekistan 19.9 compare
More health data for ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 25,920 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 32.18 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 8.94 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 12.62 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 4.45 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 17.97 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 23.02 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies was 12.37 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies?
- The highest recorded value was 12.37 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.91 in 2000.
- How does ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ESCAP_WB Lower Middle Income Economies ranks 121st 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 Lower Middle Income Economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP_WB Lower Middle 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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