Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 24.05 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies recorded 24.05 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.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies peaked at 24.05 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.64, in 2000.
ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies ranks 57th 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 Upper Middle Income Economies, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.64 | — |
| 2001 | 10.12 | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 10.69 | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 11.25 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 11.89 | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 12.52 | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 13.22 | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 14.07 | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 14.84 | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 15.67 | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 16.52 | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 17.29 | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 18.1 | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 18.8 | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 19.38 | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 20 | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 20.58 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 21.12 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 21.69 | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 22.24 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 22.83 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 23.47 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 24.05 | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.39 | 9.64 | 15.67 | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.57 | 16.52 | 22.24 | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.45 | 22.83 | 24.05 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
More health data for ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 8,361 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 40.76 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.14 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 4.63 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 11.68 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 5.07 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 7.35 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies was 24.05 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- The highest recorded value was 24.05 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.64 in 2000.
- How does ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies ranks 57th 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 Upper Middle Income Economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP_WB Upper 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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