Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs)
ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 42.08 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs) is 42.08, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs) peaked at 42.08 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21.41, in 2000.
That places ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs) 3rd out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
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 ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.41 | — |
| 2001 | 22.19 | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 22.94 | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 23.75 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 24.65 | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 25.67 | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 26.71 | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 27.89 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 28.96 | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 29.94 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 30.82 | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 31.63 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 32.52 | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 33.35 | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 34.24 | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 35.06 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 35.9 | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 36.87 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 37.91 | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 38.96 | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 39.92 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 40.98 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 42.08 | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.41 | 21.41 | 29.94 | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.73 | 30.82 | 38.96 | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.99 | 39.92 | 42.08 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs)
More health data for ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 1,480 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 71.94 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 38.23 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 3.22 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 18.92 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 7.85 (2022)
- Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 0.6792 (2025)
- Proportion of health care facilities with basic water services 98.91 (2025)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 10.91 (2020)
- Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 0.4078 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs) was 42.08 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs)?
- The highest recorded value was 42.08 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.41 in 2000.
- How does ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs) ranks 3rd out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs) 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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