Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Europe (UNSDG)
Europe (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 23.48 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Europe (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Europe (UNSDG) recorded 23.48 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Europe (UNSDG) peaked at 23.79 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 19.81, in 2000.
Europe (UNSDG) ranks 61st 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 Europe (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.81 | — |
| 2001 | 20.14 | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 20.49 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 20.87 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 21.29 | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 21.68 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 22.07 | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 22.47 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 22.8 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 23.14 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 23.38 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 23.56 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 23.7 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 23.76 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 23.77 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 23.79 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 23.77 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 23.74 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 23.7 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 23.64 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 23.58 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 23.53 | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 23.48 | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.48 | 19.81 | 23.14 | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.68 | 23.38 | 23.79 | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.53 | 23.48 | 23.58 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Europe (UNSDG)
More health data for Europe (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -2.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 4,933 (2100)
- Child deaths 4,831 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 1.26 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 12,837 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 8,006 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 1.98 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 0.7189 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5479 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 22,306 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Europe (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Europe (UNSDG) was 23.48 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Europe (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 23.79 in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Europe (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.81 in 2000.
- How does Europe (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Europe (UNSDG) ranks 61st out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Europe (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe (UNSDG) 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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