Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Georgia
Georgia: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 27.33 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
27.33
Change on year
up 2.9%
World rank
87th
of 193 countries
All-time high
27.33
in 2022
All-time low
17.91
in 1997
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Georgia, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Georgia recorded 27.33 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Georgia peaked at 27.33 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17.91, in 1997.
That places Georgia 87th out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 18.05 | — |
| 1991 | 18.03 | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 18.01 | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 17.99 | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 17.96 | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 17.94 | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 17.92 | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 17.91 | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 17.91 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 17.92 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 17.94 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 17.96 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 18.01 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 18.1 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 18.22 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 18.35 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 18.52 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 18.74 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 18.99 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 19.28 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 19.65 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 20.06 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 20.51 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 21.01 | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 21.57 | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 22.19 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 22.85 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 23.55 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 24.28 | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 25.03 | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 25.78 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 26.55 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 27.33 | +2.9% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's 27.33 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30.72, 89% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Georgia's 27.33 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24.84, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.96 | 17.91 | 18.05 | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.41 | 17.94 | 19.28 | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.07 | 19.65 | 25.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.55 | 25.78 | 27.33 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Georgia?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Georgia was 27.33 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 27.33 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.91 in 1997.
- How does Georgia rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Georgia ranks 87th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia 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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