Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Kenya
Kenya: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 10.03 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Kenya, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 10.03 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 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Kenya peaked at 10.03 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.22, in 1990.
Kenya ranks 179th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4.22 | — |
| 1991 | 4.39 | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 4.56 | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 4.75 | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 4.94 | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 5.14 | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 5.35 | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 5.57 | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 5.8 | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 6.04 | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 6.29 | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 6.55 | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 6.81 | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 7.09 | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 7.37 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 7.64 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 7.91 | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 8.17 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 8.41 | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 8.63 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 8.84 | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 9.03 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 9.2 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 9.35 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 9.49 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 9.61 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 9.71 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 9.79 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 9.86 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 9.91 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 9.95 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 9.99 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 10.03 | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.08 | 4.22 | 6.04 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.49 | 6.29 | 8.63 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.48 | 8.84 | 9.91 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.99 | 9.95 | 10.03 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Kenya?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Kenya was 10.03 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 10.03 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.22 in 1990.
- How does Kenya rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Kenya ranks 179th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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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