Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 36.17 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) stood at 36.17. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) peaked at 36.17 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21.12, in 2000.
That places Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) 18th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.12 | — |
| 2001 | 21.78 | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 22.42 | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 23.05 | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 23.69 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 24.33 | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 25.01 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 25.67 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 26.31 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 26.99 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 27.66 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 28.32 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 29 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 29.67 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 30.38 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 31.09 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 31.77 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 32.51 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 33.24 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 33.98 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 34.69 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 35.44 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 36.17 | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.04 | 21.12 | 26.99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.76 | 27.66 | 33.98 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.43 | 34.69 | 36.17 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
- 15 Belize 43.84 compare
- 16 Kiribati 43.64 compare
- 17 Micronesia (country) 42.81 compare
- 18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.47 compare
- 19 Egypt 42.42 compare
- 20 Barbados 42.02 compare
- 21 United States 41.95 compare
More health data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,117 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 65,579 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.02 (2024)
- Child deaths 19,510 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 7.1 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.08 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 46,069 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5402 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 45,915 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) was 36.17 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 36.17 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.12 in 2000.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) ranks 18th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean (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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