Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Lesotho
Lesotho: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 13.17 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Lesotho, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 13.17 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 2.2% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Lesotho peaked at 13.17 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.96, in 1990.
That places Lesotho 161st out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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 Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.96 | — |
| 1991 | 6.22 | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 6.48 | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 6.76 | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 7.03 | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 7.32 | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 7.6 | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 7.89 | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 8.17 | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 8.46 | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 8.74 | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 9.01 | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 9.29 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 9.56 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 9.81 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 10.05 | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 10.26 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 10.45 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 10.61 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 10.75 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 10.87 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 11 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 11.12 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 11.26 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 11.4 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 11.56 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 11.74 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 11.93 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 12.15 | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 12.38 | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 12.63 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 12.89 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 13.17 | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.19 | 5.96 | 8.46 | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.85 | 8.74 | 10.75 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.54 | 10.87 | 12.38 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.9 | 12.63 | 13.17 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Lesotho?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Lesotho was 13.17 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 13.17 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.96 in 1990.
- How does Lesotho rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Lesotho ranks 161st out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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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