Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 12.64 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 12.64 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 12.64 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.44, in 2000.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 115th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.44 | — |
| 2001 | 6.63 | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 6.84 | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 7.06 | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 7.27 | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 7.48 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 7.7 | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 7.92 | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 8.12 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 8.34 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 8.54 | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 8.77 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 9.02 | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 9.26 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 9.52 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 9.81 | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 10.14 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 10.51 | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 10.9 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 11.29 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 11.74 | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 12.19 | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 12.64 | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.38 | 6.44 | 8.34 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.78 | 8.54 | 11.29 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.19 | 11.74 | 12.64 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 112 Afghanistan 21.98 compare
- 113 Latvia 21.83 compare
- 114 Luxembourg 21.53 compare
- 115 Mauritania 21.5 compare
- 116 Belgium 21.35 compare
- 117 Portugal 21.27 compare
- 118 Yemen 21.06 compare
More health data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 40,646 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 30.85 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.49 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 12.59 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 4.25 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 8.91 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.94 (2020)
- Weight-for-height <-2 SD 5.8 (2024)
- Weight-for-height <-3 SD 1.2 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 12.64 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.64 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.44 in 2000.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 115th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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