Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Malaysia
Malaysia: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 32.6 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
32.6
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
61st
of 193 countries
All-time high
32.6
in 2022
All-time low
7.76
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Malaysia, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Malaysia stood at 32.6. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Malaysia peaked at 32.6 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.76, in 1990.
That places Malaysia 61st 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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7.76 | — |
| 1991 | 8.35 | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 8.99 | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 9.67 | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 10.39 | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 11.15 | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 11.94 | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 12.77 | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 13.62 | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 14.49 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 15.39 | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 16.32 | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 17.27 | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 18.23 | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 19.17 | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 20.07 | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 20.95 | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 21.79 | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 22.6 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 23.39 | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 24.15 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 24.89 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 25.6 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 26.28 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 26.95 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 27.62 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 28.3 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 28.99 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 29.69 | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 30.41 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 31.13 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 31.86 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 32.6 | +2.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 32.6 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30.72, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 32.6 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 31.67, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.91 | 7.76 | 14.49 | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.52 | 15.39 | 23.39 | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.29 | 24.15 | 30.41 | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.86 | 31.13 | 32.6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Malaysia?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Malaysia was 32.6 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 32.6 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.76 in 1990.
- How does Malaysia rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Malaysia ranks 61st out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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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