Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Micronesia (country)
Micronesia (country): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 42.81 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
42.81
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
17th
of 193 countries
All-time high
42.81
in 2022
All-time low
25.24
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Micronesia (country), 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Micronesia (country) recorded 42.81 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 1.6% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Micronesia (country) peaked at 42.81 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 25.24, in 1990.
Micronesia (country) ranks 17th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Micronesia (country), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25.24 | — |
| 1991 | 25.71 | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 26.17 | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 26.65 | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 27.15 | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 27.68 | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 28.22 | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 28.78 | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 29.36 | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 29.94 | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 30.49 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 31 | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 31.49 | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 32 | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 32.52 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 33.06 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 33.61 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 34.21 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 34.84 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 35.44 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 35.99 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 36.48 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 36.94 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 37.42 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 37.91 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 38.43 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 38.98 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 39.54 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 40.13 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 40.77 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 41.45 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 42.14 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 42.81 | +1.6% |
Micronesia (country) compared with similar countries
- Micronesia (country)'s 42.81 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30.72, 1.4× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Micronesia (country)'s 42.81 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 31.67, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.49 | 25.24 | 29.94 | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.87 | 30.49 | 35.44 | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.26 | 35.99 | 40.77 | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.13 | 41.45 | 42.81 | 3 |
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- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1525 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Micronesia (country)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Micronesia (country) was 42.81 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Micronesia (country)?
- The highest recorded value was 42.81 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Micronesia (country)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.24 in 1990.
- How does Micronesia (country) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Micronesia (country) ranks 17th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Micronesia (country)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Micronesia (country) 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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