Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Middle Africa (UNSDG)
Middle Africa (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 14.34 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Middle Africa (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Middle Africa (UNSDG) recorded 14.34 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.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 48.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Middle Africa (UNSDG) peaked at 14.34 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.87, in 2000.
Middle Africa (UNSDG) ranks 98th of 156 groups on this measure, 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 Middle Africa (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.87 | — |
| 2001 | 6.13 | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 6.43 | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 6.77 | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 7.06 | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 7.4 | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 7.7 | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 8.04 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 8.36 | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 8.7 | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 9 | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 9.32 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 9.63 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 10.01 | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 10.34 | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 10.74 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 11.21 | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 11.65 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 12.15 | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 12.64 | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 13.22 | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 13.8 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 14.34 | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.25 | 5.87 | 8.7 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.67 | 9 | 12.64 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.79 | 13.22 | 14.34 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa (UNSDG)
More health data for Middle Africa (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 12,128 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 26.87 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 9.17 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 11.66 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 4.38 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 6.69 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 12.21 (2020)
- Weight-for-height <-2 SD 5.5 (2024)
- Weight-for-height <-3 SD 1.6 (2024)
- Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 39.2 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Middle Africa (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Middle Africa (UNSDG) was 14.34 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Middle Africa (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.34 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Middle Africa (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.87 in 2000.
- How does Middle Africa (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Middle Africa (UNSDG) ranks 98th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Middle Africa (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa (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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