Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)
Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 32.54 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) stood at 32.54. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) peaked at 32.54 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20.1, in 2000.
Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 34th of 156 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.1 | — |
| 2001 | 20.7 | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 21.3 | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 21.91 | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 22.48 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 23 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 23.54 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 24.03 | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 24.46 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 24.9 | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 25.32 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 25.78 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 26.25 | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 26.77 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 27.31 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 27.87 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 28.46 | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 29.09 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 29.8 | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 30.48 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 31.17 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 31.86 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 32.54 | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.64 | 20.1 | 24.9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.71 | 25.32 | 30.48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.86 | 31.17 | 32.54 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)
More health data for Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -6.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 10,699 (2100)
- Child deaths 51,561 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 8.5 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 146,841 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 95,280 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 13.16 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 4.7 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5204 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 65,759 (2024)
All data for Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) was 32.54 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The highest recorded value was 32.54 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.1 in 2000.
- How does Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 34th 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 East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 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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