Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Montenegro
Montenegro: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 26.73 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
26.73
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
91st
of 193 countries
All-time high
26.73
in 2022
All-time low
15.21
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Montenegro, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Montenegro stood at 26.73. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Montenegro peaked at 26.73 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15.21, in 1990.
Montenegro ranks 91st of 193 countries on this measure, 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 Montenegro, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15.21 | — |
| 1991 | 15.65 | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 16.08 | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 16.5 | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 16.91 | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 17.31 | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 17.7 | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 18.09 | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 18.46 | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 18.85 | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 19.27 | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 19.73 | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 20.22 | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 20.74 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 21.3 | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 21.89 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 22.47 | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 23.02 | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 23.53 | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 23.95 | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 24.26 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 24.49 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 24.72 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 24.94 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 25.17 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 25.4 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 25.59 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 25.75 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 25.92 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 26.11 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 26.32 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 26.54 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 26.73 | +0.7% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 26.73 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30.72, 87% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 26.73 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24.84, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.08 | 15.21 | 18.85 | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.61 | 19.27 | 23.95 | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.23 | 24.26 | 26.11 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.53 | 26.32 | 26.73 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Montenegro?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Montenegro was 26.73 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 26.73 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.21 in 1990.
- How does Montenegro rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Montenegro ranks 91st out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Montenegro 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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