Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Northern Africa (UNSDG)
Northern Africa (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 31.25 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Northern Africa (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Northern Africa (UNSDG) is 31.25, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Northern Africa (UNSDG) peaked at 31.25 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 22.4, in 2000.
Northern Africa (UNSDG) ranks 37th 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 Northern Africa (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22.4 | — |
| 2001 | 22.93 | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 23.43 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 23.91 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 24.33 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 24.69 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 25.05 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 25.39 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 25.62 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 25.89 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 26.17 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 26.48 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 26.81 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 27.15 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 27.51 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 27.91 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 28.3 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 28.74 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 29.26 | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 29.76 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 30.28 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 30.77 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 31.25 | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.36 | 22.4 | 25.89 | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.81 | 26.17 | 29.76 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.77 | 30.28 | 31.25 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa (UNSDG)
- 34 Oman 38.57 compare
- 35 Grenada 37.68 compare
- 36 Panama 37.58 compare
- 37 Trinidad and Tobago 37.54 compare
- 38 Cuba 37.15 compare
- 39 Marshall Islands 36.99 compare
- 40 Saint Lucia 36.95 compare
More health data for Northern Africa (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -6.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,206 (2100)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 16.4 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 56,320 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 6.68 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 9.79 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 93,975 (2024)
- Child deaths 37,655 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.501 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 18,777 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Northern Africa (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Northern Africa (UNSDG) was 31.25 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Northern Africa (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 31.25 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Northern Africa (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.4 in 2000.
- How does Northern Africa (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Northern Africa (UNSDG) ranks 37th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Northern Africa (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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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