Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Norway
Norway: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 23.17 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Norway, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Norway is 23.17, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Norway peaked at 23.17 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18.29, in 1990.
That places Norway 102nd out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 18.29 | — |
| 1991 | 18.81 | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 19.32 | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 19.81 | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 20.28 | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 20.72 | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 21.15 | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 21.54 | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 21.91 | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 22.25 | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 22.54 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 22.77 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 22.92 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 22.98 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 22.97 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 22.91 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 22.82 | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 22.71 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 22.6 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 22.49 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 22.38 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 22.29 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 22.22 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 22.18 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 22.18 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 22.22 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 22.31 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 22.44 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 22.59 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 22.74 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 22.89 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 23.03 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 23.17 | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.41 | 18.29 | 22.25 | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.77 | 22.49 | 22.98 | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.35 | 22.18 | 22.74 | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.03 | 22.89 | 23.17 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Norway?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Norway was 23.17 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 23.17 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.29 in 1990.
- How does Norway rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Norway ranks 102nd out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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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