Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Oceania (UNSDG)
Oceania (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 36.53 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Oceania (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Oceania (UNSDG) stood at 36.53. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Oceania (UNSDG) peaked at 36.53 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 26.96, in 2000.
Oceania (UNSDG) ranks 13th of 156 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Oceania (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.96 | — |
| 2001 | 27.56 | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 28.08 | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 28.57 | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 29.1 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 29.49 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 29.86 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 30.23 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 30.55 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 30.9 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 31.2 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 31.55 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 31.9 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 32.24 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 32.68 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 33.08 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 33.52 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 33.97 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 34.47 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 35.01 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 35.5 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 36.04 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 36.53 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.13 | 26.96 | 30.9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.96 | 31.2 | 35.01 | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.02 | 35.5 | 36.53 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Oceania (UNSDG)
More health data for Oceania (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -3.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 747.79 (2100)
- Child deaths 2,539 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.49 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 6,191 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 3,652 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 9.26 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 3.79 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5186 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 3,117 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Oceania (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Oceania (UNSDG) was 36.53 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Oceania (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 36.53 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Oceania (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.96 in 2000.
- How does Oceania (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Oceania (UNSDG) ranks 13th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Oceania (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania (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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