Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Oriente Medio y África del Norte
Oriente Medio y África del Norte: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 34.63 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Oriente Medio y África del Norte, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Oriente Medio y África del Norte is 34.63, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Oriente Medio y África del Norte peaked at 34.63 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21.45, in 2000.
That places Oriente Medio y África del Norte 30th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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 Oriente Medio y África del Norte, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.45 | — |
| 2001 | 22.1 | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 22.76 | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 23.41 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 24.03 | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 24.6 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 25.18 | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 25.71 | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 26.18 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 26.65 | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 27.11 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 27.6 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 28.1 | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 28.66 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 29.23 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 29.82 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 30.43 | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 31.09 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 31.83 | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 32.51 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 33.22 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 33.93 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 34.63 | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.21 | 21.45 | 26.65 | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.64 | 27.11 | 32.51 | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.92 | 33.22 | 34.63 | 3 |
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More health data for Oriente Medio y África del Norte
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -14.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 9,003 (2100)
- Child deaths 20,932 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 6.52 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 84,203 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 63,271 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 8.68 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.17 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5866 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 38,993 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Oriente Medio y África del Norte?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Oriente Medio y África del Norte was 34.63 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Oriente Medio y África del Norte?
- The highest recorded value was 34.63 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Oriente Medio y África del Norte?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.45 in 2000.
- How does Oriente Medio y África del Norte rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte ranks 30th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Oriente Medio y África del Norte?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oriente Medio y África del Norte 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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