Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Países menos adelantados
Países menos adelantados: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 11.6 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Países menos adelantados, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Países menos adelantados stood at 11.6. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Países menos adelantados peaked at 11.6 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.75, in 2000.
Países menos adelantados ranks 129th of 156 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 Países menos adelantados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.75 | — |
| 2001 | 4.97 | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 5.2 | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 5.44 | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 5.67 | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 5.91 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 6.15 | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 6.37 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 6.6 | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 6.85 | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 7.08 | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 7.34 | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 7.62 | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 7.9 | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 8.19 | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 8.52 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 8.88 | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 9.28 | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 9.69 | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 10.11 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 10.59 | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 11.1 | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 11.6 | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.79 | 4.75 | 6.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.46 | 7.08 | 10.11 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.09 | 10.59 | 11.6 | 3 |
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More health data for Países menos adelantados
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -3.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 41,287 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 1.21 million (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 17.53 (2024)
- Child deaths 600,779 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 35.19 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 17.98 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 609,519 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4176 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 204,760 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Países menos adelantados?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Países menos adelantados was 11.6 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Países menos adelantados?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Países menos adelantados?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.75 in 2000.
- How does Países menos adelantados rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Países menos adelantados ranks 129th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Países menos adelantados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Países menos adelantados 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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