Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Polynesia (UNSDG)
Polynesia (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 50.87 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Polynesia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Polynesia (UNSDG) stood at 50.87. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Polynesia (UNSDG) peaked at 50.87 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 36.11, in 2000.
Polynesia (UNSDG) ranks 1st 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 Polynesia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 36.11 | — |
| 2001 | 36.92 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 37.72 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 38.53 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 39.34 | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 40.16 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 40.95 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 41.71 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 42.4 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 43.11 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 43.78 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 44.42 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 44.99 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 45.54 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 45.99 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 46.54 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 47.07 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 47.62 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 48.21 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 48.84 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 49.53 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 50.17 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 50.87 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.69 | 36.11 | 43.11 | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.3 | 43.78 | 48.84 | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.19 | 49.53 | 50.87 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia (UNSDG)
More health data for Polynesia (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 8.32 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 81.61 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 57.99 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 0.864 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 26.94 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 1.16 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 16.9 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Polynesia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Polynesia (UNSDG) was 50.87 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Polynesia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 50.87 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Polynesia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.11 in 2000.
- How does Polynesia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Polynesia (UNSDG) ranks 1st out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Polynesia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Polynesia (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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