Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in SDG regions - Global (UNSDG)
SDG regions - Global (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 19.74 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in SDG regions - Global (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) recorded 19.74 for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) peaked at 19.74 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.66, in 2000.
SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) ranks 79th of 156 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 SDG regions - Global (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.66 | — |
| 2001 | 11.02 | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 11.4 | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 11.8 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 12.21 | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 12.61 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 13.02 | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 13.43 | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 13.83 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 14.24 | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 14.64 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 14.99 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 15.37 | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 15.75 | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 16.11 | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 16.49 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 16.9 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 17.32 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 17.77 | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 18.23 | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 18.72 | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 19.23 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 19.74 | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.42 | 10.66 | 14.24 | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.36 | 14.64 | 18.23 | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.23 | 18.72 | 19.74 | 3 |
Countries ranked near SDG regions - Global (UNSDG)
More health data for SDG regions - Global (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 108,983 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 43.19 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 15.83 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 7.1 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 8.23 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 9.59 (2022)
- Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 11.02 (2025)
- Proportion of health care facilities with basic water services 85.31 (2025)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 14.79 (2020)
- Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 3.67 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in SDG regions - Global (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) was 19.74 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in SDG regions - Global (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 19.74 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in SDG regions - Global (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.66 in 2000.
- How does SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) ranks 79th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in SDG regions - Global (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG regions - Global (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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