Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in (SDGRC) Central Africa
(SDGRC) Central Africa: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 14.12 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in (SDGRC) Central Africa, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
(SDGRC) Central Africa recorded 14.12 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 3.5% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) Central Africa peaked at 14.12 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.29, in 2000.
That places (SDGRC) Central Africa 105th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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 (SDGRC) Central Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.29 | — |
| 2001 | 7.6 | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 7.94 | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 8.2 | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 8.52 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 8.81 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 9.12 | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 9.39 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 9.61 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 9.9 | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 10.09 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 10.3 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 10.55 | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 10.78 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 11.04 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 11.34 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 11.65 | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 12.03 | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 12.4 | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 12.78 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 13.23 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 13.64 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 14.12 | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.64 | 7.29 | 9.9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.3 | 10.09 | 12.78 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.66 | 13.23 | 14.12 | 3 |
Countries ranked near (SDGRC) Central Africa
More health data for (SDGRC) Central Africa
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 3,121 (2100)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.3661 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 19,461 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 18,515 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 24 34,456 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 14 13,047 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 24 66,018 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 28,042 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 14,995 (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.94 (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) Central Africa?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) Central Africa was 14.12 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in (SDGRC) Central Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14.12 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in (SDGRC) Central Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.29 in 2000.
- How does (SDGRC) Central Africa rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- (SDGRC) Central Africa ranks 105th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in (SDGRC) Central Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this (SDGRC) Central Africa 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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