Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS
(SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 11.24 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
(SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS recorded 11.24 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.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS peaked at 11.24 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.47, in 2000.
(SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS ranks 136th 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 (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.47 | — |
| 2001 | 5.71 | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 5.96 | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 6.2 | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 6.45 | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 6.75 | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 6.99 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 7.23 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 7.45 | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 7.68 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 7.88 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 8.03 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 8.25 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 8.41 | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 8.63 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 8.87 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 9.11 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 9.39 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 9.73 | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 10.08 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 10.45 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 10.88 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 11.24 | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.59 | 5.47 | 7.68 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.84 | 7.88 | 10.08 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.85 | 10.45 | 11.24 | 3 |
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More health data for (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 11,440 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 33.72 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 12.06 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 9.38 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 4.23 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 11.93 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.74 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS was 11.24 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS?
- The highest recorded value was 11.24 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.47 in 2000.
- How does (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS ranks 136th 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) ECA_ECOWAS?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this (SDGRC) ECA_ECOWAS 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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