Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel
(SDGRC) ECA_Sahel: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 10.63 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
(SDGRC) ECA_Sahel recorded 10.63 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 3.7% on the previous year and up 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel peaked at 10.63 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.97, in 2000.
That places (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel 144th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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_Sahel, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.97 | — |
| 2001 | 5.19 | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 5.43 | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 5.64 | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 5.89 | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 6.17 | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 6.4 | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 6.63 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 6.84 | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 7.07 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 7.27 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 7.42 | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 7.65 | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 7.8 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 8.04 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 8.28 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 8.52 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 8.8 | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 9.13 | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 9.47 | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 9.84 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 10.26 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 10.63 | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.02 | 4.97 | 7.07 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.24 | 7.27 | 9.47 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.24 | 9.84 | 10.63 | 3 |
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More health data for (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 13,231 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 32.12 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.49 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 10.77 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 3.74 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 12.69 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.8 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel was 10.63 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel?
- The highest recorded value was 10.63 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.97 in 2000.
- How does (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel ranks 144th 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_Sahel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this (SDGRC) ECA_Sahel 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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