Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Singapore
Singapore: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 35.82 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
35.82
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
48th
of 193 countries
All-time high
35.82
in 2022
All-time low
12.73
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Singapore, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Singapore stood at 35.82. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Singapore peaked at 35.82 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12.73, in 1990.
That places Singapore 48th out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 12.73 | — |
| 1991 | 13.44 | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 14.15 | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 14.84 | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 15.53 | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 16.25 | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 17.01 | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 17.77 | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 18.51 | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 19.24 | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 20.02 | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 20.86 | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 21.7 | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 22.5 | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 23.24 | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 23.97 | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 24.73 | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 25.45 | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 26.08 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 26.64 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 27.22 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 27.9 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 28.61 | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 29.26 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 29.85 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 30.43 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 31.09 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 31.81 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 32.6 | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 33.42 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 34.26 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 35.06 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 35.82 | +2.2% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 35.82 is above the median for high income countries, which is 29.21, 1.2× the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 35.82 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 31.67, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.95 | 12.73 | 19.24 | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.52 | 20.02 | 26.64 | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.22 | 27.22 | 33.42 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.05 | 34.26 | 35.82 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Singapore?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Singapore was 35.82 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 35.82 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.73 in 1990.
- How does Singapore rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Singapore ranks 48th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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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