Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Slovenia
Slovenia: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 29.21 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
29.21
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
77th
of 193 countries
All-time high
29.27
in 2021
All-time low
18.21
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Slovenia, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Slovenia stood at 29.21.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Slovenia peaked at 29.27 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 18.21, in 1990.
That places Slovenia 77th out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Slovenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 18.21 | — |
| 1991 | 18.69 | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 19.15 | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 19.59 | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 20.02 | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 20.45 | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 20.88 | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 21.32 | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 21.79 | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 22.28 | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 22.8 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 23.36 | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 23.91 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 24.45 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 25.01 | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 25.62 | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 26.22 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 26.83 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 27.4 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 27.89 | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 28.26 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 28.53 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 28.7 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 28.82 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 28.93 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 28.98 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 29.01 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 29.07 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 29.14 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 29.2 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 29.26 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 29.27 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 29.21 | -0.2% |
Slovenia compared with similar countries
- Slovenia's 29.21 is above the median for high income countries, which is 29.21, 1.0× the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Slovenia's 29.21 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24.84, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.24 | 18.21 | 22.28 | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.35 | 22.8 | 27.89 | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.86 | 28.26 | 29.2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.25 | 29.21 | 29.27 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Slovenia?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Slovenia was 29.21 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 29.27 in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.21 in 1990.
- How does Slovenia rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Slovenia ranks 77th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovenia 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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