Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Southern Asia (UNSDG)
Southern Asia (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 12.53 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Southern Asia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Southern Asia (UNSDG) recorded 12.53 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 5.9% on the previous year and up 75.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Southern Asia (UNSDG) peaked at 12.53 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.01, in 2000.
That places Southern Asia (UNSDG) 118th 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 Southern Asia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.01 | — |
| 2001 | 3.3 | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 3.58 | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 3.95 | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 4.33 | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 4.68 | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 5.04 | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 5.32 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 5.69 | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 6.06 | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 6.44 | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 6.78 | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 7.12 | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 7.55 | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 7.93 | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 8.36 | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 8.87 | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 9.39 | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 9.93 | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 10.5 | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 11.15 | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 11.82 | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 12.53 | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.5 | 3.01 | 6.06 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.29 | 6.44 | 10.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.83 | 11.15 | 12.53 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia (UNSDG)
- 115 Mauritania 21.5 compare
- 116 Belgium 21.35 compare
- 117 Portugal 21.27 compare
- 118 Yemen 21.06 compare
- 119 South Africa 20.97 compare
- 120 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 20.96 compare
- 121 Morocco 20.89 compare
More health data for Southern Asia (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -5.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 24,194 (2100)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 12.42 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 286,273 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 4.42 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 8.04 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 444,800 (2024)
- Child deaths 158,527 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.6322 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 81,065 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Southern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Southern Asia (UNSDG) was 12.53 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Southern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.53 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Southern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.01 in 2000.
- How does Southern Asia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Southern Asia (UNSDG) ranks 118th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Southern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia (UNSDG) 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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