Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)
Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 11.22 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) is 11.22, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) peaked at 11.22 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.36, in 2000.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) 138th 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.36 | — |
| 2001 | 5.6 | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 5.89 | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 6.16 | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 6.44 | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 6.73 | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 6.99 | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 7.24 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 7.46 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 7.69 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 7.88 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 8.05 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 8.26 | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 8.44 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 8.66 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 8.88 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 9.13 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 9.42 | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 9.74 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 10.06 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 10.44 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 10.84 | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 11.22 | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.56 | 5.36 | 7.69 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.85 | 7.88 | 10.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.83 | 10.44 | 11.22 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)
More health data for Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 46,890 (2100)
- Child deaths 936,884 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 21.18 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 1.75 million (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 809,073 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 46.13 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 25.49 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.3831 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 250,104 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) was 11.22 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.22 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.36 in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) ranks 138th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (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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