Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in UNICEF SP High burden
UNICEF SP High burden: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 12.28 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in UNICEF SP High burden, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
UNICEF SP High burden recorded 12.28 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 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in UNICEF SP High burden peaked at 12.28 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.85, in 2000.
That places UNICEF SP High burden 122nd 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 UNICEF SP High burden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.85 | — |
| 2001 | 6.08 | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 6.31 | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 6.53 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 6.77 | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 7.04 | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 7.28 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 7.5 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 7.73 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 7.97 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 8.21 | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 8.42 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 8.7 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 8.94 | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 9.22 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 9.55 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 9.86 | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 10.2 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 10.58 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 10.98 | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 11.39 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 11.84 | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 12.28 | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9 | 5.85 | 7.97 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.47 | 8.21 | 10.98 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.84 | 11.39 | 12.28 | 3 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF SP High burden
- 119 South Africa 20.97 compare
- 120 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 20.96 compare
- 121 Morocco 20.89 compare
- 122 Lithuania 20.54 compare
- 123 Kazakhstan 20.38 compare
- 124 Uzbekistan 19.9 compare
- 125 Russian Federation 19.7 compare
More health data for UNICEF SP High burden
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 21,904 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 33.26 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.25 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 11.05 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 4.5 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 12.35 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 15.12 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in UNICEF SP High burden?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in UNICEF SP High burden was 12.28 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in UNICEF SP High burden?
- The highest recorded value was 12.28 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in UNICEF SP High burden?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.85 in 2000.
- How does UNICEF SP High burden rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- UNICEF SP High burden ranks 122nd out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in UNICEF SP High burden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF SP High burden 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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