Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in UNICEF SP Humanitarian
UNICEF SP Humanitarian: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 15.37 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in UNICEF SP Humanitarian, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
UNICEF SP Humanitarian recorded 15.37 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.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in UNICEF SP Humanitarian peaked at 15.37 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.1, in 2000.
That places UNICEF SP Humanitarian 96th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Humanitarian, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.1 | — |
| 2001 | 7.34 | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 7.56 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 7.81 | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 8.08 | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 8.35 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 8.62 | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 8.89 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 9.16 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 9.46 | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 9.76 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 10.06 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 10.42 | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 10.77 | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 11.16 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 11.6 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 12.06 | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 12.54 | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 13.05 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 13.59 | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 14.16 | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 14.76 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 15.37 | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.24 | 7.1 | 9.46 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.5 | 9.76 | 13.59 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.76 | 14.16 | 15.37 | 3 |
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More health data for UNICEF SP Humanitarian
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 44,236 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 40.44 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 15.86 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 10.05 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 5.83 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 11.29 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 15.15 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in UNICEF SP Humanitarian?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in UNICEF SP Humanitarian was 15.37 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in UNICEF SP Humanitarian?
- The highest recorded value was 15.37 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in UNICEF SP Humanitarian?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1 in 2000.
- How does UNICEF SP Humanitarian rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- UNICEF SP Humanitarian ranks 96th 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 Humanitarian?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF SP Humanitarian 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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