Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Western Asia (UNSDG)
Western Asia (UNSDG): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 33.82 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Western Asia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Western Asia (UNSDG) is 33.82, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Western Asia (UNSDG) peaked at 33.82 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18.28, in 2000.
That places Western Asia (UNSDG) 31st out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 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 Western Asia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.28 | — |
| 2001 | 18.81 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 19.34 | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 19.92 | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 20.51 | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 21.12 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 21.75 | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 22.36 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 23 | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 23.61 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 24.22 | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 24.81 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 25.48 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 26.17 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 26.92 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 27.69 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 28.49 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 29.32 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 30.26 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 31.12 | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 32.01 | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 32.9 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 33.82 | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.87 | 18.28 | 23.61 | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.45 | 24.22 | 31.12 | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.91 | 32.01 | 33.82 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia (UNSDG)
More health data for Western Asia (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -22.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,678 (2100)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 9.54 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 38,990 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.71 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 6.85 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 54,298 (2024)
- Child deaths 15,308 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5377 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 15,112 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Western Asia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Western Asia (UNSDG) was 33.82 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Western Asia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.82 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Western Asia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.28 in 2000.
- How does Western Asia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Western Asia (UNSDG) ranks 31st out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Western Asia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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