Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in World Bank (high income)
World Bank (high income): Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 30.86 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in World Bank (high income), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in World Bank (high income) stood at 30.86. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in World Bank (high income) peaked at 30.86 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 25.22, in 2000.
That places World Bank (high income) 39th 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 World Bank (high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 25.22 | — |
| 2001 | 25.82 | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 26.39 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 26.95 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 27.46 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 27.92 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 28.3 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 28.69 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 29.03 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 29.28 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 29.51 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 29.65 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 29.78 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 29.87 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 29.96 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 30.05 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 30.16 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 30.29 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 30.43 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 30.57 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 30.67 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 30.8 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 30.86 | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.51 | 25.22 | 29.28 | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.03 | 29.51 | 30.57 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.77 | 30.67 | 30.86 | 3 |
Countries ranked near World Bank (high income)
- 36 Panama 37.58 compare
- 37 Trinidad and Tobago 37.54 compare
- 38 Cuba 37.15 compare
- 39 Marshall Islands 36.99 compare
- 40 Saint Lucia 36.95 compare
- 41 Dominica 36.83 compare
- 42 Australia 36.39 compare
More health data for World Bank (high income)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -2.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 12,281 (2100)
- Child deaths 11,077 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 1.45 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 29,371 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 0.8524 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 18,294 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 2.3 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 42,467 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 31,732 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in World Bank (high income)?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in World Bank (high income) was 30.86 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in World Bank (high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 30.86 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in World Bank (high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.22 in 2000.
- How does World Bank (high income) rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- World Bank (high income) ranks 39th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in World Bank (high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World Bank (high income) 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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