Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 was 10.46 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Zimbabwe, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Zimbabwe is 10.46, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Zimbabwe peaked at 10.46 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.01, in 1990.
Zimbabwe ranks 176th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.01 | — |
| 1991 | 5.19 | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 5.39 | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 5.61 | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 5.81 | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 5.99 | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 6.18 | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 6.37 | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 6.55 | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 6.74 | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 6.92 | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 7.1 | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 7.27 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 7.42 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 7.57 | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 7.7 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 7.82 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 7.94 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 8.06 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 8.17 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 8.27 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 8.38 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 8.5 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 8.63 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 8.77 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 8.93 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 9.11 | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 9.31 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 9.52 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 9.74 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 9.97 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 10.21 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 10.46 | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.88 | 5.01 | 6.74 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.6 | 6.92 | 8.17 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.92 | 8.27 | 9.74 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.21 | 9.97 | 10.46 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Zimbabwe?
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 in Zimbabwe was 10.46 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 10.46 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.01 in 1990.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Zimbabwe ranks 176th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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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