Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Asia Oriental y Pacífico
Asia Oriental y Pacífico: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 5.65 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Asia Oriental y Pacífico, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Asia Oriental y Pacífico is 5.65, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Asia Oriental y Pacífico peaked at 7.83 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.65, in 2022.
That places Asia Oriental y Pacífico 90th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Asia Oriental y Pacífico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.83 | — |
| 2001 | 7.81 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 7.72 | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 7.65 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 7.55 | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 7.42 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 7.33 | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 7.26 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 7.14 | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 7.07 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 6.95 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 6.88 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 6.74 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 6.61 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 6.52 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 6.38 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 6.28 | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 6.19 | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 6.09 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 6 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 5.85 | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 5.81 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 5.65 | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.48 | 7.07 | 7.83 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.46 | 6 | 6.95 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.77 | 5.65 | 5.85 | 3 |
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More health data for Asia Oriental y Pacífico
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -8.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 10,918 (2100)
- Child deaths 57,013 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 4.07 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 142,260 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 85,247 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 6.59 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.52 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4972 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 103,578 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Asia Oriental y Pacífico?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Asia Oriental y Pacífico was 5.65 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Asia Oriental y Pacífico?
- The highest recorded value was 7.83 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Asia Oriental y Pacífico?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.65 in 2022.
- How does Asia Oriental y Pacífico rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Asia Oriental y Pacífico ranks 90th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Asia Oriental y Pacífico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Asia Oriental y Pacífico data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 standard deviations below the median (crude estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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