Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)
Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 1.48 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) is 1.48, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) peaked at 1.48 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.23, in 2004.
That places Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) 151st out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.33 | — |
| 2001 | 1.25 | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 1.25 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.23 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.23 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.23 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.23 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.23 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.31 | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.31 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.4 | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 1.4 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.4 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.4 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.48 | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.33 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.33 | 1.31 | 1.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 | 1.4 | 1.48 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)
More health data for Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 458.2 (2100)
- Child deaths 198 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 0.9024 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 525 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 327 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 1.45 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 0.5513 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.6187 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 732 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) was 1.48 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.23 in 2004.
- How does Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) ranks 151st out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) 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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