Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Central America (UNSDG)
Central America (UNSDG): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 2.29 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Central America (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Central America (UNSDG) is 2.29, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Central America (UNSDG) peaked at 2.29 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.73, in 2009.
That places Central America (UNSDG) 138th 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 Central America (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.07 | — |
| 2001 | 1.98 | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 1.9 | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 1.89 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.81 | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 1.81 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.8 | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.81 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.74 | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 1.73 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.74 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.74 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.76 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.83 | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1.84 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.86 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.94 | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 1.95 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2.05 | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 2.06 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2.16 | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 2.26 | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 2.29 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.85 | 1.73 | 2.07 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 | 1.74 | 2.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.23 | 2.16 | 2.29 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Central America (UNSDG)
More health data for Central America (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 1,708 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 71.26 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 34.44 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 1.84 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 35.73 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 15.55 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 10.92 (2020)
- Weight-for-height <-2 SD 0.9 (2024)
- Weight-for-height <-3 SD 0.2 (2024)
- Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 78.2 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Central America (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Central America (UNSDG) was 2.29 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Central America (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.29 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Central America (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.73 in 2009.
- How does Central America (UNSDG) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Central America (UNSDG) ranks 138th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Central America (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America (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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