Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG)
Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 18.41 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) is 18.41, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) peaked at 27.99 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 18.41, in 2022.
That places Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) 7th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 27.99 | — |
| 2001 | 27.51 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 26.98 | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 26.5 | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 26.04 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 25.59 | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 25.13 | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 24.75 | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 24.45 | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 24.13 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 23.75 | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 23.41 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 23.08 | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 22.66 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 22.28 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 21.77 | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 21.33 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 20.81 | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 20.35 | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 19.83 | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 19.31 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 18.84 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 18.41 | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.91 | 24.13 | 27.99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.93 | 19.83 | 23.75 | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.85 | 18.41 | 19.31 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG)
More health data for Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -5.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 25,913 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 460,657 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 7.93 (2024)
- Child deaths 162,932 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 12.21 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 4.31 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 297,725 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.6291 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 149,287 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) was 18.41 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 27.99 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.41 in 2022.
- How does Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) ranks 7th 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 and Southern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central and Southern Asia (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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