Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 5.73 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) is 5.73, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) peaked at 7.91 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.73, in 2022.
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) ranks 89th of 156 groups on this measure, 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 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.91 | — |
| 2001 | 7.89 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 7.81 | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 7.74 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 7.64 | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 7.51 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 7.43 | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 7.35 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 7.24 | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 7.17 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 7.05 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 6.97 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 6.84 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 6.7 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 6.62 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 6.47 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 6.38 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 6.29 | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 6.18 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 6.09 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 5.94 | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 5.9 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 5.73 | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.57 | 7.17 | 7.91 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.56 | 6.09 | 7.05 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.86 | 5.73 | 5.94 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
More health data for Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -8.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 10,242 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 136,069 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 4.03 (2024)
- Child deaths 54,474 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 6.5 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.48 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 81,595 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4962 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 68,835 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) was 5.73 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.91 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.73 in 2022.
- How does Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) ranks 89th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern and South-Eastern 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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