Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ECE_All countries
ECE_All countries: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 2.49 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ECE_All countries, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_All countries is 2.49, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_All countries peaked at 2.49 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.12, in 2010.
ECE_All countries ranks 128th of 156 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ECE_All countries, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.48 | — |
| 2001 | 2.44 | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 2.37 | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 2.33 | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 2.28 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 2.23 | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 2.18 | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 2.16 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 2.13 | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 2.12 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2.12 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2.12 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2.13 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 2.15 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.16 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2.19 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2.23 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 2.25 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2.32 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 2.36 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 2.4 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 2.44 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2.49 | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.27 | 2.12 | 2.48 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2 | 2.12 | 2.36 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.44 | 2.4 | 2.49 | 3 |
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More health data for ECE_All countries
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 11,822 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 60.08 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 27.78 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 2.02 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 28.8 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 11.44 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 7.75 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_All countries?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_All countries was 2.49 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in ECE_All countries?
- The highest recorded value was 2.49 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in ECE_All countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.12 in 2010.
- How does ECE_All countries rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- ECE_All countries ranks 128th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in ECE_All countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ECE_All countries 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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