Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ECE_CIS (CWG)
ECE_CIS (CWG): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 4.2 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ECE_CIS (CWG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_CIS (CWG) stood at 4.2. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_CIS (CWG) peaked at 4.2 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.55, in 2008.
ECE_CIS (CWG) ranks 104th of 156 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 ECE_CIS (CWG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.98 | — |
| 2001 | 3.92 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 3.83 | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 3.76 | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 3.7 | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 3.65 | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 3.59 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 3.59 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 3.55 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 3.57 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 3.59 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 3.63 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 3.66 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 3.67 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 3.71 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 3.76 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 3.83 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 3.89 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 3.97 | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 4.04 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 4.1 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 4.14 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 4.2 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.72 | 3.55 | 3.98 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.77 | 3.59 | 4.04 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.15 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ECE_CIS (CWG)
- 101 Dominica 3.61 compare
- 101 Brunei Darussalam 3.61 compare
- 101 France 3.61 compare
- 104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.59 compare
- 105 Slovakia 3.56 compare
- 106 Kyrgyzstan 3.52 compare
- 106 Iraq 3.52 compare
More health data for ECE_CIS (CWG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 3,110 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 58.35 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 24.31 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 2.38 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 18.87 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 5.7 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 6.63 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_CIS (CWG)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_CIS (CWG) was 4.2 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in ECE_CIS (CWG)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in ECE_CIS (CWG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.55 in 2008.
- How does ECE_CIS (CWG) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- ECE_CIS (CWG) ranks 104th 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_CIS (CWG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE_CIS (CWG) 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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