Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ECE_Euro area (EMU)
ECE_Euro area (EMU): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 2.25 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ECE_Euro area (EMU), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_Euro area (EMU) stood at 2.25. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_Euro area (EMU) peaked at 2.25 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.61, in 2006.
That places ECE_Euro area (EMU) 139th 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 ECE_Euro area (EMU), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.71 | — |
| 2001 | 1.69 | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 1.67 | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.66 | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.65 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 1.64 | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.61 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.62 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.62 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.64 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1.63 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.68 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 1.7 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 1.74 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1.77 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.85 | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 1.89 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 1.94 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.99 | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2.03 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 2.12 | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 2.19 | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 2.25 | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.65 | 1.61 | 1.71 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.82 | 1.63 | 2.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.19 | 2.12 | 2.25 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ECE_Euro area (EMU)
More health data for ECE_Euro area (EMU)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 2,306 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 48.73 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 17.35 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 2.1 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 24.26 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 7.91 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 7.33 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_Euro area (EMU)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ECE_Euro area (EMU) was 2.25 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in ECE_Euro area (EMU)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.25 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in ECE_Euro area (EMU)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.61 in 2006.
- How does ECE_Euro area (EMU) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- ECE_Euro area (EMU) ranks 139th 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_Euro area (EMU)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE_Euro area (EMU) 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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