Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 5.07 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies stood at 5.07. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies peaked at 7.12 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.07, in 2022.
That places ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies 94th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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 ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.12 | — |
| 2001 | 7.08 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 6.97 | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 6.88 | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 6.78 | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 6.64 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 6.55 | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 6.47 | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 6.35 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 6.29 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 6.16 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 6.1 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 5.98 | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 5.84 | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 5.77 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 5.65 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 5.58 | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 5.51 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 5.44 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 5.37 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 5.23 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 5.23 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 5.07 | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.71 | 6.29 | 7.12 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.74 | 5.37 | 6.16 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.18 | 5.07 | 5.23 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
More health data for ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 8,361 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 40.76 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.14 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 4.63 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 24.05 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 11.68 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 7.35 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies was 5.07 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- The highest recorded value was 7.12 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.07 in 2022.
- How does ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies ranks 94th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies 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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