Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Israel
Israel: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 3.02 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Israel, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Israel is 3.02, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Israel peaked at 3.02 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.53, in 1990.
Israel ranks 125th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Israel, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.53 | — |
| 1991 | 2.55 | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 2.56 | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 2.58 | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 2.6 | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 2.61 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 2.63 | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 2.64 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 2.65 | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 2.65 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2.65 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.65 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.64 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 2.63 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 2.62 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 2.62 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2.62 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.62 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.63 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 2.64 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2.67 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 2.7 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 2.74 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 2.79 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 2.84 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 2.88 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 2.91 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 2.93 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2.95 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 2.96 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2.98 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 3 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 3.02 | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.6 | 2.53 | 2.65 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.63 | 2.62 | 2.65 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.84 | 2.67 | 2.96 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3 | 2.98 | 3.02 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Israel?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Israel was 3.02 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 3.02 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.53 in 1990.
- How does Israel rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Israel ranks 125th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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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