Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Kiribati
Kiribati: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 1.05 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Kiribati, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 1.05 for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Kiribati peaked at 1.05 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.85, in 2008.
Kiribati ranks 185th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.05 | — |
| 1991 | 1.05 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.04 | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 1.03 | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1.02 | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 1.01 | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 1 | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.98 | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.97 | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.95 | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.94 | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.92 | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.91 | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.89 | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.88 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.87 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.86 | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.86 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.85 | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.85 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.85 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.85 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.86 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.87 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.88 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.91 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.94 | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.96 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.98 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.03 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.05 | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.01 | 0.95 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.883 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9 | 0.85 | 0.98 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 | 1 | 1.05 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Kiribati?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Kiribati was 1.05 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 in 1990.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.85 in 2008.
- How does Kiribati rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Kiribati ranks 185th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati 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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