Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 2.47 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) is 2.47, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) peaked at 2.9 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.21, in 2013.
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 134th of 156 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.9 | — |
| 2001 | 2.81 | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 2.73 | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 2.68 | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 2.58 | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 2.52 | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 2.48 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 2.4 | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 2.33 | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 2.29 | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 2.25 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 2.22 | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 2.22 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2.21 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 2.21 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 2.22 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 2.26 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 2.26 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.3 | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 2.32 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2.37 | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 2.42 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 2.47 | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.57 | 2.29 | 2.9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.25 | 2.21 | 2.32 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.42 | 2.37 | 2.47 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
More health data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,092 (2100)
- Child deaths 19,504 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.02 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 65,564 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 46,060 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 7.1 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.08 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5402 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 76,656 (2024)
All data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) was 2.47 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.21 in 2013.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 134th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) 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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