Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Micronesia (UNSDG)
Micronesia (UNSDG): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 1.22 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Micronesia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Micronesia (UNSDG) is 1.22, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Micronesia (UNSDG) peaked at 1.22 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.12, in 2006.
That places Micronesia (UNSDG) 155th 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 Micronesia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.17 | — |
| 2001 | 1.16 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.14 | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 1.14 | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 1.13 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 1.12 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.12 | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 1.13 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 1.13 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.12 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.12 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.14 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1.13 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.13 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.12 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.13 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.13 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.16 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.21 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 1.2 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.2 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.19 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.22 | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.14 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 | 1.12 | 1.21 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2 | 1.19 | 1.22 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Micronesia (UNSDG)
More health data for Micronesia (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 7.26 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 75.47 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 46.98 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 1.32 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 43.22 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 20.45 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 12.4 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Micronesia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Micronesia (UNSDG) was 1.22 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Micronesia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Micronesia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.12 in 2006.
- How does Micronesia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Micronesia (UNSDG) ranks 155th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Micronesia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Micronesia (UNSDG) 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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