Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Norway
Norway: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 1.49 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Norway, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Norway is 1.49, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Norway peaked at 1.49 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.98, in 1997.
Norway ranks 175th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.07 | — |
| 1991 | 1.05 | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 1.03 | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 1.02 | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1.01 | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 1 | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.99 | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.98 | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.99 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.99 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1.01 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.03 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 1.04 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.06 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 1.09 | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 1.11 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 1.14 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.17 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.2 | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 1.23 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.26 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1.29 | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 1.32 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.35 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.38 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 1.41 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.45 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.49 | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.02 | 0.98 | 1.09 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 | 1.11 | 1.38 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.45 | 1.41 | 1.49 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Norway?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Norway was 1.49 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1.49 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.98 in 1997.
- How does Norway rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Norway ranks 175th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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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