Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Países menos adelantados
Países menos adelantados: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 10.12 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Países menos adelantados, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Países menos adelantados recorded 10.12 for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Países menos adelantados peaked at 14.32 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10.12, in 2022.
Países menos adelantados ranks 35th of 156 groups on this measure, in the top 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 Países menos adelantados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.32 | — |
| 2001 | 14.08 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 13.87 | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 13.65 | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 13.43 | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 13.22 | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 13.01 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 12.8 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 12.62 | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 12.41 | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 12.21 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 12.02 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 11.81 | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 11.61 | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 11.42 | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 11.22 | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 11.03 | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 10.87 | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 10.69 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 10.54 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 10.39 | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 10.25 | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 10.12 | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.34 | 12.41 | 14.32 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.34 | 10.54 | 12.21 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.25 | 10.12 | 10.39 | 3 |
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More health data for Países menos adelantados
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -3.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 41,287 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 1.21 million (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 17.53 (2024)
- Child deaths 600,779 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 35.19 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 17.98 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 609,519 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4176 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 204,760 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Países menos adelantados?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Países menos adelantados was 10.12 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Países menos adelantados?
- The highest recorded value was 14.32 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Países menos adelantados?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.12 in 2022.
- How does Países menos adelantados rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Países menos adelantados ranks 35th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Países menos adelantados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Países menos adelantados 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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