Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in (SDGRC) ECA AMU
(SDGRC) ECA AMU: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 4.5 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in (SDGRC) ECA AMU, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in (SDGRC) ECA AMU is 4.5, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in (SDGRC) ECA AMU peaked at 5.46 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.5, in 2022.
(SDGRC) ECA AMU ranks 101st of 156 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 (SDGRC) ECA AMU, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.46 | — |
| 2001 | 5.36 | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 5.3 | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 5.21 | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 5.2 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.11 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 5.1 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5.05 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 5.05 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 5 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 4.95 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 4.94 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 4.91 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 4.89 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 4.82 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 4.78 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 4.73 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 4.69 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 4.64 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 4.6 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 4.6 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4.5 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 4.5 | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.19 | 5 | 5.46 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.79 | 4.6 | 4.95 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.54 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near (SDGRC) ECA AMU
- 98 Uzbekistan 3.68 compare
- 98 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.68 compare
- 100 China 3.65 compare
- 101 Dominica 3.61 compare
- 101 Brunei Darussalam 3.61 compare
- 101 France 3.61 compare
- 104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.59 compare
More health data for (SDGRC) ECA AMU
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 1,348 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 56.91 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 24.27 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 4.79 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 27.28 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 11.13 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 10.31 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in (SDGRC) ECA AMU?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in (SDGRC) ECA AMU was 4.5 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in (SDGRC) ECA AMU?
- The highest recorded value was 5.46 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in (SDGRC) ECA AMU?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5 in 2022.
- How does (SDGRC) ECA AMU rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- (SDGRC) ECA AMU ranks 101st out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in (SDGRC) ECA AMU?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this (SDGRC) ECA AMU 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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