Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Western Asia (UNSDG)
Western Asia (UNSDG): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 5.63 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Western Asia (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Western Asia (UNSDG) recorded 5.63 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.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Western Asia (UNSDG) peaked at 5.97 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.63, in 2022.
Western Asia (UNSDG) ranks 92nd of 156 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Western Asia (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.91 | — |
| 2001 | 5.88 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 5.87 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 5.87 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.86 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.89 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 5.88 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5.93 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 5.91 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 5.95 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 5.97 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.93 | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 5.92 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 5.91 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 5.87 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 5.83 | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 5.81 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 5.78 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 5.74 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 5.74 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 5.7 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 5.65 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 5.63 | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.89 | 5.86 | 5.95 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.85 | 5.74 | 5.97 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.66 | 5.63 | 5.7 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia (UNSDG)
More health data for Western Asia (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -22.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,678 (2100)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 9.54 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 38,990 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.71 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 6.85 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 54,298 (2024)
- Child deaths 15,308 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5377 (2024)
- Deaths aged 5 to 9 15,112 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Western Asia (UNSDG)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Western Asia (UNSDG) was 5.63 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Western Asia (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.97 in 2010.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Western Asia (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.63 in 2022.
- How does Western Asia (UNSDG) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Western Asia (UNSDG) ranks 92nd out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Western Asia (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia (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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