Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in World Bank (high income)
World Bank (high income): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 2.42 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in World Bank (high income), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
World Bank (high income) recorded 2.42 for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (high income) peaked at 2.42 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.19, in 2010.
World Bank (high income) ranks 136th of 156 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in World Bank (high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.42 | — |
| 2001 | 2.38 | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 2.33 | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 2.3 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 2.27 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 2.23 | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 2.21 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 2.21 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 2.19 | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 2.19 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.19 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2.19 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2.2 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 2.21 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2.22 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2.24 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 2.25 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2.27 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2.33 | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 2.35 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2.38 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 2.39 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2.42 | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.27 | 2.19 | 2.42 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.25 | 2.19 | 2.35 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4 | 2.38 | 2.42 | 3 |
Countries ranked near World Bank (high income)
More health data for World Bank (high income)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -2.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 12,281 (2100)
- Child deaths 11,077 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 1.45 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 29,371 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 0.8524 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 18,294 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 2.3 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 42,467 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 31,732 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (high income)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (high income) was 2.42 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in World Bank (high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.42 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in World Bank (high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.19 in 2010.
- How does World Bank (high income) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- World Bank (high income) ranks 136th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in World Bank (high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this World Bank (high income) 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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