Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in World Bank (low income)
World Bank (low income): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 8.49 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in World Bank (low income), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
World Bank (low income) recorded 8.49 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 0.5% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (low income) peaked at 10.83 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.49, in 2022.
World Bank (low income) ranks 60th 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 World Bank (low income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.83 | — |
| 2001 | 10.66 | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 10.51 | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 10.38 | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 10.22 | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 10.07 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 9.92 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 9.8 | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 9.67 | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 9.54 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 9.42 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 9.29 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 9.17 | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 9.08 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 8.99 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 8.9 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 8.81 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 8.76 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 8.66 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 8.62 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 8.56 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 8.53 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 8.49 | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.16 | 9.54 | 10.83 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.97 | 8.62 | 9.42 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.53 | 8.49 | 8.56 | 3 |
Countries ranked near World Bank (low income)
More health data for World Bank (low income)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 24,845 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 898,179 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 22.31 (2024)
- Child deaths 446,353 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 44.98 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 451,826 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 23.19 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 132,368 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 225,856 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (low income)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (low income) was 8.49 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in World Bank (low income)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.83 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in World Bank (low income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.49 in 2022.
- How does World Bank (low income) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- World Bank (low income) ranks 60th 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 (low income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World Bank (low 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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