Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in World Bank (lower middle income)
World Bank (lower middle income): Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 15 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in World Bank (lower middle income), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (lower middle income) is 15, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (lower middle income) peaked at 22.79 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15, in 2022.
World Bank (lower middle income) ranks 10th of 156 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 (lower middle income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22.79 | — |
| 2001 | 22.39 | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 21.96 | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 21.57 | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 21.17 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 20.78 | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 20.38 | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 20.04 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 19.76 | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 19.46 | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 19.13 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 18.84 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 18.54 | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 18.19 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 17.88 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 17.48 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 17.13 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 16.75 | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 16.39 | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 16.02 | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 15.64 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 15.31 | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 15 | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.03 | 19.46 | 22.79 | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.63 | 16.02 | 19.13 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.32 | 15 | 15.64 | 3 |
Countries ranked near World Bank (lower middle income)
More health data for World Bank (lower middle income)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -2.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 51,250 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 1.39 million (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 11.72 (2024)
- Child deaths 670,667 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 22.68 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 719,754 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 11.09 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 261,552 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 459,713 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (lower middle income)?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in World Bank (lower middle income) was 15 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in World Bank (lower middle income)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.79 in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in World Bank (lower middle income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 in 2022.
- How does World Bank (lower middle income) rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- World Bank (lower middle income) ranks 10th 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 (lower middle income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World Bank (lower middle 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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