Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 in América Latina y el Caribe
América Latina y el Caribe: Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 was 15.7 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 in América Latina y el Caribe, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in América Latina y el Caribe is 15.7, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in América Latina y el Caribe peaked at 15.7 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.25, in 2000.
América Latina y el Caribe ranks 24th of 156 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 in América Latina y el Caribe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.25 | — |
| 2001 | 6.57 | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 6.85 | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 7.2 | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 7.57 | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 7.93 | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 8.3 | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 8.68 | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 9.09 | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 9.48 | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 9.89 | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 10.29 | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 10.72 | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 11.16 | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 11.6 | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 12.07 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 12.53 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 13.04 | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 13.52 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 14.06 | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 14.6 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 15.14 | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 15.7 | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.79 | 6.25 | 9.48 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.89 | 9.89 | 14.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.15 | 14.6 | 15.7 | 3 |
Countries ranked near América Latina y el Caribe
- 21 Egypt 20.42 compare
- 22 Argentina 20.27 compare
- 23 Bahrain 20.14 compare
- 24 Trinidad and Tobago 19.69 compare
- 25 Saint Lucia 19.3 compare
- 26 Grenada 19.14 compare
- 27 Marshall Islands 18.96 compare
More health data for América Latina y el Caribe
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,095 (2100)
- Child deaths 19,510 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.02 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 65,579 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 46,069 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 7.1 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.08 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5402 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 76,696 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in América Latina y el Caribe?
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in América Latina y el Caribe was 15.7 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 recorded in América Latina y el Caribe?
- The highest recorded value was 15.7 in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 recorded in América Latina y el Caribe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.25 in 2000.
- How does América Latina y el Caribe rank for prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2?
- América Latina y el Caribe ranks 24th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 rising or falling in América Latina y el Caribe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this América Latina y el Caribe data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 standard deviations above the median (Crude estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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