Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies: Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 was 11.68 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies, 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies recorded 11.68 for prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 85.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies peaked at 11.68 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.49, in 2000.
That places ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies 45th out of 156 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.49 | — |
| 2001 | 2.69 | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 2.82 | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 3.1 | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 3.32 | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 3.53 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 3.89 | +10.1% |
| 2007 | 4.18 | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 4.54 | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 4.97 | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 5.39 | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 5.88 | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 6.3 | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 6.76 | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 7.28 | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 7.75 | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 8.24 | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 8.75 | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 9.34 | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 9.86 | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 10.47 | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 11.08 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 11.68 | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.55 | 2.49 | 4.97 | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.56 | 5.39 | 9.86 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.08 | 10.47 | 11.68 | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
More health data for ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 8,361 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 40.76 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.14 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 4.63 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 24.05 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 5.07 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 7.35 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies was 11.68 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 recorded in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- The highest recorded value was 11.68 in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 recorded in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.49 in 2000.
- How does ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies rank for prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2?
- ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies ranks 45th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 rising or falling in ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP_WB Upper Middle Income Economies 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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