Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 in World Bank (lower middle income)
World Bank (lower middle income): Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 was 5.17 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 in World Bank (lower middle income), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
World Bank (lower middle income) recorded 5.17 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 6.7% on the previous year and up 86.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in World Bank (lower middle income) peaked at 5.17 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.34, in 2000.
World Bank (lower middle income) ranks 100th of 156 groups on this measure, 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 World Bank (lower middle income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.34 | — |
| 2001 | 1.43 | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 1.53 | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 1.63 | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 1.74 | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 1.84 | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 1.99 | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 2.1 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 2.22 | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 2.38 | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 2.5 | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 2.62 | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 2.77 | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 2.95 | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 3.12 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 3.3 | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 3.47 | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 3.73 | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 4 | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 4.24 | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 4.53 | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 4.84 | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 5.17 | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.82 | 1.34 | 2.38 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.27 | 2.5 | 4.24 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.85 | 4.53 | 5.17 | 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 prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in World Bank (lower middle income)?
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 in World Bank (lower middle income) was 5.17 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 recorded in World Bank (lower middle income)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.17 in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 recorded in World Bank (lower middle income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.34 in 2000.
- How does World Bank (lower middle income) rank for prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2?
- World Bank (lower middle income) ranks 100th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +2 rising or falling in World Bank (lower middle income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World Bank (lower middle income) 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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