Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard in Yemen
Yemen: Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard was 15.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
15.1%
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
10th
of 198 countries
All-time high
15.1%
in 2024
All-time low
14.0%
in 1980
Years of data
45
1980–2024
Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard in Yemen, 1980–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2024, thinness among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age < -2 standard in Yemen stood at 15.1%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, thinness among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age < -2 standard in Yemen peaked at 15.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 1980.
Yemen ranks 10th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 14.0% | — |
| 1981 | 14.1% | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 14.1% | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 14.1% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 14.1% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 14.1% | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 14.2% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 14.2% | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 14.2% | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 14.3% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 14.3% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 14.3% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 14.3% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 14.4% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 14.4% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 14.4% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 14.4% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 14.4% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14.4% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 14.4% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 14.4% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 14.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 14.4% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 14.4% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 14.6% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 14.7% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 14.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 14.8% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 14.9% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14.9% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 14.9% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 15.0% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 15.0% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 15.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.1% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.4% | 14.3% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.5% | 14.4% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.8% | 14.8% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.0% | 14.9% | 15.1% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is thinness among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age < -2 standard in Yemen?
- Thinness among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age < -2 standard in Yemen was 15.1% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest thinness among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age < -2 standard recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 15.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest thinness among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age < -2 standard recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 1980.
- How does Yemen rank for thinness among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age < -2 standard?
- Yemen ranks 10th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is thinness among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age < -2 standard rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard deviations below the median (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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