Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Panama
Panama: Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 was 18.56 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
18.56
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
10th
of 17 countries
All-time high
19.25
in 2020
All-time low
12.06
in 2009
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Panama, 2008–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Panama recorded 18.56 for overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in 2025.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Panama peaked at 19.25 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12.06, in 2009.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12.36 | — |
| 2009 | 12.06 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 12.52 | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 12.88 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 13.95 | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 14.4 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 14.99 | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 16.28 | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 16.37 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 16.91 | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 17.7 | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 16.99 | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 19.25 | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 19.1 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 18.17 | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 17.93 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 18.13 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 18.56 | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.21 | 12.06 | 12.36 | 2 |
| 2010s | 15.3 | 12.52 | 17.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.52 | 17.93 | 19.25 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Panama?
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Panama was 18.56 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 19.25 in 2020.
- What is the lowest overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.06 in 2009.
- How does Panama rank for overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19?
- Panama ranks 10th out of 17 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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