Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Peru
Peru: Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 was 19.18 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
19.18
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
8th
of 17 countries
All-time high
19.91
in 2021
All-time low
13.41
in 2009
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Peru, 2008–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Peru is 19.18, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Peru peaked at 19.91 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 13.41, 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13.56 | — |
| 2009 | 13.41 | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 13.48 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 14.54 | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 15.93 | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 16.52 | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 16.92 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 17.29 | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 18.09 | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 17.97 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 19.31 | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 18.38 | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 19.28 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 19.91 | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 18.87 | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 18.46 | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 18.82 | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 19.18 | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.48 | 13.41 | 13.56 | 2 |
| 2010s | 16.84 | 13.48 | 19.31 | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.09 | 18.46 | 19.91 | 6 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5045 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,235 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 782 (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.3333 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per capita 0.6692 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Peru?
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 in Peru was 19.18 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 19.91 in 2021.
- What is the lowest overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.41 in 2009.
- How does Peru rank for overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19?
- Peru ranks 8th out of 17 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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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