Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for in Ceará
Ceará: Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for was 10.46 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
10.46
Change on year
down 1.8%
Rank
1st
of 11 groups
All-time high
13.75
in 2021
All-time low
8.39
in 2008
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for in Ceará, 2008–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2025, overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for in Ceará stood at 10.46.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for in Ceará peaked at 13.75 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.39, in 2008.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for in Ceará, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8.39 | — |
| 2009 | 8.74 | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 9.67 | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 10.17 | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 10.56 | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 12.26 | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 12.63 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 11.72 | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 12.88 | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 11.11 | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 10.48 | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 11.09 | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 11.69 | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 13.75 | +17.6% |
| 2022 | 11.46 | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 10.54 | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 10.65 | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 10.46 | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.57 | 8.39 | 8.74 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.26 | 9.67 | 12.88 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.42 | 10.46 | 13.75 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ceará
More health data for Ceará
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for 17.27 (2025)
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 21.17 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 94.52 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 3.65 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 13.2 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 95.16 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 11.3 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 88.98 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 48 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 51.2 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for in Ceará?
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for in Ceará was 10.46 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for recorded in Ceará?
- The highest recorded value was 13.75 in 2021.
- What is the lowest overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for recorded in Ceará?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.39 in 2008.
- How does Ceará rank for overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for?
- Ceará ranks 1st out of 11 groups with data for 2025.
- Is overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for rising or falling in Ceará?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ceará data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for their age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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