Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Ceará
Ceará: Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for was 17.27 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
17.27
Change on year
up 6.9%
Rank
1st
of 11 groups
All-time high
17.49
in 2021
All-time low
5.66
in 2008
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Ceará, 2008–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2025, overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Ceará stood at 17.27.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Ceará peaked at 17.49 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.66, in 2008.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Ceará, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5.66 | — |
| 2009 | 5.96 | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 6.84 | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 7.96 | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 9.53 | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 10.52 | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 11.47 | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 12.28 | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 12.77 | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 12.17 | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 11.79 | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 12.75 | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 15.42 | +20.9% |
| 2021 | 17.49 | +13.4% |
| 2022 | 16.25 | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 15.83 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 16.15 | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 17.27 | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.81 | 5.66 | 5.96 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.81 | 6.84 | 12.77 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4 | 15.42 | 17.49 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ceará
- 1 Serbia 17.41 compare
- 2 Puerto Rico 15.22 compare
- 3 Peru 14.01 compare
- 4 Madagascar 13.37 compare
More health data for Ceará
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 21.17 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 10.46 (2025)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 11.3 (2024)
- % 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)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 48 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 95.16 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 88.98 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 51.2 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Ceará?
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Ceará was 17.27 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for recorded in Ceará?
- The highest recorded value was 17.49 in 2021.
- What is the lowest overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for recorded in Ceará?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.66 in 2008.
- How does Ceará rank for overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for?
- Ceará ranks 1st out of 11 groups with data for 2025.
- Is overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for rising or falling in Ceará?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.6%. 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 5 to 9 years who are overweight for their age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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