Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Paraíba
Paraíba: Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for was 14.44 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
14.44
Change on year
up 8.0%
Rank
4th
of 11 groups
All-time high
15.1
in 2021
All-time low
6.06
in 2009
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Paraíba, 2008–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Paraíba recorded 14.44 for overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in 2025.
That represents a change of up 8.0% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Paraíba peaked at 15.1 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.06, in 2009.
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 Paraíba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6.45 | — |
| 2009 | 6.06 | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 7.14 | +17.8% |
| 2011 | 7.85 | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 9.09 | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 9.46 | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 9.97 | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 11.04 | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 11.57 | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 11.3 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 11.47 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 11.27 | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 12.22 | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 15.1 | +23.6% |
| 2022 | 13.77 | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 13.03 | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 13.37 | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 14.44 | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.25 | 6.06 | 6.45 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.02 | 7.14 | 11.57 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.65 | 12.22 | 15.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Paraíba
- 1 Serbia 17.41 compare
- 2 Puerto Rico 15.22 compare
- 3 Peru 14.01 compare
- 4 Madagascar 13.37 compare
- 5 Seychelles 13.31 compare
- 6 Spain 13.26 compare
- 7 Montserrat 13.23 compare
More health data for Paraíba
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 19.6 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 8.97 (2025)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 12.5 (2024)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 87.08 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 2 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 14.6 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 12 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 87.08 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 78.44 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 62.8 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Paraíba?
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Paraíba was 14.44 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for recorded in Paraíba?
- The highest recorded value was 15.1 in 2021.
- What is the lowest overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for recorded in Paraíba?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.06 in 2009.
- How does Paraíba rank for overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for?
- Paraíba ranks 4th 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 Paraíba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraíba 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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