Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Piauí
Piauí: Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for was 10.4 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
10.4
Change on year
up 5.3%
Rank
8th
of 11 groups
All-time high
11.34
in 2021
All-time low
3.67
in 2008
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Piauí, 2008–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Piauí is 10.4, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 49.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Piauí peaked at 11.34 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.67, 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 Piauí, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3.67 | — |
| 2009 | 4.47 | +21.8% |
| 2010 | 4.92 | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 4.73 | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 5.52 | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 5.71 | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 6.64 | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 6.97 | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 7.41 | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 7.19 | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 7.17 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 7.56 | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 8.82 | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 11.34 | +28.6% |
| 2022 | 10.21 | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 9.47 | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 9.88 | +4.3% |
| 2025 | 10.4 | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.07 | 3.67 | 4.47 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.38 | 4.73 | 7.56 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.02 | 8.82 | 11.34 | 6 |
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More health data for Piauí
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 17.21 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 6.71 (2025)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 14.4 (2024)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 94.86 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 3.21 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 16.3 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 16 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 95.77 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 82.81 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 95.7 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Piauí?
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Piauí was 10.4 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for recorded in Piauí?
- The highest recorded value was 11.34 in 2021.
- What is the lowest overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for recorded in Piauí?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.67 in 2008.
- How does Piauí rank for overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for?
- Piauí ranks 8th 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 Piauí?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Piauí 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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