Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro: Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for was 12.81 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
12.81
Change on year
up 7.9%
Rank
5th
of 11 groups
All-time high
13.49
in 2021
All-time low
7.4
in 2008
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Rio de Janeiro, 2008–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Rio de Janeiro recorded 12.81 for overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in 2025.
That represents a change of up 7.9% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Rio de Janeiro peaked at 13.49 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.4, 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 Rio de Janeiro, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7.4 | — |
| 2009 | 8.14 | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 8.87 | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 10.33 | +16.5% |
| 2012 | 10.5 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 11.34 | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 11.33 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 11.71 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 13.05 | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 13.37 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 11.05 | -17.4% |
| 2019 | 11.42 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 12.79 | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 13.49 | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 12.96 | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 12.13 | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 11.87 | -2.1% |
| 2025 | 12.81 | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.77 | 7.4 | 8.14 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.3 | 8.87 | 13.37 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.67 | 11.87 | 13.49 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Rio de Janeiro
- 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
- 8 Brazil 12.99 compare
More health data for Rio de Janeiro
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 19.2 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 7.03 (2025)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 13.4 (2024)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 81.31 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 2.1 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 15.7 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 45 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 80.69 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 66.71 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 61.1 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Rio de Janeiro?
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for in Rio de Janeiro was 12.81 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for recorded in Rio de Janeiro?
- The highest recorded value was 13.49 in 2021.
- What is the lowest overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for recorded in Rio de Janeiro?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4 in 2008.
- How does Rio de Janeiro rank for overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for?
- Rio de Janeiro ranks 5th 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 Rio de Janeiro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rio de Janeiro 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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