Children moderately or severely overweight in Brazil
Brazil: Children moderately or severely overweight was 1,425 num th in 2024. β² Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Brazil, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children moderately or severely overweight in Brazil is 1,425 num th, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Brazil peaked at 1,425 num th in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,043 num th, in 2000.
That places Brazil 3rd out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,072 num th | 1,043 num th | 1,093 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,195 num th | 1,102 num th | 1,312 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,378 num th | 1,334 num th | 1,425 num th | 5 |
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More development goals data for Brazil
- Red List Index 0.7834 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 2.19 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 791.36 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 105 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 100 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 23 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 36 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 58 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 60 (2025)
- Infant deaths 31,647 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Brazil?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Brazil was 1,425 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 1,425 num th in 2024.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,043 num th in 2000.
- How does Brazil rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Children moderately or severely overweight (thousands). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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