Body weight — Share of population who are obese in Peru
Peru: Body weight — Share of population who are obese was 25.7 Percentage of population in 2024. ▲ Rising
Body weight — Share of population who are obese in Peru, 1975–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of population.
Analysis
Peru recorded 25.7 Percentage of population for body weight — share of population who are obese in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, body weight — share of population who are obese in Peru peaked at 25.8 Percentage of population in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.5 Percentage of population, in 1975.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Body weight — Share of population who are obese in Peru, year by year
| Year | Percentage of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 5.5 Percentage of population | — |
| 1976 | 5.7 Percentage of population | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 5.9 Percentage of population | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 18.5 Percentage of population | +213.6% |
| 2015 | 17.8 Percentage of population | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 18.3 Percentage of population | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 21 Percentage of population | +14.8% |
| 2018 | 22.7 Percentage of population | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 22.3 Percentage of population | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 24.6 Percentage of population | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 25.8 Percentage of population | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 25.6 Percentage of population | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 24.1 Percentage of population | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 25.7 Percentage of population | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.7 Percentage of population | 5.5 Percentage of population | 5.9 Percentage of population | 3 |
| 2010s | 20.1 Percentage of population | 17.8 Percentage of population | 22.7 Percentage of population | 6 |
| 2020s | 25.16 Percentage of population | 24.1 Percentage of population | 25.8 Percentage of population | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is body weight — share of population who are obese in Peru?
- Body weight — share of population who are obese in Peru was 25.7 Percentage of population in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest body weight — share of population who are obese recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 25.8 Percentage of population in 2021.
- What is the lowest body weight — share of population who are obese recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5 Percentage of population in 1975.
- How does Peru rank for body weight — share of population who are obese?
- Peru ranks 12th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is body weight — share of population who are obese rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Body weight — Share of population who are obese. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Unhealthy lifestyles and poor environments cause millions of people to die prematurely. Smoking, harmful alcohol use, physical inactivity and obesity are the root cause of many chronic conditions. This dataset presents the latest data for overweight and obesity (measured and self-reported data). Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.