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Botswana vs Canada: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Botswana
11.5%
in 2024
Canada
11.4%
in 2024
Botswana rank
21st
Canada rank
22nd

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

  • Botswana
  • Canada
02.557.51012.5200020122024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 11.5% against 11.4% in Canada, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 21st and Canada ranks 22nd of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children who are overweight or obese
Unit
%
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 4,075 data points, 2000–2024
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Share of children under five years old that are defined as overweight or obese. A child is classified as overweight if their weight-for-height is more than two standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.