Fiji vs Mexico: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Fiji

7.3%

in 2024

Mexico

7.4%

in 2024

Fiji rank

65th

Mexico rank

64th

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

Fiji
Mexico

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 7.4% against 7.3% in Fiji, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Fiji ranks 65th and Mexico ranks 64th 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.