Share of children who are overweight or obese by country
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.
Countries reporting
161
Highest
26.4%
Australia
Lowest
0.6%
Myanmar
Median
5.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,075
What the numbers show
Share of children who are overweight or obese is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 26.4% in Australia; the lowest is 0.6% in Myanmar.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.5%, and the mean is 6.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 75.9%).
Share of children who are overweight or obese: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 26.4% | 2024 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 18.5% | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 3 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.3% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 4 | Tunisia | 17.5% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 5 | Albania | 16.7% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 6 | Ukraine | 16.0% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 7 | Paraguay | 15.4% | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.0% | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 14.3% | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 10 | Cameroon | 13.6% | 2024 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 11 | Greece | 13.5% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | Uruguay | 13.5% | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 13 | Algeria | 13.3% | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.0% | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 14 | Barbados | 13.0% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 12.9% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 17 | South Africa | 12.8% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 12.3% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 18 | Mongolia | 12.3% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 20 | Serbia | 12.2% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 21 | Botswana | 11.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 11.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 23 | Egypt | 11.2% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 25 | China | 11.1% | 2024 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 26 | Syria | 11.0% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 27 | Brazil | 10.9% | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 10.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 27 | Seychelles | 10.9% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 30 | Cuba | 10.6% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 30 | Jordan | 10.6% | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 32 | Vietnam | 10.5% | 2024 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 33 | Eswatini | 10.2% | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 34 | Kuwait | 10.1% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 36 | Bolivia | 9.9% | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.9% | 2024 | up 41.4% | falling |
| 36 | Thailand | 9.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 39 | United States | 9.7% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 40 | Brunei | 9.5% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 40 | Russia | 9.5% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 40 | Tonga | 9.5% | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 43 | Portugal | 9.4% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 43 | Samoa | 9.4% | 2024 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 9.0% | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 46 | Oman | 8.8% | 2024 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Palestine | 8.8% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 48 | Chile | 8.7% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 8.7% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 50 | Montenegro | 8.6% | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 50 | Poland | 8.6% | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 50 | Qatar | 8.6% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 53 | El Salvador | 8.5% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 8.4% | 2024 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 8.4% | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 56 | Nauru | 8.2% | 2024 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 57 | Bhutan | 8.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 7.9% | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 59 | United Kingdom | 7.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 60 | Turkey | 7.7% | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 7.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.5% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 61 | Lesotho | 7.5% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 64 | Mexico | 7.4% | 2024 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 65 | Fiji | 7.3% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 65 | Venezuela | 7.3% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 67 | Colombia | 6.8% | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Lucia | 6.8% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 69 | Czechia | 6.6% | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 69 | Latvia | 6.6% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 71 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.4% | 2024 | up 106.5% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 6.3% | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 6.2% | 2024 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 74 | Gabon | 6.1% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 74 | Liberia | 6.1% | 2024 | up 96.8% | rising |
| 76 | Namibia | 5.8% | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 77 | Cambodia | 5.7% | 2024 | up 159.1% | rising |
| 78 | Belize | 5.6% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 78 | Estonia | 5.6% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 5.5% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 80 | Djibouti | 5.5% | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 80 | South Korea | 5.5% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 5.5% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 80 | Vanuatu | 5.5% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 85 | Netherlands | 5.4% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 5.4% | 2024 | up 116.0% | falling |
| 87 | Congo | 5.3% | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 87 | Malaysia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 89 | Jamaica | 5.1% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 89 | Rwanda | 5.1% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 91 | Guyana | 5.0% | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 92 | Belgium | 4.9% | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritius | 4.8% | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 93 | Romania | 4.8% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 4.8% | 2024 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 96 | Angola | 4.7% | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 96 | Ecuador | 4.7% | 2024 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 96 | Finland | 4.7% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 96 | Libya | 4.7% | 2024 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 96 | Tanzania | 4.7% | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 101 | Iraq | 4.6% | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 101 | Lithuania | 4.6% | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 101 | Marshall Islands | 4.6% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 4.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 105 | Lebanon | 4.5% | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 4.4% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 106 | Guinea | 4.4% | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 106 | Mozambique | 4.4% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 106 | Malawi | 4.4% | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 110 | Kenya | 4.3% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 110 | South Sudan | 4.3% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 4.2% | 2024 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.2% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Honduras | 4.2% | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 112 | Morocco | 4.2% | 2024 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 112 | Uganda | 4.2% | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 117 | Georgia | 4.1% | 2024 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 117 | Moldova | 4.1% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 4.1% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 4.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 121 | Comoros | 3.9% | 2024 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 121 | Haiti | 3.9% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 123 | Singapore | 3.8% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 124 | Benin | 3.7% | 2024 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 124 | Guatemala | 3.7% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 124 | India | 3.7% | 2024 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 124 | Laos | 3.7% | 2024 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 124 | Suriname | 3.7% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.6% | 2024 | up 71.4% | falling |
| 129 | Togo | 3.6% | 2024 | up 157.1% | rising |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.5% | 2024 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 132 | Belarus | 3.4% | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 133 | Germany | 3.3% | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 133 | Ethiopia | 3.3% | 2024 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 133 | Philippines | 3.3% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 133 | North Korea | 3.3% | 2024 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 137 | Maldives | 3.0% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 2.8% | 2024 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 138 | Eritrea | 2.8% | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 140 | Gambia | 2.7% | 2024 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 140 | Iran | 2.7% | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 142 | Indonesia | 2.6% | 2024 | down 69.4% | rising |
| 142 | Niger | 2.6% | 2024 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Sudan | 2.6% | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 145 | Somalia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 145 | Chad | 2.5% | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 147 | Burundi | 2.4% | 2024 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 148 | Central African Republic | 2.3% | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Madagascar | 2.3% | 2024 | up 64.3% | falling |
| 150 | Kiribati | 2.1% | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 150 | Pakistan | 2.1% | 2024 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 150 | Senegal | 2.1% | 2024 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 153 | Japan | 2.0% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 154 | Ghana | 1.8% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 154 | Nepal | 1.8% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 156 | Yemen | 1.7% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 1.6% | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 157 | Mauritania | 1.6% | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 157 | Nigeria | 1.6% | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Mali | 1.3% | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 161 | East Timor | 1.2% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2024 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 163 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
About this data
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.