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Childhood Obesity Rates by Country 2024
Country | % Overweight 2020 (Age > 5) | % Overweight 2010 (Age > 5) | % Rel. Change 2010-20 (Age > 5) | % Overweight 2010 (Ages 5-19) | % Overweight 2010 (Ages 5-19) | % Rel. Change 2010-16 (Ages 5-19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | 25.4% | 24.8% | 2% | 32.7% | 29.2% | 12% |
| Lebanon | 19.7% | 19.4% | 2% | 32.9% | 30.6% | 8% |
| Australia | 18.5% | 13% | 42% | 34.1% | 32.9% | 4% |
| Syria | 18.2% | 19.2% | -5% | 28.3% | 23.8% | 19% |
| Egypt | 17.8% | 15.4% | 16% | 36.7% | 31.3% | 17% |
| Ukraine | 17% | 27.9% | -39% | 21.4% | 17.8% | 20% |
| Tunisia | 16.5% | 9.5% | 74% | 25% | 20.9% | 20% |
| Albania | 14.6% | 23.6% | -38% | 25% | 19.4% | 29% |
| Greece | 13.9% | 13.8% | 1% | 37.3% | 34.6% | 8% |
| Qatar | 13.9% | 12.6% | 10% | 38.7% | 36.6% | 6% |
| South Africa | 12.9% | 12.6% | 2% | 24.7% | 15.6% | 58% |
| Algeria | 12.9% | 13.6% | -5% | 31% | 25.8% | 20% |
| Argentina | 12.9% | 12.3% | 5% | 36.5% | 33.3% | 10% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.8% | 20.6% | -38% | 21.4% | 17% | 26% |
| Tonga | 12.6% | 13% | -3% | 58% | 50.4% | 15% |
| Paraguay | 12% | 9.6% | 25% | 27.9% | 23.4% | 19% |
| Canada | 11.8% | 10.8% | 9% | 32.1% | 30.6% | 5% |
| Barbados | 11.4% | 10.4% | 10% | 27.6% | 21.9% | 26% |
| Morocco | 11.3% | 11.9% | -5% | 27% | 22.6% | 19% |
| Indonesia | 11.1% | 7.2% | 54% | 15.4% | 11.1% | 39% |
| Botswana | 11% | 10.5% | 5% | 17.5% | 13.1% | 34% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11% | 8.9% | 24% | 24.9% | 18.2% | 37% |
| Serbia | 10.8% | 16.8% | -36% | 27.4% | 22.2% | 23% |
| Panama | 10.8% | 9.9% | 9% | 29.4% | 25.8% | 14% |
| Armenia | 10.8% | 15.9% | -32% | 19.3% | 16.8% | 15% |
| Uruguay | 10.3% | 9.6% | 7% | 33.4% | 30.8% | 8% |
| Montenegro | 10.2% | 16.7% | -39% | 24.9% | 20.7% | 20% |
| Mongolia | 10.1% | 10.1% | - | 17.8% | 14.9% | 19% |
| Cuba | 10% | 9% | 11% | 30% | 27% | 11% |
| North Macedonia | 10% | 14.4% | -31% | 25.9% | 21% | 23% |
| Chile | 9.8% | 10.6% | -8% | 35.4% | 31.8% | 11% |
| Ecuador | 9.8% | 6.6% | 48% | 28.3% | 24.5% | 16% |
| Seychelles | 9.8% | 10.2% | -4% | 22.6% | 18.6% | 22% |
| Eswatini | 9.7% | 10.9% | -11% | 16.6% | 11.1% | 50% |
| Cameroon | 9.6% | 7.1% | 35% | 12.7% | 10.4% | 22% |
| Comoros | 9.6% | 11.7% | -18% | 12.2% | 9.4% | 30% |
| Iran | 9.4% | 8.2% | 15% | 25.6% | 22.6% | 13% |
| Azerbaijan | 9.4% | 11.3% | -17% | 18.8% | 15.7% | 20% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9.3% | 9% | 3% | 10.7% | 8% | 34% |
| Brunei | 9.3% | 8.1% | 15% | 26.8% | 21.8% | 23% |
| Thailand | 9.2% | 8.4% | 10% | 22.1% | 16% | 38% |
| Iraq | 9% | 9.1% | -1% | 32% | 28.2% | 13% |
| Papua New Guinea | 8.9% | 7.7% | 16% | 31.7% | 26.2% | 21% |
| United States | 8.8% | 8.4% | 5% | 41.8% | 40.1% | 4% |
| South Korea | 8.8% | 7.4% | 19% | 26.9% | 24.1% | 12% |
| Kazakhstan | 8.8% | 12% | -27% | 19.7% | 16.5% | 19% |
| Bolivia | 8.8% | 9.1% | -3% | 28.1% | 24.5% | 15% |
| Portugal | 8.5% | 7.3% | 16% | 32.4% | 30.6% | 6% |
| Palestine | 8.5% | 7.9% | 8% | - | - | - |
| China | 8.3% | 7% | 19% | 28.5% | 18.9% | 51% |
| Costa Rica | 8.1% | 8.4% | -4% | 31.5% | 27% | 17% |
| Peru | 8% | 9% | -11% | 27% | 24.2% | 12% |
| Belize | 8% | 9.2% | -13% | 28.5% | 23.9% | 19% |
| Saudi Arabia | 7.6% | 5.5% | 38% | 35.6% | 31.6% | 13% |
| Dominican Republic | 7.6% | 7.8% | -3% | 32.8% | 28% | 17% |
| Georgia | 7.6% | 16% | -53% | 20.1% | 16.3% | 23% |
| Mauritius | 7.6% | 7.8% | -3% | 14.6% | 11.7% | 25% |
| Nicaragua | 7.5% | 7.1% | 6% | 29.3% | 25.2% | 16% |
| Gabon | 7.4% | 6.7% | 10% | 15.6% | 13.4% | 16% |
| Brazil | 7.3% | 6.8% | 7% | 28% | 24.7% | 13% |
| Lesotho | 7.2% | 7% | 3% | 15.3% | 10.4% | 47% |
| Djibouti | 7.2% | 7.6% | -5% | 17.2% | 15.3% | 12% |
| Jordan | 7.1% | 5.5% | 29% | 31% | 28% | 11% |
| Kuwait | 7.1% | 8% | -11% | 42.4% | 40.3% | 5% |
| Samoa | 7.1% | 6.6% | 8% | 52.6% | 44.5% | 18% |
| Saint Lucia | 6.9% | 6.4% | 8% | 23.4% | 18.2% | 29% |
| Belarus | 6.8% | 10% | -32% | 22.7% | 19% | 19% |
| Jamaica | 6.8% | 7.2% | -6% | 29.8% | 25% | 19% |
| Poland | 6.7% | 5.6% | 20% | 25.7% | 20.7% | 24% |
| Venezuela | 6.7% | 6.2% | 8% | 34.1% | 31.8% | 7% |
| Romania | 6.7% | 10.3% | -35% | 24.5% | 19.4% | 26% |
| Czech Republic | 6.6% | 5.7% | 16% | 27.5% | 22.9% | 20% |
| El Salvador | 6.6% | 5.8% | 14% | 30.4% | 26.5% | 15% |
| Guyana | 6.6% | 5.6% | 18% | 24.9% | 19.7% | 26% |
| Bahrain | 6.4% | 5.4% | 19% | 35.3% | 32.4% | 9% |
| Tuvalu | 6.4% | 6.1% | 5% | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 6.3% | 6.9% | -9% | 35.4% | 32.5% | 9% |
| Malaysia | 6.1% | 6% | 2% | 26.5% | 21% | 26% |
| Vietnam | 6% | 3.7% | 62% | 9.7% | 5.4% | 80% |
| Mozambique | 6% | 6% | - | 12.6% | 10.1% | 25% |
| Colombia | 5.8% | 5.1% | 14% | 24.3% | 21.5% | 13% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5.8% | 8.4% | -31% | 16.1% | 12.9% | 25% |
| Zambia | 5.7% | 6.8% | -16% | 12.7% | 10% | 27% |
| Guinea | 5.7% | 4.3% | 33% | 9.5% | 7.2% | 32% |
| South Sudan | 5.7% | 7% | -19% | - | - | - |
| Honduras | 5.7% | 4.8% | 19% | 27.3% | 22.8% | 20% |
| Bulgaria | 5.7% | 9.1% | -37% | 28.5% | 23.8% | 20% |
| Estonia | 5.7% | 4.9% | 16% | 20.6% | 17.6% | 17% |
| Tanzania | 5.5% | 4.8% | 15% | 11.9% | 8.9% | 34% |
| Rwanda | 5.2% | 6.1% | -15% | 11.1% | 8.5% | 31% |
| Fiji | 5.2% | 4.7% | 11% | 34.4% | 30.2% | 14% |
| Bhutan | 5.2% | 6% | -32% | 10.1% | 6.9% | 46% |
| Guatemala | 5.1% | 5.5% | -7% | 28.6% | 24% | 19% |
| Belgium | 5.1% | 4.3% | 19% | 24% | 24.6% | -2% |
| Republic of the Congo | 5.1% | 5.4% | -6% | 10.8% | 8.4% | 29% |
| Uzbekistan | 5% | 10.1% | -50% | 16.6% | 13.3% | 25% |
| Netherlands | 5% | 3.8% | 32% | 24.7% | 23.5% | 5% |
| Namibia | 5% | 4.2% | 19% | 15.3% | 10.3% | 49% |
| Vanuatu | 4.9% | 4.8% | 2% | 30.6% | 25.8% | 19% |
| Singapore | 4.8% | 3.8% | 26% | 22.4% | 22% | 2% |
| Oman | 4.8% | 2.6% | 85% | 32.3% | 28% | 15% |
| Micronesia | 4.8% | 4.5% | 7% | 51.3% | 43.4% | 18% |
| Malawi | 4.7% | 6.6% | -29% | 10.6% | 7.8% | 36% |
| Sierra Leone | 4.7% | 3.5% | 34% | 10.8% | 8.4% | 29% |
| Liberia | 4.7% | 3.3% | 42% | 10.1% | 8.2% | 23% |
| Maldives | 4.6% | 5.9% | -22% | 16.9% | 11.1% | 52% |
| Kenya | 4.5% | 5% | -10% | 11.3% | 8.5% | 33% |
| Moldova | 4.3% | 6.9% | -38% | 17.5% | 13.6% | 29% |
| Philippines | 4.2% | 3.1% | 35% | 12.8% | 9.9% | 29% |
| DR Congo | 4.2% | 5% | -16% | 10.2% | 7.4% | 38% |
| Marshall Islands | 4.2% | 4% | 5% | 59.2% | 53.8% | 10% |
| Germany | 4.1% | 3.6% | 14% | 26.4% | 25% | 6% |
| Uganda | 4% | 4.2% | -5% | 10.3% | 7.7% | 34% |
| Solomon Islands | 4% | 3.4% | 18% | 23.1% | 19.1% | 21% |
| Suriname | 4% | 3.7% | 8% | 31.1% | 27.7% | 12% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 4% | 2.8% | 43% | 13.2% | 10.7% | 23% |
| Afghanistan | 3.9% | 5.6% | -30% | 9.4% | 6.4% | 47% |
| Turkmenistan | 3.8% | 5.4% | -30% | 18% | 14.8% | 22% |
| Haiti | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3% | 27.6% | 21.7% | 27% |
| Nauru | 3.7% | 3.1% | 19% | - | - | - |
| Zimbabwe | 3.6% | 5.1% | -29% | 14.5% | 10.6% | 37% |
| Angola | 3.5% | 3% | 17% | 11% | 7.9% | 39% |
| Tajikistan | 3.5% | 6.4% | -45% | 14.8% | 11.5% | 29% |
| Pakistan | 3.4% | 4.9% | -31% | 9.7% | 6.8% | 43% |
| Chad | 3.4% | 2.5% | 36% | 8.7% | 6.4% | 36% |
| Guinea Bissau | 3.4% | 2.9% | 17% | 10.9% | 8.4% | 30% |
| Burundi | 3.1% | 2.3% | 35% | 10.4% | 7.4% | 41% |
| Laos | 3% | 2.2% | 36% | 13.6% | 8.9% | 53% |
| Ghana | 2.9% | 2.4% | 21% | 10.7% | 8.6% | 24% |
| Somalia | 2.9% | 3.4% | -15% | 12.9% | 10.1% | 28% |
| Ivory Coast | 2.8% | 2.7% | 4% | 12.9% | 10.3% | 25% |
| Nigeria | 2.7% | 2.8% | -4% | 8.4% | 6.2% | 35% |
| Sudan | 2.7% | 2.7% | - | 12.4% | 9.7% | 28% |
| Yemen | 2.7% | 3.1% | -13% | 20% | 15.3% | 31% |
| Mauritania | 2.7% | 2.1% | 29% | 13.2% | 10.7% | 23% |
| Ethiopia | 2.6% | 2.6% | - | 8.6% | 6.3% | 37% |
| Burkina Faso | 2.6% | 1.7% | 53% | 7.6% | 5.2% | 46% |
| Central African Republic | 2.6% | 4% | -35% | 10.7% | 8% | 34% |
| Timor Leste | 2.6% | 3.1% | -16% | 12.5% | 8.5% | 47% |
| Japan | 2.4% | 1.9% | 26% | 14.2% | 14.6% | -3% |
| Togo | 2.4% | 1.8% | 33% | 10.3% | 7.9% | 30% |
| Kiribati | 2.4% | 2.4% | - | 55.2% | 48.8% | 13% |
| Gambia | 2.3% | 2% | 15% | 11.7% | 9.4% | 24% |
| Benin | 2.2% | 1.7% | 29% | 11.3% | 8.8% | 28% |
| Bangladesh | 2.1% | 1.5% | 40% | 9% | 6.1% | 48% |
| Mali | 2.1% | 1.7% | 24% | 10.7% | 8% | 34% |
| Senegal | 2.1% | 1.6% | 31% | 9.6% | 7.6% | 26% |
| Cambodia | 2.1% | 2.3% | -9% | 11.3% | 7.3% | 55% |
| Eritrea | 2.1% | 1.8% | 17% | 10.8% | 7.9% | 37% |
| India | 1.9% | 2.6% | -27% | 6.8% | 4.4% | 55% |
| Niger | 1.9% | 0.8% | 137% | 8.2% | 5.9% | 39% |
| North Korea | 1.9% | 1.2% | 58% | 22.9% | 18.2% | 26% |
| Nepal | 1.8% | 1.3% | 38% | 7.5% | 5% | 50% |
| Myanmar | 1.5% | 2.6% | -42% | 11.6% | 7.9% | 47% |
| Madagascar | 1.5% | 2% | -25% | 10.7% | 8.1% | 32% |
| Sri Lanka | 1.3% | 1.2% | 8% | 12.9% | 8.4% | 54% |
| Russia | - | - | - | 21.3% | 17.5% | 22% |
| Turkey | - | - | - | 29.5% | 25.5% | 16% |
| United Kingdom | - | - | - | 31.1% | 30.6% | 2% |
| France | - | - | - | 30% | 28.4% | 6% |
| Italy | - | - | - | 36.8% | 34.8% | 6% |
| Spain | - | - | - | 34.1% | 32.1% | 6% |
| United Arab Emirates | - | - | - | 35.8% | 30.6% | 17% |
| Sweden | - | - | - | 23.7% | 22.5% | 5% |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 28.4% | 23.3% | 22% |
| Israel | - | - | - | 35% | 34.2% | 2% |
| Austria | - | - | - | 26.5% | 24.7% | 7% |
| Switzerland | - | - | - | 21.8% | 21.1% | 3% |
| Denmark | - | - | - | 25% | 25% | - |
| Finland | - | - | - | 26.8% | 25.6% | 5% |
| Norway | - | - | - | 27.4% | 26.3% | 4% |
| Slovakia | - | - | - | 23.3% | 18.2% | 28% |
| Ireland | - | - | - | 31% | 28.3% | 10% |
| New Zealand | - | - | - | 39.5% | 37% | 7% |
| Croatia | - | - | - | 27.7% | 22.8% | 21% |
| Lithuania | - | - | - | 20.5% | 17.4% | 18% |
| Slovenia | - | - | - | 27.3% | 21.7% | 26% |
| Latvia | - | - | - | 21.5% | 18.1% | 19% |
| Cyprus | - | - | - | 33.1% | 31% | 7% |
| Luxembourg | - | - | - | 26.1% | 25.6% | 2% |
| Malta | - | - | - | 36.7% | 36% | 2% |
| Cape Verde | - | - | - | 12.3% | 10% | 23% |
| Bahamas | - | - | - | 35.8% | 32.4% | 10% |
| Iceland | - | - | - | 28.4% | 27.9% | 2% |
| Grenada | - | - | - | 26.4% | 21% | 26% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | - | - | 28.9% | 23.7% | 22% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | - | - | 26.7% | 21.4% | 25% |
| Andorra | - | - | - | 35.8% | 35.3% | 1% |
| Dominica | - | - | - | 32.6% | 28.4% | 15% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | - | - | 27.9% | 22.1% | 26% |
| Palau | - | - | - | 63.5% | 58.4% | 9% |
| Cook Islands | - | - | - | 63% | 57.5% | 10% |
| Niue | - | - | - | 58.9% | 50.7% | 16% |
- Overweight and obesity among children - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- World Obesity Atlas 2023 - World Obesity Federation
- Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age - WHO
- Prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents - WHO
- Share of children who are overweight or obese, 2010 to 2020 - Our World In Data