Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%) by country
Countries reporting
180
Highest
26.4%
Australia
Lowest
0.6%
Myanmar
Median
5.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,300
What the numbers show
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 26.4% in Australia; the lowest is 0.6% in Myanmar.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.6%, and the mean is 7.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 75.9%).
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 26.4% | 2024 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 23.4% | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 18.5% | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 4 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.3% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 5 | Tunisia | 17.5% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 16.7% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 7 | Melanesia | 16.6% | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 16.0% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 9 | Paraguay | 15.4% | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.0% | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 14.3% | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 12 | Cameroon | 13.6% | 2024 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 13 | Greece | 13.5% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 13.5% | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 15 | Algeria | 13.3% | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.0% | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 16 | Barbados | 13.0% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 18 | Armenia | 12.9% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 19 | South Africa | 12.8% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 12.3% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 20 | Mongolia | 12.3% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 22 | Serbia | 12.2% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 23 | Botswana | 11.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 11.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 25 | Egypt | 11.2% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 25 | Ireland | 11.2% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 25 | Morocco | 11.2% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 28 | China | 11.1% | 2024 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 29 | Syria | 11.0% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 29 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11.0% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 31 | Brazil | 10.9% | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 31 | Panama | 10.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 31 | Seychelles | 10.9% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 34 | Cuba | 10.6% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 34 | Jordan | 10.6% | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 36 | Vietnam | 10.5% | 2024 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 10.5% | 2024 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 38 | Eswatini | 10.2% | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 39 | Kuwait | 10.1% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 39 | Malta | 10.1% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.9% | 2024 | up 41.4% | falling |
| 41 | Thailand | 9.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 41 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 9.9% | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 44 | United States | 9.7% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 45 | Brunei | 9.5% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 45 | Russia | 9.5% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 45 | Tonga | 9.5% | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 45 | Russian Federation | 9.5% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.5% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 50 | Portugal | 9.4% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 50 | Samoa | 9.4% | 2024 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 9.0% | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 53 | Polynesia | 8.9% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 54 | Oman | 8.8% | 2024 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 54 | State of Palestine | 8.8% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 8.7% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 8.7% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 58 | Montenegro | 8.6% | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 58 | Poland | 8.6% | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 58 | Qatar | 8.6% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 61 | El Salvador | 8.5% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 8.4% | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 62 | Cabo Verde | 8.4% | 2024 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 64 | Nauru | 8.2% | 2024 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 64 | Naoero | 8.2% | 2024 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 66 | Bhutan | 8.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 7.9% | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 68 | United Kingdom | 7.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 68 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 70 | Turkey | 7.7% | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 70 | Türkiye | 7.7% | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 7.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.5% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 72 | Lesotho | 7.5% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 75 | Mexico | 7.4% | 2024 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 76 | Fiji | 7.3% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 76 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7.3% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 6.8% | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 6.8% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 80 | Caribbean | 6.7% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 81 | Czechia | 6.6% | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 81 | Latvia | 6.6% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.4% | 2024 | up 106.5% | rising |
| 84 | Zambia | 6.3% | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 85 | Solomon Islands | 6.2% | 2024 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 86 | Gabon | 6.1% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 86 | Liberia | 6.1% | 2024 | up 96.8% | rising |
| 88 | Namibia | 5.8% | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 89 | Cambodia | 5.7% | 2024 | up 159.1% | rising |
| 90 | Belize | 5.6% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 90 | Estonia | 5.6% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 5.5% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Djibouti | 5.5% | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 92 | South Korea | 5.5% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 5.5% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 5.5% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 92 | Republic of Korea | 5.5% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 98 | Sierra Leone | 5.4% | 2024 | up 116.0% | falling |
| 98 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5.4% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 100 | Congo | 5.3% | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 100 | Malaysia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 102 | Jamaica | 5.1% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 102 | Rwanda | 5.1% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 102 | Micronesia | 5.1% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 105 | Guyana | 5.0% | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 106 | Belgium | 4.9% | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 107 | Mauritius | 4.8% | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 107 | Romania | 4.8% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 4.8% | 2024 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 110 | Angola | 4.7% | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 110 | Ecuador | 4.7% | 2024 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 110 | Finland | 4.7% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 110 | Libya | 4.7% | 2024 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 110 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.7% | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 115 | Iraq | 4.6% | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 115 | Lithuania | 4.6% | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 115 | Marshall Islands | 4.6% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 4.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 119 | Lebanon | 4.5% | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 4.4% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 120 | Guinea | 4.4% | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 120 | Mozambique | 4.4% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 120 | Malawi | 4.4% | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 124 | Kenya | 4.3% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 124 | South Sudan | 4.3% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 4.2% | 2024 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 126 | Honduras | 4.2% | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 126 | Uganda | 4.2% | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 126 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.2% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | Georgia | 4.1% | 2024 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 130 | Moldova | 4.1% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 130 | Tuvalu | 4.1% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 130 | Republic of Moldova | 4.1% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 4.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 135 | Comoros | 3.9% | 2024 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 135 | Haiti | 3.9% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 137 | Singapore | 3.8% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 138 | Benin | 3.7% | 2024 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 138 | Guatemala | 3.7% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 138 | India | 3.7% | 2024 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 138 | Laos | 3.7% | 2024 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 138 | Suriname | 3.7% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 138 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.7% | 2024 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.6% | 2024 | up 71.4% | falling |
| 144 | Togo | 3.6% | 2024 | up 157.1% | rising |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.5% | 2024 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 146 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.5% | 2024 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 148 | Belarus | 3.4% | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 149 | Germany | 3.3% | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 3.3% | 2024 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 149 | Philippines | 3.3% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 149 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3.3% | 2024 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 153 | Maldives | 3.0% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 2.8% | 2024 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 154 | Eritrea | 2.8% | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 156 | Gambia | 2.7% | 2024 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 156 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.7% | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 158 | Indonesia | 2.6% | 2024 | down 69.4% | rising |
| 158 | Niger | 2.6% | 2024 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Sudan | 2.6% | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 161 | Somalia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 161 | Chad | 2.5% | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 163 | Burundi | 2.4% | 2024 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 164 | Central African Republic | 2.3% | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Madagascar | 2.3% | 2024 | up 64.3% | falling |
| 166 | Kiribati | 2.1% | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 166 | Pakistan | 2.1% | 2024 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 166 | Senegal | 2.1% | 2024 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 169 | Japan | 2.0% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 170 | Ghana | 1.8% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 170 | Nepal | 1.8% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 172 | Yemen | 1.7% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 1.6% | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 173 | Mauritania | 1.6% | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 173 | Nigeria | 1.6% | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Mali | 1.3% | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 177 | East Timor | 1.2% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 177 | Timor-Leste | 1.2% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 179 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2024 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 180 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 16.0%
- Southern Africa 12.1%
- Eastern Asia 10.1%
- South America 9.9%
- Northern America 9.8%
- United States of America 9.7%
- Eastern Europe 9.1%
- Southern Europe 9.0%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 8.8%
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 8.6%
- Europe and Northern America 8.6%
- Northern Africa 8.5%
- Europe 7.9%
- Northern Europe 7.8%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 7.5%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 7.4%
- Central America 7.0%
- Central Asia 6.4%
- Western Asia 6.2%
- Western Europe 5.6%
- World 5.5%
- Middle Africa 5.2%
- Asia 5.0%
- Africa 4.5%
- South-eastern Asia 4.3%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 4.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.9%
- Eastern Africa 3.9%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.3%
- Central and Southern Asia 3.3%
- Southern Asia 3.2%
- Western Africa 2.2%