Childhood Obesity Rates by Country 2025

% Overweight (Age < 5)% Rel. Change 2010-22 (Age < 5)

% Overweight (Age < 5)

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

Australia

26.4%

Papua New Guinea

18.5%

Tunisia

17.5%

Albania

16.7%

Ukraine

16%

2024

	Country	% Overweight (Age < 5) 2024↓	% Rel. Change 2010-22 (Age < 5)	% Rel. Change 2016-22 (Ages 5-19)	% Rel. Change 2010-16 (Ages 5-19)
	Australia	26.4%	120%	22%	17%
	Papua New Guinea	18.5%	83%	27%	28%
	Tunisia	17.5%	46%	43%	43%
	Albania	16.7%	-26%	23%	18%
	Ukraine	16%	-34%	16%	45%
	Paraguay	15.4%	60%	29%	27%
	Trinidad and Tobago	15%	55%	27%	33%
	Argentina	14.3%	34%	45%	44%
	Cameroon	13.6%	60%	51%	35%
	Greece	13.5%	1%	-10%	-3%
	Uruguay	13.5%	47%	35%	38%
	Algeria	13.3%	-9%	23%	22%
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13%	-35%	26%	21%
	Barbados	13%	12%	18%	22%
	Armenia	12.9%	-16%	34%	36%
	South Africa	12.8%		-3%
	Mongolia	12.3%	24%	57%	49%
	North Macedonia	12.3%	-9%	14%	10%
	Serbia	12.2%	-26%	12%	13%
	Botswana	11.5%	11%	45%	36%
	Canada	11.4%	6%	-3%	-1%
	Egypt	11.2%	-26%	15%	14%
	Ireland	11.2%	13%	-1%	-5%
	China	11.1%	66%	40%	60%
	Syria	11%	-40%	20%	22%
	Brazil	10.9%	47%	23%	31%
	Panama	10.9%	3%	23%	24%
	Seychelles	10.9%	11%	38%	29%
	Jordan	10.6%	80%	22%	26%
	Cuba	10.6%	20%	22%	18%
	Vietnam	10.5%	184%	59%	96%
	Eswatini	10.2%	-4%	35%	30%
	Kuwait	10.1%	17%		-2%
	Malta	10.1%	26%	-1%	1%
	Thailand	9.9%	14%	24%	23%
	Bolivia	9.9%	10%	34%	37%
	Kyrgyzstan	9.9%	21%	-20%	-26%
	United States	9.7%	20%		-2%
	Russia	9.5%	-21%	-10%	7%
	Brunei	9.5%	14%	21%	24%
	Tonga	9.5%	-39%	24%	29%
	Portugal	9.4%	18%	-12%	-13%
	Samoa	9.4%	65%	23%	24%
	Peru	9%	6%	58%	63%
	Palestine	8.8%	7%	34%	29%
	Oman	8.8%	267%	32%	33%
	Kazakhstan	8.7%	-30%	15%	25%
	Chile	8.7%	-16%	14%	19%
	Poland	8.6%	51%	1%	8%
	Qatar	8.6%	-19%	14%	19%
	Montenegro	8.6%	-49%	10%	7%
	El Salvador	8.5%	39%	16%	11%
	Saudi Arabia	8.4%	-1%	21%	20%
	Cape Verde	8.4%	50%	41%	28%
	Nauru	8.2%	110%	16%	18%
	Bhutan	8%	21%	46%	43%
	Costa Rica	7.9%	3%	18%	17%
	United Kingdom	7.8%	1%	6%	1%
	Turkey	7.7%	-22%	36%	31%
	Dominican Republic	7.5%	-3%	35%	35%
	Lesotho	7.5%	7%	31%	23%
	Equatorial Guinea	7.5%	-19%	43%	39%
	Dominica	7.5%	-3%	23%	25%
	Mexico	7.4%	9%	14%	14%
	Venezuela	7.3%	18%	27%	28%
	Fiji	7.3%	20%	38%	39%
	Colombia	6.8%	39%	48%	57%
	Saint Lucia	6.8%	15%	23%	23%
	Czechia	6.6%	38%	3%	16%
	Latvia	6.6%	14%	11%	23%
	Sao Tome and Principe	6.4%	94%	14%	7%
	Zambia	6.3%	-13%	67%	60%
	Solomon Islands	6.2%	94%	60%	55%
	Liberia	6.1%	91%	165%	130%
	Gabon	6.1%	-10%	49%	41%
	Namibia	5.8%	41%	49%	39%
	Cambodia	5.7%	185%	40%	39%
	Estonia	5.6%	17%	23%	42%
	Belize	5.6%	-40%	20%	21%
	South Korea	5.5%	-20%	40%	13%
	Uzbekistan	5.5%	-33%	47%	47%
	Bulgaria	5.5%	-26%	13%	22%
	Djibouti	5.5%	267%	44%	32%
	Vanuatu	5.5%	15%	34%	35%
	Netherlands	5.4%	42%	14%	5%
	Sierra Leone	5.4%	100%	9%	-3%
	Malaysia	5.3%	-15%	24%	20%
	Republic of the Congo	5.3%	-7%	65%	52%
	Rwanda	5.1%	-24%	42%	35%
	Jamaica	5.1%	-28%	31%	33%
	Guyana	5%	-19%	36%	35%
	Belgium	4.9%	40%	3%	3%
	Romania	4.8%	-38%	28%	45%
	Turkmenistan	4.8%	-14%	27%	14%
	Mauritius	4.8%	-17%	36%	36%
	Tanzania	4.7%	2%	54%	39%
	Angola	4.7%	52%	48%	37%
	Ecuador	4.7%	-28%	23%	22%
	Libya	4.7%	-82%	24%	25%
	Finland	4.7%	24%	38%	31%
	Iraq	4.6%	-58%	22%	22%
	Tajikistan	4.6%	-25%	15%	3%
	Lithuania	4.6%	5%	10%	19%
	Marshall Islands	4.6%	18%	32%	33%
	Lebanon	4.5%	-35%	22%	23%
	Afghanistan	4.4%	-10%	61%	59%
	Mozambique	4.4%	-30%	26%	12%
	Malawi	4.4%	-25%	43%	30%
	Guinea	4.4%		59%	40%
	Kenya	4.3%	-23%	6%	13%
	South Sudan	4.3%	-38%	47%	41%
	DR Congo	4.2%	-22%	44%	35%
	Uganda	4.2%	-5%	155%	77%
	Morocco	4.2%	-65%	13%	9%
	Honduras	4.2%	-14%	22%	21%
	Azerbaijan	4.2%	-64%	43%	49%
	Georgia	4.1%	-75%	44%	44%
	Moldova	4.1%	-33%	23%	26%
	Tuvalu	4.1%	-24%	21%	23%
	Zimbabwe	4%	-26%	33%	19%
	Haiti	3.9%	11%	20%	20%
	Comoros	3.9%	-69%	43%	33%
	Singapore	3.8%	46%	29%	24%
	India	3.7%	76%	47%	47%
	Guatemala	3.7%	-21%	14%	15%
	Benin	3.7%	106%	36%	27%
	Laos	3.7%	76%	47%	39%
	Suriname	3.7%		21%	22%
	Togo	3.6%	177%	23%	15%
	Guinea-Bissau	3.6%	50%	48%	33%
	Ivory Coast	3.5%	35%	38%	27%
	Belarus	3.4%	-48%	13%	22%
	Ethiopia	3.3%	14%	50%	31%
	Philippines	3.3%	6%	63%	47%
	Germany	3.3%	-3%	2%	-2%
	North Korea	3.3%	136%	43%	36%
	Maldives	3%	-49%	53%	57%
	Burkina Faso	2.8%	180%	51%	29%
	Eritrea	2.8%	47%	46%	38%
	Iran	2.7%	-39%	32%	30%
	Gambia	2.7%	35%	42%	29%
	Indonesia	2.6%	-66%	69%	70%
	Sudan	2.6%	-7%	52%	48%
	Niger	2.6%	333%	62%	43%
	Chad	2.5%	-4%	47%	31%
	Somalia	2.5%	-22%	46%	33%
	Burundi	2.4%	14%	40%	35%
	Madagascar	2.3%	21%	54%	42%
	Central African Republic	2.3%	-30%	45%	37%
	Pakistan	2.1%	-57%	100%	105%
	Senegal	2.1%	40%	58%	36%
	Kiribati	2.1%	5%	30%	29%
	Japan	2%	33%	22%	-4%
	Ghana	1.8%	-36%	43%	31%
	Nepal	1.8%	50%	25%	16%
	Yemen	1.7%	-41%	47%	46%
	Nigeria	1.6%	-43%	48%	31%
	Bangladesh	1.6%	7%	55%	38%
	Mauritania	1.6%	-6%	36%	28%
	Mali	1.3%	-13%	38%	28%
	Timor-Leste	1.2%	-57%	18%
	Sri Lanka	0.9%	-25%	55%	62%
	Myanmar	0.6%	-74%	43%	38%
	France			-10%	-13%
	Italy			-12%	-9%
	Spain			-5%	1%
	United Arab Emirates			9%	10%
	Sweden			30%	25%
	Hungary			24%	28%
	Israel			7%	7%
	Austria			8%	11%
	Switzerland			4%	5%
	Nicaragua			21%	20%
	Denmark			8%	-3%
	Norway			9%	2%
	Slovakia			7%	16%
	New Zealand			9%	10%
	Croatia			3%
	Slovenia			7%	7%
	Bahrain			17%	17%
	Cyprus			5%	6%
	Luxembourg			18%	11%
	Bahamas			14%	19%
	Iceland			13%	9%
	Grenada			23%	26%
	Micronesia			27%	26%
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			17%	18%
	Antigua and Barbuda			16%	18%
	Andorra			2%	1%
	Saint Kitts and Nevis			20%	21%
	Palau			20%	19%
	Cook Islands			20%	23%
	Niue			20%	21%