Childhood Obesity Rates by Country 2025
% Overweight 2024 (Age < 5)
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Country | % Overweight 2024 (Age < 5)↓ | % 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% |
 | Czech Republic | 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% |
Sources
- 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 - World Health Organization
- Prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents - World Health Organization
- Share of children who are overweight or obese, 2010 to 2020 - Our World In Data
- Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents, BMI > +2 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) - World Health Organization
