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Childhood Obesity Rates by Country
Australia has the highest % Overweight (Age < 5) in 2024 (26.4%), followed by Papua New Guinea (18.5%) and Tunisia (17.5%). Myanmar has the lowest (0.6%).
Health193 countries · 5 metricsUpdated May 29, 2025Original page
6 sources
- Childhood Obesity Facts - CDC
- 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
163 of 235 countries
% Overweight (Age < 5), 2024
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 163 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
5.5%
Middle half 3.85% – 9.45%
Average
6.78%
163 countries
Lowest (best)
0.6%
Myanmar
Highest (worst)
26.4%
Australia
Over time · 2010–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Myanmar
- Sri Lanka
- Timor-Leste
- Mali
- Nigeria
Data
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193 countries · # = rank by % Overweight (Age < 5)
| # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Myanmar | 0.6% | 7.39% | -74.0% | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2 |  Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 7.67% | -25.0% | 55.0% | 62.0% |
| 3 |  Timor-Leste | 1.2% | 0.87% | -57.0% | 18.0% | — |
| 4 |  Mali | 1.3% | 5.49% | -13.0% | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 5 |  Nigeria | 1.6% | 3.77% | -43.0% | 48.0% | 31.0% |
| 5 |  Bangladesh | 1.6% | 1.91% | 7% | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 5 |  Mauritania | 1.6% | 8.03% | -6% | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 8 |  Yemen | 1.7% | 10.7% | -41.0% | 47.0% | 46.0% |
| 9 |  Ghana | 1.8% | 7% | -36.0% | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 9 |  Nepal | 1.8% | 1.91% | 50.0% | 25.0% | 16.0% |
| 11 |  Japan | 2% | 4.36% | 33.0% | 22.0% | -4% |
| 12 |  Pakistan | 2.1% | 8.47% | -57.0% | 100.0% | 105.0% |
| 12 |  Senegal | 2.1% | 2.52% | 40.0% | 58.0% | 36.0% |
| 12 |  Kiribati | 2.1% | 18.9% | 5% | 30.0% | 29.0% |
| 15 |  Madagascar | 2.3% | 2.19% | 21.0% | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 15 |  Central African Republic | 2.3% | 5.03% | -30.0% | 45.0% | 37.0% |
| 17 |  Burundi | 2.4% | 2.41% | 14.0% | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 18 |  Chad | 2.5% | 3.47% | -4% | 47.0% | 31.0% |
| 18 |  Somalia | 2.5% | 3.6% | -22.0% | 46.0% | 33.0% |
| 20 |  Indonesia | 2.6% | 10.8% | -66.0% | 69.0% | 70.0% |
| 20 |  Sudan | 2.6% | 6.41% | -7% | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 20 |  Niger | 2.6% | 3.7% | 333.0% | 62.0% | 43.0% |
| 23 |  Iran | 2.7% | 12.6% | -39.0% | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 23 |  Gambia | 2.7% | 4.35% | 35.0% | 42.0% | 29.0% |
| 25 |  Burkina Faso | 2.8% | 1.07% | 180.0% | 51.0% | 29.0% |
| 25 |  Eritrea | 2.8% | 3.36% | 47.0% | 46.0% | 38.0% |
| 27 |  Maldives | 3% | 13.0% | -49.0% | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 28 |  Ethiopia | 3.3% | 1.71% | 14.0% | 50.0% | 31.0% |
| 28 |  Philippines | 3.3% | 5.94% | 6% | 63.0% | 47.0% |
| 28 |  Germany | 3.3% | 8.49% | -3% | 2% | -2% |
| 28 |  North Korea | 3.3% | 9.16% | 136.0% | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 32 |  Belarus | 3.4% | 7.95% | -48.0% | 13.0% | 22.0% |
| 33 |  Ivory Coast | 3.5% | 5.35% | 35.0% | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 34 |  Togo | 3.6% | 2.98% | 177.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 34 |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.6% | 4.13% | 50.0% | 48.0% | 33.0% |
| 36 |  India | 3.7% | 3.44% | 76.0% | 47.0% | 47.0% |
| 36 |  Guatemala | 3.7% | 7.72% | -21.0% | 14.0% | 15.0% |
| 36 |  Benin | 3.7% | 5.43% | 106.0% | 36.0% | 27.0% |
| 36 |  Laos | 3.7% | 6.8% | 76.0% | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| 36 |  Suriname | 3.7% | 18.2% | — | 21.0% | 22.0% |
| 41 |  Singapore | 3.8% | 16.0% | 46.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% |
| 42 |  Haiti | 3.9% | 11.4% | 11.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| 42 |  Comoros | 3.9% | 4.46% | -69.0% | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 44 |  Zimbabwe | 4% | 2.46% | -26.0% | 33.0% | 19.0% |
| 45 |  Georgia | 4.1% | 10.6% | -75.0% | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 45 |  Moldova | 4.1% | 4.65% | -33.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% |
| 45 |  Tuvalu | 4.1% | 29.7% | -24.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
| 48 |  DR Congo | 4.2% | 4.6% | -22.0% | 44.0% | 35.0% |
| 48 |  Uganda | 4.2% | 4.62% | -5% | 155.0% | 77.0% |
| 48 |  Morocco | 4.2% | 5.73% | -65.0% | 13.0% | 9% |
| 48 |  Honduras | 4.2% | 12.6% | -14.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
| 48 |  Azerbaijan | 4.2% | 8.61% | -64.0% | 43.0% | 49.0% |
| 53 |  Kenya | 4.3% | 2.47% | -23.0% | 6% | 13.0% |
| 53 |  South Sudan | 4.3% | 5.48% | -38.0% | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 55 |  Afghanistan | 4.4% | 8.46% | -10.0% | 61.0% | 59.0% |
| 55 |  Mozambique | 4.4% | 1.66% | -30.0% | 26.0% | 12.0% |
| 55 |  Malawi | 4.4% | 2% | -25.0% | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 55 |  Guinea | 4.4% | 3.57% | — | 59.0% | 40.0% |
| 59 |  Lebanon | 4.5% | 18.6% | -35.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% |
| 60 |  Iraq | 4.6% | 18.6% | -58.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% |
| 60 |  Tajikistan | 4.6% | 1.56% | -25.0% | 15.0% | 3% |
| 60 |  Lithuania | 4.6% | 7.08% | 5% | 10.0% | 19.0% |
| 60 |  Marshall Islands | 4.6% | 19.0% | 18.0% | 32.0% | 33.0% |
| 64 |  Tanzania | 4.7% | 1.75% | 2% | 54.0% | 39.0% |
| 64 |  Angola | 4.7% | 4.44% | 52.0% | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 64 |  Ecuador | 4.7% | 12.6% | -28.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% |
| 64 |  Libya | 4.7% | 15.4% | -82.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% |
| 64 |  Finland | 4.7% | 12.7% | 24.0% | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 69 |  Romania | 4.8% | 8.84% | -38.0% | 28.0% | 45.0% |
| 69 |  Turkmenistan | 4.8% | 3.35% | -14.0% | 27.0% | 14.0% |
| 69 |  Mauritius | 4.8% | 12.5% | -17.0% | 36.0% | 36.0% |
| 72 |  Belgium | 4.9% | 6.52% | 40.0% | 3% | 3% |
| 73 |  Guyana | 5% | 13.7% | -19.0% | 36.0% | 35.0% |
| 74 |  Rwanda | 5.1% | 1.61% | -24.0% | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 74 |  Jamaica | 5.1% | 15.5% | -28.0% | 31.0% | 33.0% |
| 76 |  Malaysia | 5.3% | 16.5% | -15.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 76 |  Republic of the Congo | 5.3% | 2.79% | -7% | 65.0% | 52.0% |
| 78 |  Netherlands | 5.4% | 4.75% | 42.0% | 14.0% | 5% |
| 78 |  Sierra Leone | 5.4% | 2.51% | 100.0% | 9% | -3% |
| 80 |  South Korea | 5.5% | 14.0% | -20.0% | 40.0% | 13.0% |
| 80 |  Uzbekistan | 5.5% | 6.4% | -33.0% | 47.0% | 47.0% |
| 80 |  Bulgaria | 5.5% | 12.1% | -26.0% | 13.0% | 22.0% |
| 80 |  Djibouti | 5.5% | 3.44% | 267.0% | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 80 |  Vanuatu | 5.5% | 12.5% | 15.0% | 34.0% | 35.0% |
| 85 |  Estonia | 5.6% | 10.7% | 17.0% | 23.0% | 42.0% |
| 85 |  Belize | 5.6% | 21.8% | -40.0% | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| 87 |  Cambodia | 5.7% | 5.98% | 185.0% | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| 88 |  Namibia | 5.8% | 4.65% | 41.0% | 49.0% | 39.0% |
| 89 |  Liberia | 6.1% | 9.09% | 91.0% | 165.0% | 130.0% |
| 89 |  Gabon | 6.1% | 5.37% | -10.0% | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 91 |  Solomon Islands | 6.2% | 8.86% | 94.0% | 60.0% | 55.0% |
| 92 |  Zambia | 6.3% | 5.17% | -13.0% | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| 93 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 6.4% | 4.01% | 94.0% | 14.0% | 7% |
| 94 |  Czechia | 6.6% | 5.99% | 38.0% | 3% | 16.0% |
| 94 |  Latvia | 6.6% | 6.71% | 14.0% | 11.0% | 23.0% |
| 96 |  Colombia | 6.8% | 10.6% | 39.0% | 48.0% | 57.0% |
| 96 |  Saint Lucia | 6.8% | 19.3% | 15.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% |
| 98 |  Venezuela | 7.3% | 14.9% | 18.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% |
| 98 |  Fiji | 7.3% | 12.3% | 20.0% | 38.0% | 39.0% |
| 100 |  Mexico | 7.4% | 17.7% | 9% | 14.0% | 14.0% |
| 101 |  Dominican Republic | 7.5% | 15.5% | -3% | 35.0% | 35.0% |
| 101 |  Lesotho | 7.5% | 4.61% | 7% | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 101 |  Equatorial Guinea | 7.5% | 5.05% | -19.0% | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 101 |  Dominica | 7.5% | 18.5% | -3% | 23.0% | 25.0% |
| 105 |  Turkey | 7.7% | 11.7% | -22.0% | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 106 |  United Kingdom | 7.8% | 11.3% | 1% | 6% | 1% |
| 107 |  Costa Rica | 7.9% | 13.8% | 3% | 18.0% | 17.0% |
| 108 |  Bhutan | 8% | 5.88% | 21.0% | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 109 |  Nauru | 8.2% | 32.9% | 110.0% | 16.0% | 18.0% |
| 110 |  Saudi Arabia | 8.4% | 18.1% | -1% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
| 110 |  Cape Verde | 8.4% | 4.2% | 50.0% | 41.0% | 28.0% |
| 112 |  El Salvador | 8.5% | 11.6% | 39.0% | 16.0% | 11.0% |
| 113 |  Poland | 8.6% | 7.15% | 51.0% | 1% | 8% |
| 113 |  Qatar | 8.6% | 23.9% | -19.0% | 14.0% | 19.0% |
| 113 |  Montenegro | 8.6% | 8.74% | -49.0% | 10.0% | 7% |
| 116 |  Kazakhstan | 8.7% | 5.66% | -30.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% |
| 116 |  Chile | 8.7% | 27.5% | -16.0% | 14.0% | 19.0% |
| 118 |  Palestine | 8.8% | 13.5% | 7% | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 118 |  Oman | 8.8% | 18.9% | 267.0% | 32.0% | 33.0% |
| 120 |  Peru | 9% | 17.0% | 6% | 58.0% | 63.0% |
| 121 |  Portugal | 9.4% | 7.59% | 18.0% | -12.0% | -13.0% |
| 121 |  Samoa | 9.4% | 23.5% | 65.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% |
| 123 |  Russia | 9.5% | 6.24% | -21.0% | -10.0% | 7% |
| 123 |  Brunei | 9.5% | 22.1% | 14.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% |
| 123 |  Tonga | 9.5% | 32.5% | -39.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% |
| 126 |  United States | 9.7% | 20.6% | 20.0% | — | -2% |
| 127 |  Thailand | 9.9% | 12.3% | 14.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
| 127 |  Bolivia | 9.9% | 16.3% | 10.0% | 34.0% | 37.0% |
| 127 |  Kyrgyzstan | 9.9% | 2.18% | 21.0% | -20.0% | -26.0% |
| 130 |  Kuwait | 10.1% | 21.2% | 17.0% | — | -2% |
| 130 |  Malta | 10.1% | 12.1% | 26.0% | -1% | 1% |
| 132 |  Eswatini | 10.2% | 6.81% | -4% | 35.0% | 30.0% |
| 133 |  Vietnam | 10.5% | 6.31% | 184.0% | 59.0% | 96.0% |
| 134 |  Jordan | 10.6% | 17.8% | 80.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| 134 |  Cuba | 10.6% | 17.1% | 20.0% | 22.0% | 18.0% |
| 136 |  Brazil | 10.9% | 15.5% | 47.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| 136 |  Panama | 10.9% | 14.3% | 3% | 23.0% | 24.0% |
| 136 |  Seychelles | 10.9% | 18.1% | 11.0% | 38.0% | 29.0% |
| 139 |  Syria | 11.0% | 16.0% | -40.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% |
| 140 |  China | 11.1% | 11.9% | 66.0% | 40.0% | 60.0% |
| 141 |  Egypt | 11.2% | 20.4% | -26.0% | 15.0% | 14.0% |
| 141 |  Ireland | 11.2% | 8.31% | 13.0% | -1% | -5% |
| 143 |  Canada | 11.4% | 10.9% | 6% | -3% | -1% |
| 144 |  Botswana | 11.5% | 6.08% | 11.0% | 45.0% | 36.0% |
| 145 |  Serbia | 12.2% | 10.9% | -26.0% | 12.0% | 13.0% |
| 146 |  Mongolia | 12.3% | 6.44% | 24.0% | 57.0% | 49.0% |
| 146 |  North Macedonia | 12.3% | 11.3% | -9% | 14.0% | 10.0% |
| 148 |  South Africa | 12.8% | 7.08% | — | -3% | — |
| 149 |  Armenia | 12.9% | 9.56% | -16.0% | 34.0% | 36.0% |
| 150 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.0% | 12.1% | -35.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 150 |  Barbados | 13.0% | 23.0% | 12.0% | 18.0% | 22.0% |
| 152 |  Algeria | 13.3% | 15.3% | -9% | 23.0% | 22.0% |
| 153 |  Greece | 13.5% | 11.6% | 1% | -10.0% | -3% |
| 153 |  Uruguay | 13.5% | 17.8% | 47.0% | 35.0% | 38.0% |
| 155 |  Cameroon | 13.6% | 4.24% | 60.0% | 51.0% | 35.0% |
| 156 |  Argentina | 14.3% | 20.3% | 34.0% | 45.0% | 44.0% |
| 157 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 15.0% | 19.7% | 55.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
| 158 |  Paraguay | 15.4% | 14.5% | 60.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% |
| 159 |  Ukraine | 16.0% | 4.55% | -34.0% | 16.0% | 45.0% |
| 160 |  Albania | 16.7% | 7.52% | -26.0% | 23.0% | 18.0% |
| 161 |  Tunisia | 17.5% | 10.8% | 46.0% | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 162 |  Papua New Guinea | 18.5% | 15.4% | 83.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% |
| 163 |  Australia | 26.4% | 15.8% | 120.0% | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| — |  France | — | 4.13% | — | -10.0% | -13.0% |
| — |  Italy | — | 9.64% | — | -12.0% | -9% |
| — |  Spain | — | 10.5% | — | -5% | 1% |
| — |  United Arab Emirates | — | 21.4% | — | 9% | 10.0% |
| — |  Sweden | — | 10.1% | — | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| — |  Israel | — | 9.27% | — | 7% | 7% |
| — |  Hungary | — | 14.8% | — | 24.0% | 28.0% |
| — |  Austria | — | 10.6% | — | 8% | 11.0% |
| — |  Switzerland | — | 6.96% | — | 4% | 5% |
| — |  Nicaragua | — | 12.8% | — | 21.0% | 20.0% |
| — |  Denmark | — | 5.57% | — | 8% | -3% |
| — |  Norway | — | 6.17% | — | 9% | 2% |
| — |  Slovakia | — | 9.7% | — | 7% | 16.0% |
| — |  New Zealand | — | 17.8% | — | 9% | 10.0% |
| — |  Croatia | — | 9.26% | — | 3% | — |
| — |  Slovenia | — | 10.8% | — | 7% | 7% |
| — |  Bahrain | — | 20.1% | — | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| — |  Cyprus | — | 14.1% | — | 5% | 6% |
| — |  Luxembourg | — | 7.43% | — | 18.0% | 11.0% |
| — |  Bahamas | — | 26.6% | — | 14.0% | 19.0% |
| — |  Iceland | — | 8.67% | — | 13.0% | 9% |
| — |  Grenada | — | 19.1% | — | 23.0% | 26.0% |
| — |  Micronesia | — | 20.5% | — | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| — |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | 18.6% | — | 17.0% | 18.0% |
| — |  Antigua and Barbuda | — | 24.4% | — | 16.0% | 18.0% |
| — |  Andorra | — | 11.2% | — | 2% | 1% |
| — |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | 23.0% | — | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| — |  Palau | — | 28.0% | — | 20.0% | 19.0% |
| — |  Cook Islands | — | 37.5% | — | 20.0% | 23.0% |
| — |  Niue | — | 38.5% | — | 20.0% | 21.0% |
What correlates with % Overweight (Age < 5) (2024)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest % Overweight (Age < 5)?
- Australia has the highest % Overweight (Age < 5) in 2024, at 26.4%, followed by Papua New Guinea (18.5%) and Tunisia (17.5%).
- Which country has the lowest % Overweight (Age < 5)?
- Myanmar has the lowest % Overweight (Age < 5) in 2024, at 0.6%.
- What is the median % Overweight (Age < 5) across countries?
- The median is 5.5% across the 163 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this childhood obesity rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Childhood Obesity Facts - CDC; 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.