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Prevalence of child overweight, including obesity (%)

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Country	Year	Area	Age	Boys	Girls	All children	Cut-offs
Afghanistan	2014	National	13-17	15.60	12.70	14.20	WHO
Albania	2015-2017	National	8	23.00	17.00	-	WHO
Algeria	2011	National	13-15	10.90	16.30	13.70	WHO 2007
American Samoa	2011	National	14-18	60.70	59.80	-	CDC
Argentina	2018	National	13-15	39.10	27.80	33.10	WHO
Armenia	2018-2020	National	7	29.90	24.70	27.50	WHO 2007
Aruba	2012	Subnational	12-18	39.90	38.70	39.40	CDC
Australia	2017-2018	National	5-17	26.10	23.60	25.10	IOTF
Austria	2018-2020	National	8	25.50	25.10	25.30	WHO 2007
Azerbaijan	2006	National	15-19	-	11.30	-	WHO 2007
Azores (Pt.)	2019			-	-	35.90	WHO
Bahamas	2013	National	13-15	42.00	47.10	44.70	WHO
Bahrain	2016	National	13-17	39.30	38.00	38.60	WHO
Bangladesh	2018-2019	National	10-19	6.04	8.03	7.02	WHO
Barbados	2011	National	13-15	32.10	31.80	31.90	WHO
Belgium	2018		2-17	17.30	20.20	18.80	IOTF
Belize	2018	Regional		-	-	32.90	WHO
Belize	2011	National	13-15	32.30	39.10	35.80	WHO
Benin	2016	National	13-17	7.00	16.30	9.70	WHO
Bhutan	2016	National	13-17	7.90	14.50	11.40	WHO
Bolivia	2012	National	13-15	18.50	24.90	21.70	WHO
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2008-2009	Regional	6-18	8.00	10.70	9.30	CDC
Botswana	2002-2003	National	12-18	14.80	18.80	17.30	WHO
Brazil	2019	National	15-17	16.00	22.90	19.40	WHO
British Virgin Islands	2009	National	13-15	35.80	37.80	36.90	Other
Brunei Darussalam	2019	National	13-17	38.10	33.20	35.60	WHO
Bulgaria	2018-2020	National	7	32.00	28.90	30.50	WHO 2007
Burkina Faso	2021	National	15-19	-	9.30	-	WHO
Burkina Faso	2020	Regional	11-15	13.00	18.00	16.00	WHO
Burundi	2010-2011	National	15-19	-	7.10	-	WHO 2007
Cabo Verde	2001-2002	National		-	-	8.50	WHO
Cambodia	2021-2022	National	15-19	-	6.40	-	WHO 2007
Cambodia	2013	National	13-17	3.70	3.70	3.70	WHO
Cameroon	2013	Regional	3-13	11.80	13.20	12.50	IOTF
Canada	2017	National	5-17	27.70	30.10	28.90	WHO
Canary Islands (Sp.)	2015	National	2-17	26.77	27.03	26.90
Cayman Islands	2009-2010			-	-	33.90	CDC
Chad	2014-2015	National	15-19	-	6.10	-	WHO 2007
Chile	2013	National	13-17	39.80	44.00	41.90	WHO
China	2015	National	7-18	21.90	15.50	18.80	IOTF
Colombia	2018	Urban	5-17	35.40	28.80	32.10
Comoros	2012	National	15-19	-	16.40	-	WHO 2007
Congo	2011-2012	National	15-19	-	6.70	-	WHO 2007
Cook Islands	2015	National	13-17	59.70	67.50	63.70	WHO
Costa Rica	2016	National	6-12	35.70	32.20	34.00	WHO
Cote d'Ivoire	2021	National	15-19	-	17.80	-	WHO
Cote d'Ivoire	2010	Regional	6-18	3.19	13.25	9.00	Other
Croatia	2018-2020	National	8	36.80	33.20	35.00	WHO 2007
Cyprus	2018-2020	National	9	47.90	39.00	43.30	WHO 2007
Czechia	2018		10-17	26.70	15.30	21.00	WHO
Democratic Republic of Congo	2013-2014	National	15-19	-	9.10	-	WHO 2007
Democratic Republic of Congo	2010-2013	Regional	6-17	4.20	8.70	6.50	WHO
Denmark	2018-2020	National	7	18.40	19.10	18.70	WHO 2007
Djibouti	2007	National	13-15	13.40	20.50	16.30	WHO
Dominica	2009	National	13-15	23.70	25.90	24.80	WHO
Dominican Republic	2016	National	13-17	25.40	30.90	28.20	WHO
Ecuador	2018	National	5-11	37.81	32.87	35.40
Egypt	2018-2020	National	6-11	18.10	25.80	21.80	WHO 2007
El Salvador	2015-2016	National	6-10	22.50	23.80	23.10	IOTF
England	2019	National	2-15	32.00	27.90	30.00	Other
Estonia	2018-2020	National	7	27.10	25.00	25.70	WHO 2007
Eswatini	2013	National	13-17	7.80	22.30	15.70	WHO
Ethiopia	2016	Regional	11-15	20.90	20.30	20.50	CDC
Federated States of Micronesia	2016-2018	National	15-19	29.00	41.30	35.40
Fiji	2015	National	5-14	7.60	6.60	7.20	WHO
Finland	2018-2020	National	8	34.40	29.30	31.90	WHO 2007
France	2016	National	7-9	14.40	18.70	16.50	IOTF
French Polynesia	2015	National	13-17	44.40	42.10	43.20	WHO
Gabon	2019-2021	National	15-19	4.70	17.30	10.90	WHO
Gambia	2014	Urban	13-15	2.10	5.70	4.30	CDC
Georgia	2018-2020	National	7	31.00	25.40	28.30	WHO 2007
Germany	2018-2020	Regional	8	28.20	23.50	25.90	WHO 2007
Ghana	2014	National	15-19	2.10	10.90	-	WHO 2007
Gibraltar (UK)	1998		5-12	32.30	32.20	32.20	IOTF
Greece	2018-2020	National	7	43.90	40.40	42.10	WHO
Greenland	2011	National	6	12.70	19.10	15.80	IOTF
Grenada	2014	National		-	-	3.93	BMI-for-age Z-score
Grenada	2012-2013	National	11-14	12.20	22.70	17.60	CDC
Guam	2013-2014	National	4-19	41.60	36.10	38.80	CDC
Guatemala	2017	National		-	-	24.40	WHO 2007
Guatemala	2015	National	13-17	28.60	29.20	26.80	WHO
Guernsey	2022	National		-	-	17.70	UK90
Guernsey	2022	National		-	-	26.70	UK90
Guinea	2012	National	15-19	-	11.40	-	WHO 2007
Guyana	2010	National	13-15	14.60	15.90	15.30	WHO
Haiti	2012	National	15-19	-	6.90	-	WHO 2007
Honduras	2011-2012	National	15-19	-	23.80	-	WHO 2007
Hong Kong	2015	Regional - 2 regions and 5 schools	9-12	23.50	16.30	19.90	IOTF
Hungary	2018-2020	National	7	29.70	29.90	29.80	WHO 2007
Iceland	1998	Subnational	9	22.00	25.50	-	IOTF
India	2016-2018	National	10-19	5.00	4.90	5.00	WHO
Indonesia	2018	National	5-12	21.10	18.90	20.00	Other
Iran	2015	National	7-18	21.20	20.50	20.80	WHO
Iraq	2013-2014	Regional	15-18	27.30	23.50	25.20	IOTF
Ireland	2018-2020	National	7	23.80	24.40	24.10	WHO 2007
Israel	2018-2020	National	7	19.50	19.20	19.40	WHO 2007
Italy	2019	National	8-9	29.90	29.70	29.80	IOTF
Jamaica	2018	Regional		-	-	39.10	WHO
Jamaica	2017	National	13-17	20.00	26.40	23.30	WHO
Japan	2019	National	6-14	10.50	4.90	7.90	Other
Jersey	2022-2023	National	4-5	24.00	24.00	23.00	UK90
Jordan	2015-2016	National	6-17	34.20	30.10	32.20	WHO
Kazakhstan	2018-2020	National	8	24.10	18.10	21.10	WHO 2007
Kenya	2022	National	15-19	2.20	13.20	7.80	WHO 2007
Kiribati	2011	National	13-17	31.90	46.40	39.80	WHO
Kosovo	2019-2020	National	0-5	5.90	6.20	5.90	Other
Kuwait	2019	National	15-18	54.30	44.60	49.40	International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) age- and sex-specific BMI
Kyrgyzstan	2015-2017	National	7	11.00	9.00	-
Laos	2015	National	13-17	10.60	11.30	11.00	WHO
Latvia	2018-2020	National	7	25.00	22.50	23.80	WHO 2007
Lebanon	2017	National	13-17	30.20	19.70	24.60	WHO
Lesotho	2014	National	15-19	2.30	19.80	-	WHO 2007
Liberia	2013	National	15-19	-	8.70	-	WHO 2007
Libya	2013-2014	Regional	15-18	23.80	26.10	25.20	IOTF
Liechtenstein	2018	National		-	-	15.60	IOTF
Lithuania	2019-2020	National	7-17	24.89	22.19	23.57	Other
Luxembourg	2017-2018	National	15	24.00	20.00	-	WHO
Madagascar	2008-2009	National	15-19	-	1.20	-	WHO 2007
Madeira (Pt.)	2019			-	-	31.60	WHO
Malawi	2015-2016	National	15-19	-	10.10	-	WHO 2007
Malawi	2009	National	13-15	3.60	8.60	6.00	WHO
Malaysia	2019	National	5-17	33.20	26.20	29.80	WHO
Maldives	2014	National	13-17	17.80	13.70	15.80	WHO
Mali	2012-2013	National	15-19	-	8.90	-	WHO 2007
Malta	2018-2020	National	7	34.90	31.10	33.00	WHO 2007
Marshall Islands	2020	National		-	-	20.40
Marshall Islands	2017-2018	Regional	4-16	15.40	11.30	13.30	CDC
Martinique	2003	National	5-6	15.14	22.09	18.59
Mauritania	2010	National	13-15	17.60	28.00	22.50	WHO
Mauritius	2017	National	13-17	26.60	23.20	24.80	WHO
Mexico	2021	National	12-19	44.50	41.40	42.90	WHO 2007
Mongolia	2013	National	13-17	9.70	10.50	10.10	WHO
Montenegro	2018-2020	National	7	33.90	28.10	31.10	WHO 2007
Morocco	2016	National	13-17	12.70	17.80	16.00	WHO
Mozambique	2011	National	15-19	-	9.40	-	WHO 2007
Myanmar	2017-2018	National	10-14	-	5.20	-	WHO
Myanmar	2016	National	13-17	7.20	8.00	7.60	BMI-for-age-sex
Namibia	2013	National	13-17	5.10	8.40	6.90	WHO
Nauru	2011	National	13-15	40.00	48.90	44.50	WHO
Nepal	2022	National	15-19	-	5.80	-	WHO 2007
Nepal	2016	National	15-19	4.60	4.80	-	WHO 2007
Netherlands	2022	National	4-12	10.90	12.10	11.50	IOTF
New Caledonia	2018	National		-	-	30.00	IOTF
New Zealand	2020-2021	National		-	-	30.80	IOTF
New Zealand	2019-2020	National	2-14	29.70	29.50	29.60
Nicaragua	2001	National	15-19	-	26.30	-	WHO 2007
Niger	2012		15-19	-	4.20	-	WHO 2007
Nigeria	2013	National	15-19	-	7.70	-	WHO 2007
Nigeria	2012	Regional	10-17	18.60	27.00	23.20	WHO
Niue	2019	National	13-17	66.10	68.40	67.50	WHO
North Macedonia	2018-2020	National	7	31.80	31.40	31.60	WHO 2007
Northern Ireland	2019-2020	National	2-15	24.50	26.50	25.40	IOTF
Norway	2017	National	13	15.50	16.10	15.80	IOTF
Oman	2015	National	13-17	28.10	29.80	29.80	WHO
Pakistan	2021	National	9-17	9.90	12.70	11.20	CDC US 2000 BMI charts
Palestine	2017	Regional	6-12	31.60	28.90	30.20	CDC
Panama	2019	National	5-9	37.30	36.00	36.70	WHO
Paraguay	2017	National	13-17	25.20	24.30	24.70	WHO
Peru	2013-2014	National	5-13	37.80	26.20	32.20	WHO
Philippines	2019	National	13-17	13.50	11.70	13.10	WHO
Poland	2018-2020	National	8	35.90	28.60	32.60	WHO 2007
Portugal	2019	National	6-8	29.60	29.50	29.60	WHO
Puerto Rico	2010-2011		12	43.40	39.70	41.50	CDC
Qatar	2015-2016	National	5-19	44.90	40.40	42.70	WHO
Romania	2018-2020	National	8	32.90	30.50	31.70	WHO 2007
Russian Federation	2018-2020	Regional (Moscow)	7	23.90	22.50	23.20	WHO 2007
Rwanda	2014-2015	National	15-19	0.60	16.10	-	WHO 2007
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2011	National	13-15	32.60	32.50	32.50	WHO
Saint Lucia	2006-2007	National	5-6	15.20	18.70	17.00	IOTF
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2018	National	13-17	24.70	33.70	29.40	WHO
Samoa	2017	National	13-17	52.40	63.90	58.50	WHO
San Marino	2016	National	8	39.00	32.00	-	WHO
Sao Tome and Principe	2019	National	0-5	5.60	3.40	4.50	Other
Saudi Arabia	2020-2022	National	6-19	23.30	19.20	21.10	Other
Scotland	2022	National	2-15	34.00	32.00	31.00	85th/95th Centile
Senegal	2010-2011	National	15-19	0.90	7.10	-	WHO 2007
Serbia	2019	National		-	-	29.50	Not available
Serbia	2019	National		-	-	30.00	IOTF
Serbia	2018-2020	National	7	35.30	27.10	31.30	WHO 2007
Seychelles	2019	National	9-16	28.10	35.60	-	IOTF
Sierra Leone	2017	National	13-17	9.10	13.10	11.10	WHO
Singapore	2017	National		-	-	13.00	Other
Singapore	1993		10	25.50	17.60	21.70	IOTF
Slovakia	2018-2020	National	7	28.30	25.90	27.10	WHO 2007
Slovenia	2018	National	7-18	24.80	21.70	-	IOTF
Solomon Islands	2011	National	13-15	17.60	22.40	20.00	WHO
South Africa	2012	National	2-14	16.20	23.60	19.90	IOTF
South Korea	2017	National	6-18	25.00	22.20	23.70	Other
Spain	2022	National	8-16	36.90	30.00	33.40	WHO
Sri Lanka	2022	National	5-9	6.00	7.20	6.70	WHO
Sudan	2016	Regional		-	-	6.20	WHO
Sudan	2014-2015	Regional	5-12	21.30	41.60	31.50	WHO
Suriname	2016	National	13-17	25.90	27.40	26.70	WHO
Sweden	2018-2020	National	7	31.70	30.50	31.10	WHO 2007
Switzerland	2017-2018	National	6-12	17.10	14.70	15.90	CDC
Syrian Arab Republic	2010-2011	Regional	15-18	27.00	25.40	26.20	IOTF
Taiwan	2006-2007	National		-	-	22.00	IOTF
Taiwan	2001	National	6-18	26.80	16.60	21.90	IOTF
Tajikistan	2018-2020	National	7	6.70	5.50	6.10	WHO
Tanzania	2019	Regional	9-11	14.00	16.00	15.00	WHO
Thailand	2021	National	13-17	30.70	20.80	-	BMI-for-age-sex
Timor-Leste	2015	National	13-17	3.90	4.90	4.40	WHO
Togo	2015	Urban	8-17	5.90	8.10	7.10	IOTF
Tonga	2017	National	13-17	48.20	63.30	55.70	WHO
Trinidad and Tobago	2017	National	13-17	31.10	33.40	32.30	WHO
Tunisia	2012-2013	National	6-11	13.60	16.80	15.30	IOTF
Turkey	2016-2017	National	7	27.00	25.00	-	WHO
Turkmenistan	2017	National	7	12.00	11.00	-	WHO
Turks and Caicos Islands	2019-2020	National	M: 0-5; F: 0-6	14.50	21.20	18.20	WHO
Tuvalu	2013	National	13-15	44.30	52.20	48.30	WHO
Uganda	2011	National	15-19	0.80	15.60	-	WHO 2007
Ukraine	2018-2019	National	7-17	26.00	13.90	-	WHO 2007
United Arab Emirates	2018-2019	National		-	-	34.70	CDC
United Arab Emirates	2016	National	13-17	42.10	34.80	38.40	WHO
United States	2017-2018	National	5-17	34.50	38.00	36.20	IOTF
Uruguay	2019	National	13-17	33.70	33.50	33.60	WHO
Uzbekistan	2021-2022	National	0-5	5.20	3.70	4.50	WHO
Vanuatu	2016	National	13-17	12.10	16.50	14.30	WHO
Venezuela	1976-1982	National	15	22.40	14.80	18.50	IOTF
Vietnam	2018	National	11-14	27.50	17.60	22.50	IOTF
Wales	2018-2019	National	4-5	27.20	26.60	27.00	Other
Wallis and Futuna	2015	National	13-17	59.40	66.00	62.90	WHO
Yemen	2014	National	13-17	10.00	13.40	11.60	WHO
Zambia	2013-2014	Regional	10-19	-	7.00	-	WHO
Zimbabwe	2015	National	15-19	2.10	15.40	-	WHO 2007

For individual source references, please refer to the country’s obesity prevalence page via the interactive map.

Data in italics is self-reported.

Where other cut offs are applied see survey for more details. Survey details can be found on the individual country page.

Due to limited data availability not all surveys are directly comparable, see further survey details for information.

Date last updated December 5, 2023

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