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Country	Income group	Year	Area	Age	Boys	Girls	All children	Cut-offs
Afghanistan	Low income	2014	National	13-17	15.60	12.70	14.20	WHO
Albania	Upper-middle income	2021-2022		13	28.00	15.00	-	+2SD
Algeria	Upper-middle income	2011	National	13-15	10.90	16.30	13.70	WHO 2007
American Samoa	High income	2011	National	14-18	60.70	59.80	-	CDC
Argentina	Upper-middle income	2018	National	13-15	39.10	27.80	33.10	WHO
Armenia	Upper-middle income	2021-2022		13	27.00	15.00	-	+2SD
Aruba	High income	2012	Subnational	12-18	39.90	38.70	39.40	CDC
Australia	High income	2022-2023	National	5-17	29.30	25.90	27.80	IOTF
Austria	High income	2021-2022		13	40.00	21.00	-	+2SD
Azerbaijan	Upper-middle income	2006	National	15-19	-	11.30	-	WHO 2007
Azores (Pt.)		2019			-	-	35.90	WHO
Bahamas	High income	2013	National	13-15	42.00	47.10	44.70	WHO
Bahrain	High income	2016	National	13-17	39.30	38.00	38.60	WHO
Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	2019-2020	National	15-19	8.25	11.63	10.61	WHO
Barbados	High income	2011	National	13-15	32.10	31.80	31.90	WHO
Belgium	High income	2021-2022		13	19.00	16.00	-	+2SD
Belize	Upper-middle income	2018	Regional		-	-	32.90	WHO
Belize	Upper-middle income	2011	National	13-15	32.30	39.10	35.80	WHO
Benin	Lower-middle income	2016	National	13-17	7.00	16.30	9.70	WHO
Bhutan	Lower-middle income	2016	National	13-17	7.90	14.50	11.40	WHO
Bolivia	Lower-middle income	2012	National	13-15	18.50	24.90	21.70	WHO
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	2008-2009	Regional	6-18	8.00	10.70	9.30	CDC
Botswana	Upper-middle income	2002-2003	National	12-18	14.80	18.80	17.30	WHO
Brazil	Upper-middle income	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	High income	2019	National	13-17	38.10	33.20	35.60	WHO
Bulgaria	High income	2021-2022		13	37.00	17.00	-	+2SD
Burkina Faso	Low income	2021	National	15-19	-	9.30	-	WHO
Burkina Faso	Low income	2020	Regional	11-15	13.00	18.00	16.00	WHO
Burundi	Low income	2010-2011	National	15-19	-	7.10	-	WHO 2007
Cabo Verde	Lower-middle income	2001-2002	National		-	-	8.50	WHO
Cambodia	Lower-middle income	2021-2022	National	15-19	-	6.40	-	WHO 2007
Cambodia	Lower-middle income	2013	National	13-17	3.70	3.70	3.70	WHO
Cameroon	Lower-middle income	2013	Regional	3-13	11.80	13.20	12.50	IOTF
Canada	High income	2021-2022		13	32.00	26.00	-	+2SD
Canary Islands (Sp.)		2015	National	2-17	26.77	27.03	26.90
Cayman Islands	High income	2009-2010			-	-	33.90	CDC
Chad	Low income	2014-2015	National	15-19	-	6.10	-	WHO 2007
Chile	High income	2013	National	13-17	39.80	44.00	41.90	WHO
China	Upper-middle income	2015	National	7-18	21.90	15.50	18.80	IOTF
Colombia	Upper-middle income	2018	Urban	5-17	35.40	28.80	32.10
Comoros	Lower-middle income	2012	National	15-19	-	16.40	-	WHO 2007
Congo	Lower-middle income	2011-2012	National	15-19	-	6.70	-	WHO 2007
Cook Islands		2015	National	13-17	59.70	67.50	63.70	WHO
Costa Rica	Upper-middle income	2016	National	6-12	35.70	32.20	34.00	WHO
Cote d'Ivoire	Lower-middle income	2021	National	15-19	-	17.80	-	WHO
Cote d'Ivoire	Lower-middle income	2010	Regional	6-18	3.19	13.25	9.00	Other
Croatia	High income	2021-2022		13	30.00	20.00	-	+2SD
Cyprus	High income	2021-2022		13	38.00	20.00	-	+2SD
Czechia	High income	2021-2022		13	29.00	16.00	-	+2SD
Democratic Republic of Congo	Low income	2013-2014	National	15-19	-	9.10	-	WHO 2007
Democratic Republic of Congo	Low income	2010-2013	Regional	6-17	4.20	8.70	6.50	WHO
Denmark	High income	2021-2022		13	16.00	11.00	-	+2SD
Djibouti	Lower-middle income	2007	National	13-15	13.40	20.50	16.30	WHO
Dominica	Upper-middle income	2009	National	13-15	23.70	25.90	24.80	WHO
Dominican Republic	Upper-middle income	2016	National	13-17	25.40	30.90	28.20	WHO
Ecuador	Upper-middle income	2018	National	5-11	37.81	32.87	35.40
Egypt	Lower-middle income	2018-2020	National	6-11	18.10	25.80	21.80	WHO 2007
El Salvador	Upper-middle income	2015-2016	National	6-10	22.50	23.80	23.10	IOTF
England		2022	National	2-15	27.00	54.00	-	85th/95th Centile
Estonia	High income	2021-2022		13	32.00	21.00	-	+2SD
Eswatini	Lower-middle income	2013	National	13-17	7.80	22.30	15.70	WHO
Ethiopia	Low income	2016	Regional	11-15	20.90	20.30	20.50	CDC
Federated States of Micronesia	Lower-middle income	2016-2018	National	15-19	29.00	41.30	35.40
Fiji	Upper-middle income	2015	National	5-14	7.60	6.60	7.20	WHO
Finland	High income	2022	National	13-16	29.30	20.10	24.80	Other
France	High income	2021-2022		13	22.00	13.00	-	+2SD
French Polynesia	High income	2015	National	13-17	44.40	42.10	43.20	WHO
Gabon	Upper-middle income	2019-2021	National	15-19	4.70	17.30	10.90	WHO
Gambia	Low income	2014	Urban	13-15	2.10	5.70	4.30	CDC
Georgia	Upper-middle income	2018-2020	National	7	31.00	25.40	28.30	WHO 2007
Germany	High income	2021-2022		13	28.00	17.00	-	+2SD
Ghana	Lower-middle income	2022	National	15-19	2.50	13.60	-	+1SD to 2SD />2SD
Gibraltar (UK)	High income	1998		5-12	32.30	32.20	32.20	IOTF
Greece	High income	2021-2022		13	35.00	20.00	-	+2SD
Greenland	High income	2011	National	6	12.70	19.10	15.80	IOTF
Grenada	Upper-middle income	2012-2013	National	11-14	12.20	22.70	17.60	CDC
Guam	High income	2013-2014	National	4-19	41.60	36.10	38.80	CDC
Guatemala	Upper-middle income	2017	National		-	-	24.40	WHO 2007
Guatemala	Upper-middle income	2015	National	13-17	28.60	29.20	26.80	WHO
Guernsey		2023	National		-	-	16.30	UK90
Guernsey		2023	National		-	-	25.90	UK90
Guernsey		2022	National		-	-	17.70	UK90
Guernsey		2022	National		-	-	26.70	UK90
Guinea	Lower-middle income	2012	National	15-19	-	11.40	-	WHO 2007
Guyana	High income	2010	National	13-15	14.60	15.90	15.30	WHO
Haiti	Lower-middle income	2012	National	15-19	-	6.90	-	WHO 2007
Honduras	Lower-middle income	2011-2012	National	15-19	-	23.80	-	WHO 2007
Hong Kong	High income	2015	Regional - 2 regions and 5 schools	9-12	23.50	16.30	19.90	IOTF
Hungary	High income	2021-2022		13	37.00	21.00	-	+2SD
Iceland	High income	2021-2022		13	26.00	16.00	-	+2SD
India	Lower-middle income	2016-2018	National	5-9	4.20	3.30	3.70	WHO
Indonesia	Upper-middle income	2023	National	13-17	22.70	23.30	23.00
Iran	Upper-middle income	2015	National	7-18	21.20	20.50	20.80	WHO
Iraq	Upper-middle income	2013-2014	Regional	15-18	27.30	23.50	25.20	IOTF
Ireland	High income	2018-2020	National	7	23.80	24.40	24.10	WHO 2007
Israel	High income	2018-2020	National	7	19.50	19.20	19.40	WHO 2007
Italy	High income	2021-2022		13	28.00	17.00	-	+2SD
Jamaica	Upper-middle income	2018	Regional		-	-	39.10	WHO
Jamaica	Upper-middle income	2017	National	13-17	20.00	26.40	23.30	WHO
Japan	High income	2019	National	6-14	10.50	4.90	7.90	Other
Jersey		2023-2024	National	4-5	21.00	19.00	20.00	UK90
Jordan	Lower-middle income	2023	National	15-19	-	35.40	-	WHO
Jordan	Lower-middle income	2015-2016	National	6-17	34.20	30.10	32.20	WHO
Kazakhstan	Upper-middle income	2021-2022		13	17.00	10.00	-	+2SD
Kenya	Lower-middle income	2022	National	15-19	2.20	13.20	7.80	WHO 2007
Kiribati	Lower-middle income	2011	National	13-17	31.90	46.40	39.80	WHO
Kuwait	High income	2019	National	15-18	54.30	44.60	49.40	International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) age- and sex-specific BMI
Kyrgyzstan	Lower-middle income	2021-2022		13	11.00	9.00	-	+2SD
Laos	Lower-middle income	2015	National	13-17	10.60	11.30	11.00	WHO
Latvia	High income	2021-2022		13	29.00	20.00	-	+2SD
Lebanon	Lower-middle income	2017	National	13-17	30.20	19.70	24.60	WHO
Lesotho	Lower-middle income	2014	National	15-19	2.30	19.80	-	WHO 2007
Liberia	Low income	2013	National	15-19	-	8.70	-	WHO 2007
Libya	Upper-middle income	2013-2014	Regional	15-18	23.80	26.10	25.20	IOTF
Liechtenstein	High income	2018	National		-	-	15.60	IOTF
Lithuania	High income	2021-2022		13	29.00	20.00	-	+2SD
Luxembourg	High income	2021-2022	National	13	27.00	18.00	-	+2SD
Madagascar	Low income	2008-2009	National	15-19	-	1.20	-	WHO 2007
Madeira (Pt.)		2019			-	-	31.60	WHO
Malawi	Low income	2015-2016	National	15-19	-	10.10	-	WHO 2007
Malawi	Low income	2009	National	13-15	3.60	8.60	6.00	WHO
Malaysia	Upper-middle income	2022	National	10-19	33.10	27.90	30.50	WHO 2007
Maldives	Upper-middle income	2014	National	13-17	17.80	13.70	15.80	WHO
Mali	Low income	2012-2013	National	15-19	-	8.90	-	WHO 2007
Malta	High income	2021-2022		13	36.00	29.00	-	+2SD
Marshall Islands	Upper-middle income	2020	National		-	-	20.40
Marshall Islands	Upper-middle income	2017-2018	Regional	4-16	15.40	11.30	13.30	CDC
Martinique		2003	National	5-6	15.14	22.09	18.59
Mauritania	Lower-middle income	2010	National	13-15	17.60	28.00	22.50	WHO
Mauritius	Upper-middle income	2022	National	12-19	22.50	24.00	23.20	WHO
Mexico	Upper-middle income	2021	National	5-11	40.40	34.30	37.40	WHO
Moldova	Upper-middle income	2021-2022		13	24.00	17.00	-	+2SD
Mongolia	Upper-middle income	2013	National	13-17	9.70	10.50	10.10	WHO
Montenegro	Upper-middle income	2018-2020	National	7	33.90	28.10	31.10	WHO 2007
Morocco	Lower-middle income	2016	National	13-17	12.70	17.80	16.00	WHO
Mozambique	Low income	2022-2023	National	15-19	-	10.90	-	WHO 2007
Myanmar	Lower-middle income	2017-2018	National	10-14	-	5.20	-	WHO
Myanmar	Lower-middle income	2016	National	13-17	7.20	8.00	7.60	BMI-for-age-sex
Namibia	Upper-middle income	2013	National	13-17	5.10	8.40	6.90	WHO
Nauru	High income	2011	National	13-15	40.00	48.90	44.50	WHO
Nepal	Lower-middle income	2022	National	15-19	-	5.80	-	WHO 2007
Nepal	Lower-middle income	2016	National	15-19	4.60	4.80	-	WHO 2007
Netherlands	High income	2023	National	4-12	11.00	11.80	11.30	IOTF
New Caledonia	High income	2018	National		-	-	30.00	IOTF
New Zealand	High income	2022-2023	National	2-14	33.80	32.80	33.30	IOTF
Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	2001	National	15-19	-	26.30	-	WHO 2007
Niger	Low income	2012		15-19	-	4.20	-	WHO 2007
Nigeria	Lower-middle income	2013	National	15-19	-	7.70	-	WHO 2007
Nigeria	Lower-middle income	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	Upper-middle income	2021-2022		13	46.00	28.00	-	+2SD
Northern Ireland		2019-2020	National	2-15	24.50	26.50	25.40	IOTF
Norway	High income	2021-2022		13	25.00	12.00	-	+2SD
Oman	High income	2015	National	13-17	28.10	29.80	29.80	WHO
Pakistan	Lower-middle income	2021	National	9-17	9.90	12.70	11.20	CDC US 2000 BMI charts
Palestine	Lower-middle income	2017	Regional	6-12	31.60	28.90	30.20	CDC
Panama	High income	2019	National	15-17	28.80	44.80	34.00	WHO
Paraguay	Upper-middle income	2017	National	13-17	25.20	24.30	24.70	WHO
Peru	Upper-middle income	2013-2014	National	5-13	37.80	26.20	32.20	WHO
Philippines	Lower-middle income	2021	National	5-10	16.10	11.80	14.00	WHO
Poland	High income	2021-2022		13	35.00	18.00	-	+2SD
Portugal	High income	2021-2022		13	29.00	23.00	-	+2SD
Puerto Rico	High income	2010-2011		12	43.40	39.70	41.50	CDC
Qatar	High income	2015-2016	National	5-19	44.90	40.40	42.70	WHO
Romania	High income	2018-2020	National	8	32.90	30.50	31.70	WHO 2007
Russian Federation	High income	2018-2020	Regional (Moscow)	7	23.90	22.50	23.20	WHO 2007
Rwanda	Low income	2014-2015	National	15-19	0.60	16.10	-	WHO 2007
Saint Kitts and Nevis	High income	2011	National	13-15	32.60	32.50	32.50	WHO
Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	2006-2007	National	5-6	15.20	18.70	17.00	IOTF
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Upper-middle income	2018	National	13-17	24.70	33.70	29.40	WHO
Samoa	Lower-middle income	2017	National	13-17	52.40	63.90	58.50	WHO
San Marino	High income	2016	National	8	39.00	32.00	-	WHO
Saudi Arabia	High income	2020-2022	National	6-19	23.30	19.20	21.10	Other
Scotland		2022	National	2-15	34.00	32.00	33.00	85th/95th Centile
Senegal	Lower-middle income	2010-2011	National	15-19	0.90	7.10	-	WHO 2007
Serbia	Upper-middle income	2021-2022		13	31.00	18.00	-	+2SD
Seychelles	High income	2019	National	9-16	28.10	35.60	-	IOTF
Sierra Leone	Low income	2017	National	13-17	9.10	13.10	11.10	WHO
Singapore	High income	2017	National		-	-	13.00	Other
Singapore	High income	1993		10	25.50	17.60	21.70	IOTF
Slovakia	High income	2021-2022		13	32.00	17.00	-	+2SD
Slovenia	High income	2021-2022		13	30.00	16.00	-	+2SD
Solomon Islands	Lower-middle income	2011	National	13-15	17.60	22.40	20.00	WHO
South Africa	Upper-middle income	2012	National	2-14	16.20	23.60	19.90	IOTF
South Korea	High income	2017	National	6-18	25.00	22.20	23.70	Other
Spain	High income	2023-2024	National	6-9	37.50	34.40	36.10	WHO
Sri Lanka	Lower-middle income	2022	National	5-9	6.00	7.20	6.70	WHO
Sudan	Low income	2016	Regional		-	-	6.20	WHO
Sudan	Low income	2014-2015	Regional	5-12	21.30	41.60	31.50	WHO
Suriname	Upper-middle income	2016	National	13-17	25.90	27.40	26.70	WHO
Sweden	High income	2021-2022		13	22.00	14.00	-	+2SD
Switzerland	High income	2021-2022		13	21.00	11.00	-	+2SD
Syrian Arab Republic	Low income	2010-2011	Regional	15-18	27.00	25.40	26.20	IOTF
Taiwan	High income	2006-2007	National		-	-	22.00	IOTF
Taiwan	High income	2001	National	6-18	26.80	16.60	21.90	IOTF
Tajikistan	Lower-middle income	2021-2022		13	13.00	9.00	-	+2SD
Tanzania	Lower-middle income	2019	Regional	9-11	14.00	16.00	15.00	WHO
Thailand	Upper-middle income	2021	National	13-17	30.70	20.80	-	BMI-for-age-sex
Timor-Leste	Lower-middle income	2015	National	13-17	3.90	4.90	4.40	WHO
Togo	Low income	2015	Urban	8-17	5.90	8.10	7.10	IOTF
Tonga	Upper-middle income	2017	National	13-17	48.20	63.30	55.70	WHO
Trinidad and Tobago	High income	2017	National	13-17	31.10	33.40	32.30	WHO
Tunisia	Lower-middle income	2012-2013	National	6-11	13.60	16.80	15.30	IOTF
Turkey	Upper-middle income	2016-2017	National	7	27.00	25.00	-	WHO
Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	2017	National	7	12.00	11.00	-	WHO
Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	2013	National	13-15	44.30	52.20	48.30	WHO
Uganda	Low income	2011	National	15-19	0.80	15.60	-	WHO 2007
Ukraine	Upper-middle income	2018-2019	National	7-17	26.00	13.90	-	WHO 2007
United Arab Emirates	High income	2018-2019	National		-	-	34.70	CDC
United Arab Emirates	High income	2016	National	13-17	42.10	34.80	38.40	WHO
United States	High income	2017-2018	National	5-17	34.50	38.00	36.20	IOTF
Uruguay	High income	2019	National	13-17	33.70	33.50	33.60	WHO
Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	2016	National	13-17	12.10	16.50	14.30	WHO
Venezuela		1976-1982	National	15	22.40	14.80	18.50	IOTF
Vietnam	Lower-middle income	2020	National		-	-	23.00	WHO
Vietnam	Lower-middle income	2018	National	11-14	27.50	17.60	22.50	IOTF
Wallis and Futuna		2015	National	13-17	59.40	66.00	62.90	WHO
Yemen	Low income	2014	National	13-17	10.00	13.40	11.60	WHO
Zambia	Lower-middle income	2013-2014	Regional	10-19	-	7.00	-	WHO
Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	2015	Regional	6-12	13.10	14.30	13.80	IOTF

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 October 8, 2024

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