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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	2015-2016	National	8	16.80	13.80	15.30	IOTF
Algeria	2018-2019	National	0-5	13.40	12.10	12.80	Other
Argentina	2018	National	13-15	39.10	27.80	33.10	WHO
Aruba	2012	Subnational	12-18	19.80	19.50	39.40	CDC
Australia	2017-2018	National	5-17	26.10	23.60	25.10	IOTF
Austria	2017	National	7-12	28.00	25.90	26.90	Other
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	WHO
Belize	2018	Regional		-	-	32.90	WHO
Belize	2015-2016	National	0-5	8.00	6.50	7.30	Other
Benin	2017-2018	National	0-5	1.80	1.90	1.90	Other
Bhutan	2016	National	13-17	7.90	14.50	11.40	WHO
Bolivia	2016	National	0-5	11.20	9.10	10.10	Other
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2011-2012	National	0-5	16.70	-	35.40	Other
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2008-2009	Regional	6-18	8.00	10.70	9.30	CDC
Botswana	2007-2008	National	0-5	9.30	10.60	10.00	Other
Brazil	2013-2014	National	12-17	25.80	25.20	25.50	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	2015-2017	National	7	30.20	28.60	-	WHO
Cabo Verde	2001-2002	National		-	-	8.50	WHO
Cambodia	2014	National	0-5	0.80	0.50	0.60	Other
Cameroon	2013	Regional	3-13	11.80	13.20	12.50	IOTF
Canada	2017	National	5-17	27.70	30.10	28.90	WHO
Cayman Islands	2009-2010			-	-	33.90	CDC
Chad	2019	National	0-5	2.30	2.40	2.30	Other
Chile	2013	National	13-17	39.80	44.00	41.90	WHO
China	2017	Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Nanjing, and Chengdu	6-18	36.20	20.70	-	Overweight/obesity were defined based on the working group on obesity in China, with recommended age- and sex-specific cutoffs corresponding to BMI ≥24 and 28 kg m−2
Colombia	2018	Urban	5-17	35.40	28.80	32.10
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	2016	National	0-5	1.80	1.10	1.50	Other
Croatia	2015-2016	National	8-9	38.70	31.00	34.90	Other
Cuba	2019	National	0-5	11.80	8.70	10.30	Other
Cyprus	2015-2017	National	9	43.00	43.10	-	WHO
Czechia	2018		10-17	26.70	15.30	21.00	WHO
Democratic Republic of Congo	2017-2018	National	0-5	3.80	3.80	3.80	Other
Denmark	2015-2017	National	7	17.60	20.10	-	WHO
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	2007-2008	National	2-9	13.60	14.90	14.30	IOTF
Eswatini	2014	National	0-5	9.00	8.90	9.00	Other
Ethiopia	2019	National	0-5	0.90	0.40	0.70	Other
Fiji	2016	National	13-17	24.90	32.10	28.60	WHO
Finland	2015-2017	National	8	31.30	29.80	-	WHO
France	2016	National	7-9	14.40	18.70	16.50	IOTF
Gambia	2019-2020	National	0-5	0.60	0.40	0.50	Other
Georgia	2017	National	7	17.90	18.20	18.10	IOTF
Germany	2014-2017	Regional	3-17	24.20	23.80	24.00	IOTF
Ghana	2017-2018	National	0-5	1.50	1.30	1.40	Other
Gibraltar (UK)	1998		5-12	32.30	32.20	32.20	IOTF
Greece	2015-2017	National	7	42.00	37.80	-	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
Guyana	2019-2020	National	0-5	6.00	7.00	6.50	Other
Haiti	2012-2013	Urban		-	-	5.00	WHO
Honduras	2012	National	13-15	16.70	18.80	17.80	WHO
Hong Kong	2015	Regional - 2 regions and 5 schools	9-12	23.50	16.30	19.90	IOTF
Hungary	2016	National	7	21.40	23.70	22.50	IOTF
Iceland	2016-2017	National	5-7	12.80	23.10	17.80	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	2017-2018	National	5-12	13.90	19.20	16.90	IOTF
Israel	2015-2016	National	6-11	19.70	21.20	20.40	WHO
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
Jordan	2015-2016	National	6-17	34.20	30.10	32.20	WHO
Kazakhstan	2015	National	9	10.40	16.00	13.30	IOTF
Kenya	2011-2013	Regional	9-11	20.60	20.90	20.80	WHO
Kiribati	2018-2019	National	0-5	3.30	0.90	2.10	Other
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	2018	National	8	5.90	5.50	5.70	IOTF
Laos	2015	National	13-17	10.60	11.30	11.00	WHO
Latvia	2012-2013	National	7	25.00	21.00	23.00	WHO
Lebanon	2017	National	13-17	30.20	19.70	24.60	WHO
Libya	2013-2014	Regional	15-18	23.80	26.10	25.20	IOTF
Lithuania	2019-2020	National	7-17	24.89	22.19	23.57	Other
Luxembourg	2017-2018	National	15	24.00	20.00	-	WHO
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	2016-2017	National	0-5	3.40	1.40	2.40	Other
Malta	2016-2017	National	4-17	43.20	38.70	41.00	WHO
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	2015	National	0-5	1.20	1.40	1.30	Other
Mauritius	2017	National	13-17	26.60	23.20	24.80	WHO
Mexico	2020	National	12-19	43.10	44.60	43.80	WHO 2007
Mongolia	2018	National	0-5	11.20	9.80	10.50	Other
Montenegro	2016	National	7	28.40	25.00	26.60	IOTF
Morocco	2016	National	13-17	12.70	17.80	16.00	WHO
Myanmar	2017-2018	National	10-14	-	5.20	-	WHO
Myanmar	2016	National	13-17	7.20	8.00	7.60	WHO
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	2019	National	0-5	2.80	2.30	2.60	Other
Netherlands	2020	National	4-12	16.10	10.20	13.20	IOTF
New Zealand	2020-2021	National		-	-	30.80	IOTF
New Zealand	2019-2020	National	2-14	29.70	29.50	29.60
Nigeria	2012	Regional	10-17	18.60	27.00	23.20	WHO
Niue	2010	National	13-17	60.30	-	56.70	WHO
North Macedonia	2016	National	7	25.80	25.50	25.70	IOTF
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
Palau	2011	National	14-18	36.90	36.30	-
Palestine	2017	Regional	6-12	31.60	28.90	30.20	CDC
Panama	2018	National	13-17	26.20	36.30	31.60	Other
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	2018-2019	Regional	5-6	10.30	11.70	11.10	CDC
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	2015-2017	National	8	30.60	25.80	-	WHO
Russian Federation	2017	National	7	19.40	19.40	19.40	IOTF
Rwanda	2019-2020	National	0-5	5.80	5.40	5.60	Other
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
Sao Tome and Principe	2019	National	0-5	5.60	3.40	4.50	Other
Saudi Arabia	2018-2019	National	6-14	9.40	11.30	10.50	Other
Scotland	2019	National	2-15	32.00	28.00	30.00	UK90
Serbia	2019	National		-	-	29.50	Not available
Serbia	2019	National		-	-	30.00	IOTF
Serbia	2003		15	18.90	19.40	19.20	IOTF
Seychelles	2016	National	5-16	20.00	23.60	21.90	IOTF
Sierra Leone	2019	National	0-5	5.00	4.10	4.50	Other
Singapore	2017	National		-	-	13.00	Other
Singapore	1993		10	25.50	17.60	21.70	IOTF
Slovakia	2015	National	7	22.60	20.70	21.70	IOTF
Slovenia	2018	National	7-18	24.80	21.70	-	IOTF
Solomon Islands	2015	National	0-5	4.30	3.50	3.90	Other
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	2019	National	6-9	41.30	39.70	40.60	WHO
Sri Lanka	2016	National	0-5	1.10	0.90	1.00	Other
Sudan	2016	National		-	-	6.20	WHO
Sudan	2014-2015	Regional	5-12	21.30	41.60	31.50	WHO
Suriname	2018	National	0-5	3.30	3.80	3.50	Other
Sweden	2017-2018	National	11-15	18.00	12.00	15.00	IOTF
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
Tahiti (French Polynesia)	2015	National	13-17	44.40	42.10	43.20	WHO
Taiwan	2006-2007	National		-	-	22.00	IOTF
Taiwan	2001	National	6-18	26.80	16.60	21.90	IOTF
Tajikistan	2016-2017	National	7	4.50	4.40	4.50	IOTF
Thailand	2021	National	13-17	30.70	20.80	-	BMI-for-age-sex
Timor-Leste	2016	National	0-5	2.50	2.20	2.30	Other
Tonga	2019	National	0-5	12.20	9.90	11.20	Other
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	19.70	21.40	20.60	IOTF
Turkmenistan	2017	National	7	6.30	8.20	7.30	IOTF
Tuvalu	2013	National	13-15	44.30	52.20	48.30	WHO
Uganda	2016	National	0-5	2.10	1.10	1.60	Other
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	2012	National	13-15	29.70	25.00	27.20	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
Zimbabwe	2019	National	0-5	2.90	2.20	2.50	Other

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 4, 2022

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