Prevalence of under-5 child overweight, including obesity (%)

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CountryIncome groupYearAreaAgeBoysGirlsAll childrenCut-offs
AfghanistanLow income20180-54.004.204.10
AlbaniaUpper-middle income2017-20180-517.4015.4016.40
AlgeriaUpper-middle income2018-20190-513.4012.1012.80
AngolaLower-middle income2015-20160-53.103.603.40
ArgentinaUpper-middle income2018-20190-512.0012.8012.40
ArmeniaUpper-middle income2015-20160-5-12.70-
ArmeniaUpper-middle income2015-20160-514.60-13.70
AustraliaHigh income2017-2018--22.00
AustraliaHigh income20070-510.105.708.00
AzerbaijanUpper-middle income20130-515.1012.8014.10
BahrainHigh income1989--7.50
BangladeshLower-middle income2022National0-51.301.701.50+2 SD
BarbadosHigh income20120-511.3013.3012.20
BelarusUpper-middle income20050-511.308.109.70
BelgiumHigh income2014-20150-52.405.403.90
BelizeUpper-middle income2015-20160-58.006.507.30
BeninLower-middle income2017-20180-51.801.901.90
BhutanLower-middle income2010National0-57.507.607.60
BoliviaLower-middle income20160-511.109.2010.10
Bosnia and HerzegovinaUpper-middle income2011-20120-5-18.00-
Bosnia and HerzegovinaUpper-middle income2011-20120-516.70-17.40
BotswanaUpper-middle income2007-20080-59.6010.3010.00
BrazilUpper-middle income20190-510.109.809.90
Brunei DarussalamHigh income20090-58.907.808.30
BulgariaHigh income20140-59.604.106.90
Burkina FasoLow income20210-51.601.601.60
BurundiLow income20200-51.601.401.50
CambodiaLower-middle income2021-20220-54.703.504.10
CameroonLower-middle income2018-20190-512.209.7011.00
CanadaHigh income2004--10.40
Central African RepublicLow income20190-51.501.501.50
ChadLow income20210-51.801.401.60
ChileHigh income20140-510.008.709.30
ChinaUpper-middle income2016-2017National--8.50
ChinaUpper-middle income20100-57.505.606.60
ColombiaUpper-middle income2015-20160-56.704.705.70
ComorosLower-middle income20120-511.2010.0010.60
CongoLower-middle income2014-20150-54.807.005.90
Costa RicaUpper-middle income20180-58.206.907.50
Cote d'IvoireLower-middle income20210-53.503.003.30
CubaUpper-middle income20190-511.908.7010.30
CzechiaHigh income2001-20020-54.704.104.40
Democratic Republic of CongoLow income2017-20180-53.803.803.80
DjiboutiLower-middle income20190-51.601.501.60
Dominican RepublicUpper-middle income20190-58.207.107.70
EcuadorUpper-middle income2018-20190-511.7011.7011.70
EgyptLower-middle income2021-2022National0-512.9010.2011.50
El SalvadorUpper-middle income20140-56.206.606.40
Equatorial GuineaUpper-middle income20110-511.607.909.70
EritreaLow income20100-52.002.302.10
EstoniaHigh income2013-20150-55.704.105.00
EswatiniLower-middle income2021-2022National0-510.209.509.80+2/+3 SD
EthiopiaLow income20190-52.402.202.30
FijiUpper-middle income20210-58.506.807.70
FinlandHigh income1986510.1014.50-IOTF
GabonUpper-middle income2019-20210-55.204.805.00
GambiaLow income2019-20200-52.002.302.10
GeorgiaUpper-middle income20180-5-4.80-
GeorgiaUpper-middle income20180-57.20-6.00
GermanyHigh income2014-20170-50.705.302.90
GhanaLower-middle income2017-20180-51.501.301.40
GreeceHigh income2003-20040-513.2013.9013.60
GrenadaUpper-middle income2014National--3.93BMI-for-age Z-score
GuatemalaUpper-middle income2014-20150-55.104.804.90
GuineaLower-middle income20180-55.705.605.60
Guinea-BissauLow income20190-53.101.302.20
GuyanaHigh income20190-56.007.006.50
HaitiLower-middle income2016-20170-54.002.803.40
HondurasLower-middle income20190-54.404.504.50
IndiaLower-middle income2019-20210-53.603.403.50
IndonesiaUpper-middle income20180-58.407.708.00
IranUpper-middle income20170-53.302.602.90
IraqUpper-middle income20180-56.305.706.10
IrelandHigh income2010-2011National2-416.0019.00-IOTF
JamaicaUpper-middle income2018-20190-55.905.405.70
JapanHigh income20100-51.901.101.50
Jersey2022-2023National4-524.0024.0023.00UK90
JordanLower-middle income2023National0-59.008.508.80Weight for height
KazakhstanUpper-middle income20150-5-10.00-
KazakhstanUpper-middle income20150-58.70-9.30
KenyaLower-middle income20220-52.903.603.20
KiribatiLower-middle income2018-20190-53.300.902.10
Kosovo2019-2020National0-55.906.205.90Other
KuwaitHigh income20200-512.1012.2012.10
KyrgyzstanLower-middle income2021National0-57.607.007.30Weight for height
LaosLower-middle income2023National0-52.902.702.80=>+2SD
LatviaHigh income2020-20210-56.406.506.50
LebanonLower-middle income2023National0-53.904.904.40WHO
LesothoLower-middle income20180-57.305.806.60
LiberiaLow income2019-20200-54.504.204.40
LibyaUpper-middle income20140-530.1029.1029.60
LithuaniaHigh income20210-54.603.904.30
MadagascarLow income20210-52.101.601.90
MalawiLow income20200-51.601.101.40
MalaysiaUpper-middle income2022National0-56.604.505.60=>+2SD
MaldivesUpper-middle income20090-56.406.006.20
MaliLow income20220-51.000.900.90
Marshall IslandsUpper-middle income20170-54.903.204.10
MauritaniaLower-middle income20210-51.200.801.00
MauritiusUpper-middle income1995--6.50
MexicoUpper-middle income20210-56.707.707.20
MoldovaUpper-middle income20120-56.003.704.90
MongoliaUpper-middle income20180-511.209.8010.50
MontenegroUpper-middle income2018-20190-56.708.007.30
MoroccoLower-middle income2019-20200-52.903.603.20
MozambiqueLow income2022-2023National0-53.203.103.20WHO
MyanmarLower-middle income2017-20180-51.100.500.80
NamibiaUpper-middle income20130-53.804.204.00
NauruHigh income2023National0-58.507.908.20Weight for height
NepalLower-middle income20220-51.600.901.30
NetherlandsHigh income2008-20090-53.604.003.80
NicaraguaLower-middle income2011-20120-58.607.908.30
NigerLow income20220-51.800.501.20
NigeriaLower-middle income2019-20200-51.501.601.60
North KoreaLow income20170-52.302.302.30
North MacedoniaUpper-middle income2018-20190-513.109.0011.20
OmanHigh income2016-20170-54.104.204.20
PakistanLower-middle income2017-20180-52.302.602.50
PalestineLower-middle income2019-20200-510.206.908.60
PanamaHigh income20190-511.8011.1011.50
Papua New GuineaLower-middle income2009-20110-514.3013.1013.70
ParaguayUpper-middle income2016National0-513.0011.9012.50Other
PeruUpper-middle income20210-510.409.009.70
PhilippinesLower-middle income20150-53.403.203.30
PolandHigh income2010-20120-55.404.705.00
PortugalHigh income2015-20160-54.709.807.10
QatarHigh income1995--10.40
RomaniaHigh income20020-58.608.108.30
Russian FederationHigh income20050-518.2015.4016.90
RwandaLow income2019-20200-55.805.405.60
Saint LuciaUpper-middle income20120-58.903.806.30
SamoaLower-middle income2019-20200-59.008.508.70
Sao Tome and PrincipeLower-middle income2019National0-55.603.404.50Other
Saudi ArabiaHigh income20200-511.8011.5011.60
SenegalLower-middle income2023National0-50.901.401.10=>+2SD
SerbiaUpper-middle income20190-512.708.9010.90
SeychellesHigh income20120-510.4010.0010.20
Sierra LeoneLow income20210-52.802.802.80
SingaporeHigh income20000-53.001.902.50
Solomon IslandsLower-middle income20150-54.604.404.50
SomaliaLow income20090-52.803.103.00
South AfricaUpper-middle income20170-511.6011.6011.60
South KoreaHigh income2019-20210-56.605.706.20
South SudanLow income20100-56.105.906.00
Sri LankaLower-middle income2022National0-51.901.501.70WHO
SudanLow income20140-53.202.803.00
SurinameUpper-middle income20180-53.303.803.50
Syrian Arab RepublicLow income2009-20100-517.8018.1017.90
TajikistanLower-middle income2023National0-53.905.204.60+2 SD
TanzaniaLower-middle income20220-53.703.303.50
ThailandUpper-middle income20190-59.708.709.20
Timor-LesteLower-middle income20200-51.201.301.30
TogoLow income20170-51.401.601.50
TongaUpper-middle income20190-512.209.9011.20
Trinidad and TobagoHigh income20110-513.009.8011.40
TunisiaLower-middle income20180-518.0016.5017.20
TurkeyUpper-middle income2018-20190-59.306.808.10
TurkmenistanUpper-middle income20190-53.702.403.10
Turks and Caicos IslandsHigh income2019-2020NationalM: 0-5; F: 0-614.5021.2018.20WHO
TuvaluUpper-middle income2019-20200-54.803.604.20
UgandaLow income2019-20200-54.401.702.90
UkraineUpper-middle income20000-527.3025.5026.50
United KingdomHigh income2016-20190-514.705.809.80
United StatesHigh income2017-20180-512.805.709.40
UruguayHigh income20180-511.0011.8011.40
UzbekistanLower-middle income2021-2022National0-55.203.704.50WHO
VanuatuLower-middle income2023National0-58.8010.209.50=>+2SD
Venezuela2009--6.40
VietnamLower-middle income2020--7.90
VietnamLower-middle income2010-20110-55.503.404.50
Wales2022-2023National4-525.2024.4024.80UK90
YemenLow income2022-2023National0-51.401.701.50=>+2SD
ZambiaLower-middle income2018-20190-55.405.005.20
ZimbabweLower-middle income20190-5-2.20-
ZimbabweLower-middle income20190-52.90-2.50

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 June 4, 2025

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