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

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Country	Income group	Year	Area	Age	Boys	Girls	All children	Cut-offs
Afghanistan	Low income	2022-2023	National	0-5	4.70	4.30	4.50	=>+2SD
Albania	Upper-middle income	2017-2018		0-5	17.40	15.40	16.40
Algeria	Upper-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	13.40	12.10	12.80
Angola	Lower-middle income	2015-2016		0-5	3.10	3.60	3.40
Argentina	Upper-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	12.00	12.80	12.40
Armenia	Upper-middle income	2015-2016		0-5	-	12.70	-
Armenia	Upper-middle income	2015-2016		0-5	14.60	-	13.70
Australia	High income	2017-2018			-	-	22.00
Australia	High income	2007		0-5	10.10	5.70	8.00
Azerbaijan	Upper-middle income	2023	National	0-5	4.40	3.60	4.00	=>+2SD
Bahrain	High income	1989			-	-	7.50
Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	2022	National	0-5	1.40	1.80	1.60	=>+2SD
Barbados	High income	2012		0-5	11.30	13.30	12.20
Belarus	Upper-middle income	2023	National		-	-	3.00	=>+2SD
Belarus	Upper-middle income	2005		0-5	11.30	8.10	9.70
Belgium	High income	2023	National	3-5	7.70	3.50	5.40	=>+2SD
Belize	Upper-middle income	2015-2016		0-5	8.00	6.50	7.30
Benin	Lower-middle income	2021	National	0-5	2.90	2.90	2.90	=>+2SD
Bhutan	Lower-middle income	2010	National	0-5	7.50	7.60	7.60
Bolivia	Lower-middle income	2016		0-5	11.10	9.20	10.10
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	2011-2012		0-5	-	18.00	-
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	2011-2012		0-5	16.70	-	17.40
Botswana	Upper-middle income	2007-2008		0-5	9.60	10.30	10.00
Brazil	Upper-middle income	2019		0-5	10.10	9.80	9.90
Brunei Darussalam	High income	2009		0-5	8.90	7.80	8.30
Bulgaria	High income	2014		0-5	9.60	4.10	6.90
Burkina Faso	Low income	2021	National	0-5	1.80	1.20	1.50	=>+2SD
Burundi	Low income	2020		0-5	1.60	1.40	1.50
Cabo Verde	Upper-middle income	2018	National	0-5	6.60	5.60	6.10	=>+2SD
Cambodia	Lower-middle income	2021-2022		0-5	4.70	3.50	4.10
Cameroon	Lower-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	12.20	9.70	11.00
Canada	High income	2004			-	-	10.40
Central African Republic	Low income	2019		0-5	1.50	1.50	1.50
Chad	Low income	2022	National	0-5	2.40	2.00	2.20	=>+2SD
Chile	High income	2014		0-5	10.00	8.70	9.30
China	Upper-middle income	2016-2017	National		-	-	8.50
China	Upper-middle income	2010		0-5	7.50	5.60	6.60
Colombia	Upper-middle income	2015-2016		0-5	6.70	4.70	5.70
Comoros	Lower-middle income	2022	National	0-5	3.50	4.50	4.00	=>+2SD
Congo	Lower-middle income	2014-2015		0-5	4.80	7.00	5.90
Costa Rica	High income	2018		0-5	8.20	6.90	7.50
Cote d'Ivoire	Lower-middle income	2021		0-5	3.50	3.00	3.30
Cuba	Upper-middle income	2019		0-5	11.90	8.70	10.30
Czechia	High income	2001-2002		0-5	4.70	4.10	4.40
Democratic Republic of Congo	Low income	2023-2024	National	0-5	4.10	3.40	3.80	=>+2SD
Djibouti	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	4.40	4.00	4.20	=>+2SD
Dominican Republic	Upper-middle income	2019		0-5	8.20	7.10	7.70
Ecuador	Upper-middle income	2023-2024	National	0-5	4.70	4.30	4.50	=>+2SD
Egypt	Lower-middle income	2021	National	0-5	11.30	8.80	10.10	=>+2SD
El Salvador	Upper-middle income	2021	National	0-5	8.30	8.40	8.30	=>+2SD
England		2018-2019	National	4-5	6.30	6.80	6.50	=>+2SD
Equatorial Guinea	Upper-middle income	2011		0-5	11.60	7.90	9.70
Eritrea	Low income	2010		0-5	2.00	2.30	2.10
Estonia	High income	2013-2015		0-5	5.70	4.10	5.00
Eswatini	Lower-middle income	2021-2022	National	0-5	20.40	19.00	19.60	+2/+3 SD
Ethiopia	Low income	2019		0-5	2.40	2.20	2.30
Fiji	Upper-middle income	2021		0-5	8.50	6.80	7.70
Finland	High income	2023	National		-	-	4.30	=>+2SD
Finland	High income	1986		5	10.10	14.50	-	IOTF
Gabon	Upper-middle income	2019-2021		0-5	5.20	4.80	5.00
Gambia	Low income	2019-2020		0-5	2.00	2.30	2.10
Georgia	Upper-middle income	2018		0-5	-	4.80	-
Georgia	Upper-middle income	2018		0-5	7.20	-	6.00
Germany	High income	2014-2017		0-5	0.70	5.30	2.90
Ghana	Lower-middle income	2022-2023	National	0-5	2.10	1.80	2.00	=>+2SD
Greece	High income	2003-2004		0-5	13.20	13.90	13.60
Grenada	Upper-middle income	2014	National		-	-	3.93	BMI-for-age Z-score
Guatemala	Upper-middle income	2015	National	0-5	3.80	1.80	2.80	=>+2SD
Guinea	Lower-middle income	2022	National	0-5	3.50	3.20	3.30	=>+2SD
Guinea-Bissau	Low income	2019		0-5	3.10	1.30	2.20
Guyana	High income	2019		0-5	6.00	7.00	6.50
Haiti	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	4.10	3.60	3.90	=>+2SD
Honduras	Lower-middle income	2019		0-5	4.40	4.50	4.50
India	Lower-middle income	2019-2021		0-5	3.60	3.40	3.50
Indonesia	Upper-middle income	2023	National	0-5	4.50	4.00	4.30	=>+2SD
Iran	Upper-middle income	2017		0-5	3.30	2.60	2.90
Iraq	Upper-middle income	2018		0-5	6.30	5.70	6.10
Ireland	High income	2010-2011	National	2-4	16.00	19.00	-	IOTF
Jamaica	Upper-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	5.90	5.40	5.70
Japan	High income	2010		0-5	1.90	1.10	1.50
Jersey		2022-2023	National	4-5	24.00	24.00	23.00	UK90
Jordan	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	9.00	8.50	8.80	Weight for height
Kazakhstan	Upper-middle income	2015		0-5	-	10.00	-
Kazakhstan	Upper-middle income	2015		0-5	8.70	-	9.30
Kenya	Lower-middle income	2022		0-5	2.90	3.60	3.20
Kiribati	Lower-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	3.30	0.90	2.10
Kosovo		2019-2020	National	0-5	5.90	6.20	5.90	Other
Kuwait	High income	2023	National	0-5	7.70	8.50	8.10	=>+2SD
Kyrgyzstan	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	9.20	8.40	8.80	=>+2SD
Laos	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	2.90	2.70	2.80	=>+2SD
Latvia	High income	2020-2021		0-5	6.40	6.50	6.50
Lebanon	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	3.90	4.90	4.40	=>+2SD
Lesotho	Lower-middle income	2023-2024	National	0-5	8.00	7.30	7.70	=>+2SD
Liberia	Low income	2019-2020		0-5	4.50	4.20	4.40
Libya	Upper-middle income	2022	National	0-5	4.80	4.40	4.60	=>+2SD
Lithuania	High income	2021		0-5	4.60	3.90	4.30
Madagascar	Low income	2021		0-5	2.10	1.60	1.90
Malawi	Low income	2020		0-5	1.60	1.10	1.40
Malaysia	Upper-middle income	2022	National	0-5	6.60	4.50	5.60	=>+2SD
Maldives	Upper-middle income	2009		0-5	6.40	6.00	6.20
Mali	Low income	2023-2024	National	0-5	1.60	1.30	1.40	=>+2SD
Malta	High income	2022	National	0-5	12.00	8.20	10.10	=>+2SD
Marshall Islands	Upper-middle income	2017		0-5	4.90	3.20	4.10
Mauritania	Lower-middle income	2021		0-5	1.20	0.80	1.00
Mauritius	Upper-middle income	1995			-	-	6.50
Mexico	Upper-middle income	2022	National	0-5	6.90	7.30	7.10	=>+2SD
Moldova	Upper-middle income	2012		0-5	6.00	3.70	4.90
Mongolia	Upper-middle income	2023	National		-	-	12.80	>2SD <3 SD, =>3SD
Mongolia	Upper-middle income	2018		0-5	11.20	9.80	10.50
Montenegro	Upper-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	6.70	8.00	7.30
Morocco	Lower-middle income	2019-2020		0-5	2.90	3.60	3.20
Mozambique	Low income	2022-2023	National	0-5	3.20	3.10	3.20	WHO
Myanmar	Lower-middle income	2017-2018		0-5	1.10	0.50	0.80
Namibia	Lower-middle income	2013		0-5	3.80	4.20	4.00
Nauru	High income	2023	National	0-5	8.50	7.90	8.20	Weight for height
Nepal	Lower-middle income	2022		0-5	1.60	0.90	1.30
Netherlands	High income	2008-2009		0-5	3.60	4.00	3.80
Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	2011-2012		0-5	8.60	7.90	8.30
Niger	Low income	2022		0-5	1.80	0.50	1.20
Nigeria	Lower-middle income	2021	National	0-5	1.30	1.60	1.50	=>+2SD
North Korea	Low income	2017		0-5	2.30	2.30	2.30
North Macedonia	Upper-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	13.10	9.00	11.20
Oman	High income	2016-2017		0-5	4.10	4.20	4.20
Pakistan	Lower-middle income	2017-2018		0-5	2.30	2.60	2.50
Palestine	Lower-middle income	2019-2020		0-5	10.20	6.90	8.60
Panama	High income	2019		0-5	11.80	11.10	11.50
Papua New Guinea	Lower-middle income	2009-2011		0-5	14.30	13.10	13.70
Paraguay	Upper-middle income	2016	National	0-5	13.00	11.90	12.50	Other
Peru	Upper-middle income	2023	National	0-5	8.10	6.90	7.50	=>+2SD
Philippines	Lower-middle income	2023-2024	National	0-5	3.90	3.50	3.70	=>+2SD
Poland	High income	2019-2020	National	0-5	8.20	7.10	7.70	=>+2SD
Portugal	High income	2015-2016		0-5	4.70	9.80	7.10
Qatar	High income	2023	National	0-2	10.50	9.50	10.00	=>+2SD
Romania	High income	2002		0-5	8.60	8.10	8.30
Russian Federation	High income	2005		0-5	18.20	15.40	16.90
Rwanda	Low income	2019-2020		0-5	5.80	5.40	5.60
Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	2012		0-5	8.90	3.80	6.30
Samoa	Upper-middle income	2019-2020		0-5	9.00	8.50	8.70
Sao Tome and Principe	Lower-middle income	2019	National	0-5	5.60	3.40	4.50	Other
Saudi Arabia	High income	2020		0-5	11.80	11.50	11.60
Senegal	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	0.90	1.40	1.10	=>+2SD
Serbia	Upper-middle income	2019		0-5	12.70	8.90	10.90
Seychelles	High income	2012		0-5	10.40	10.00	10.20
Sierra Leone	Low income	2021		0-5	2.80	2.80	2.80
Singapore	High income	2000		0-5	3.00	1.90	2.50
Solomon Islands	Lower-middle income	2015		0-5	4.60	4.40	4.50
Somalia	Low income	2009		0-5	2.80	3.10	3.00
South Africa	Upper-middle income	2017		0-5	11.60	11.60	11.60
South Korea	High income	2019-2021		0-5	6.60	5.70	6.20
South Sudan	Low income	2010		0-5	6.10	5.90	6.00
Sri Lanka	Lower-middle income	2024	National		-	-	0.50	=>+2SD
Sri Lanka	Lower-middle income	2022	National	0-5	3.80	3.00	1.70	WHO
Sudan	Low income	2014		0-5	3.20	2.80	3.00
Suriname	Upper-middle income	2018		0-5	3.30	3.80	3.50
Syrian Arab Republic	Low income	2009-2010		0-5	17.80	18.10	17.90
Tajikistan	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	3.90	5.20	4.60	+2 SD
Tanzania	Lower-middle income	2022		0-5	3.70	3.30	3.50
Thailand	Upper-middle income	2022	National	0-5	10.50	11.30	10.90	+2 SD
Timor-Leste	Lower-middle income	2020		0-5	1.20	1.30	1.30
Togo	Low income	2017		0-5	1.40	1.60	1.50
Tonga	Upper-middle income	2019		0-5	12.20	9.90	11.20
Trinidad and Tobago	High income	2011		0-5	13.00	9.80	11.40
Tunisia	Lower-middle income	2018		0-5	18.00	16.50	17.20
Turkey	Upper-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	9.30	6.80	8.10
Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	2019		0-5	3.70	2.40	3.10
Turks and Caicos Islands	High income	2019-2020	National	M: 0-5; F: 0-6	14.50	21.20	18.20	WHO
Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	2019-2020		0-5	4.80	3.60	4.20
Uganda	Low income	2022	National	0-5	3.60	3.20	3.40	=>+2SD
Ukraine	Upper-middle income	2000		0-5	27.30	25.50	26.50
United Kingdom	High income	2016-2019		0-5	14.70	5.80	9.80
United States	High income	2021-2022	National		-	-	9.50	=>+2SD
United States	High income	2017-2018		0-5	12.80	5.70	9.40
Uruguay	High income	2018		0-5	11.00	11.80	11.40
Uzbekistan	Lower-middle income	2021-2022	National	0-5	5.20	3.70	4.50	WHO
Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	8.80	10.20	9.50	=>+2SD
Venezuela		2009			-	-	6.40
Vietnam	Lower-middle income	2023	National		-	-	9.40	=>+2SD
Vietnam	Lower-middle income	2010-2011		0-5	5.50	3.40	4.50
Wales		2022-2023	National	4-5	25.20	24.40	24.80	UK90
Yemen	Low income	2022-2023	National	0-5	1.40	1.70	1.50	=>+2SD
Zambia	Lower-middle income	2018-2019		0-5	5.40	5.00	5.20
Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	2024	National		-	-	4.30	=>+2SD
Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	2015		0-5	6.20	5.10	5.60

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 August 5, 2025

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