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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
Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	1.30	1.70	1.50	+2 SD
Eswatini	Lower-middle income	2021-2022	National	0-5	10.20	9.50	9.80	+2/+3 SD
Finland	High income	1986		5	10.10	14.50	-	IOTF
Grenada	Upper-middle income	2014	National		-	-	3.93	BMI-for-age Z-score
Ireland	High income	2010-2011	National	2-4	16.00	19.00	-	IOTF
Jersey		2022-2023	National	4-5	24.00	24.00	23.00	UK90
Kosovo		2019-2020	National	0-5	5.90	6.20	5.90	Other
Sao Tome and Principe	Lower-middle income	2019	National	0-5	5.60	3.40	4.50	Other
Tajikistan	Lower-middle income	2023	National	0-5	3.90	5.20	4.60	+2 SD
Wales		2022-2023	National	4-5	25.20	24.40	24.80	UK90

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 February 5, 2025

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

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