2.2.2a Prevalence of overweight among children under 5 (%) by country
Countries reporting
160
Highest
28.7
Libya
Lowest
0.8
Myanmar
Median
5.55
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
3,680
What the numbers show
2.2.2a Prevalence of overweight among children under 5 (%) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 28.7 in Libya; the lowest is 0.8 in Myanmar.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.55, and the mean is 6.74.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 146.2%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 64.0%).
2.2.2a Prevalence of overweight among children under 5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 28.7 | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 21.8 | 2022 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 3 | Tunisia | 19 | 2022 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 4 | Egypt | 18.8 | 2022 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 17.6 | 2022 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 16 | 2022 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 7 | Greece | 14.6 | 2022 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 7 | Paraguay | 14.6 | 2022 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.9 | 2022 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 13.6 | 2022 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 11 | Albania | 13.4 | 2022 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 12 | Argentina | 12.6 | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 13 | Barbados | 12.5 | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 12.1 | 2022 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 15 | Algeria | 11.9 | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 15 | Ecuador | 11.9 | 2022 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 17 | Kuwait | 11.7 | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 17 | Qatar | 11.7 | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11.7 | 2022 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 20 | Armenia | 11.5 | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 20 | Uruguay | 11.5 | 2022 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 22 | Panama | 11.4 | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.3 | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 11.1 | 2022 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 25 | Tonga | 10.9 | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 26 | Mongolia | 10.7 | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 27 | Indonesia | 10.6 | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 10.5 | 2022 | up 47.9% | flat |
| 29 | Brazil | 10.3 | 2022 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 30 | Cuba | 10.2 | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 10.1 | 2022 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 31 | Botswana | 10.1 | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 10.1 | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 9.9 | 2022 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia | 9.9 | 2022 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 36 | Jordan | 9.5 | 2022 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.4 | 2022 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 9.4 | 2022 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 39 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.1 | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 39 | Seychelles | 9.1 | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 41 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9 | 2022 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 42 | China | 8.9 | 2022 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 42 | Portugal | 8.9 | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 8.8 | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 8.7 | 2022 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 46 | Thailand | 8.6 | 2022 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 47 | Lebanon | 8.3 | 2022 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 47 | Palestine, State of | 8.3 | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 49 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.2 | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 50 | Türkiye | 8.1 | 2022 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 50 | Viet Nam | 8.1 | 2022 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 52 | Montenegro | 8 | 2022 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 53 | Eswatini | 7.9 | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 53 | United States of America | 7.9 | 2022 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 53 | Samoa | 7.9 | 2022 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 56 | Comoros | 7.7 | 2022 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 7.7 | 2022 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 7.6 | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 7.6 | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 60 | Fiji | 7.4 | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 60 | Russian Federation | 7.4 | 2022 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 62 | Lesotho | 6.9 | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 62 | Mexico | 6.9 | 2022 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 62 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 6.9 | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 65 | Mauritius | 6.8 | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 65 | El Salvador | 6.8 | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 67 | Bhutan | 6.5 | 2022 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 67 | Oman | 6.5 | 2022 | up 124.1% | rising |
| 69 | Iraq | 6.4 | 2022 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.4 | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 69 | Latvia | 6.4 | 2022 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 72 | Colombia | 6.2 | 2022 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 73 | Czechia | 6.1 | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 6 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Poland | 6 | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 76 | Belize | 5.9 | 2022 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 5.7 | 2022 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 77 | Jamaica | 5.7 | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 77 | Malaysia | 5.7 | 2022 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 80 | Guinea | 5.6 | 2022 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 81 | Mozambique | 5.5 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 81 | Solomon Islands | 5.5 | 2022 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 83 | Gabon | 5.4 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 83 | Republic of Korea | 5.4 | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 83 | Zambia | 5.4 | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 86 | Belarus | 5.3 | 2022 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 86 | Liberia | 5.3 | 2022 | up 60.6% | falling |
| 86 | Namibia | 5.3 | 2022 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 5.2 | 2022 | up 57.6% | falling |
| 90 | Estonia | 5.1 | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 90 | Netherlands | 5.1 | 2022 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 5.1 | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 93 | Georgia | 5 | 2022 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 94 | Morocco | 4.9 | 2022 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 95 | Guatemala | 4.8 | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 96 | Honduras | 4.7 | 2022 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 96 | Lithuania | 4.7 | 2022 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 96 | Rwanda | 4.7 | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 96 | South Sudan | 4.7 | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 96 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.7 | 2022 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 101 | Philippines | 4.6 | 2022 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 101 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.6 | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Congo | 4.5 | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 103 | Naoero | 4.5 | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 103 | Romania | 4.5 | 2022 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 106 | Marshall Islands | 4.4 | 2022 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 107 | Tuvalu | 4.2 | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 4.2 | 2022 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 109 | Belgium | 4 | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 109 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4 | 2022 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 111 | Angola | 3.9 | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 111 | Malawi | 3.9 | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 3.8 | 2022 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 113 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.8 | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 113 | Kenya | 3.8 | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 113 | Cambodia | 3.8 | 2022 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 113 | Singapore | 3.8 | 2022 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 113 | Suriname | 3.8 | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 3.7 | 2022 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 119 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.7 | 2022 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 119 | Haiti | 3.7 | 2022 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 122 | Burundi | 3.6 | 2022 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 3.6 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 124 | Uganda | 3.5 | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 125 | Senegal | 3.4 | 2022 | up 126.7% | falling |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.3 | 2022 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 126 | Maldives | 3.3 | 2022 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 128 | Djibouti | 3.2 | 2022 | up 146.2% | rising |
| 128 | Chad | 3.2 | 2022 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 130 | Germany | 3.1 | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 131 | Eritrea | 3 | 2022 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2022 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 133 | Republic of Moldova | 2.9 | 2022 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 134 | India | 2.8 | 2022 | up 27.3% | flat |
| 134 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 2.8 | 2022 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 2.7 | 2022 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 136 | Niger | 2.7 | 2022 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 136 | Pakistan | 2.7 | 2022 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 136 | Sudan | 2.7 | 2022 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 136 | Somalia | 2.7 | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 2.7 | 2022 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 2.6 | 2022 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 142 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.6 | 2022 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 144 | Benin | 2.2 | 2022 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 144 | Nigeria | 2.2 | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 144 | Togo | 2.2 | 2022 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 2.1 | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 147 | Japan | 2.1 | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 2 | 2022 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 149 | Kiribati | 2 | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 149 | Mali | 2 | 2022 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 149 | Mauritania | 2 | 2022 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 153 | Ghana | 1.9 | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 154 | Gambia | 1.8 | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 155 | Nepal | 1.7 | 2022 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 155 | Yemen | 1.7 | 2022 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 157 | Madagascar | 1.5 | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 1.3 | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 1.3 | 2022 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 160 | Myanmar | 0.8 | 2022 | down 55.6% | volatile |