Share of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese by country
Share of children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years old that are defined as either overweight or obese. This means their weight-for-height is more than one standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
63.5%
Niue
Lowest
4.0%
East Timor
Median
26.6%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,955
What the numbers show
Share of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 63.5% in Niue; the lowest is 4.0% in East Timor.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.6%, and the mean is 26.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 177 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 103.3%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 15.1%).
Share of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niue | 63.5% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 61.0% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 3 | Chile | 58.9% | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 4 | Tonga | 56.4% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 5 | Tokelau | 55.6% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 6 | Nauru | 54.9% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 7 | Samoa | 54.3% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 8 | American Samoa | 53.1% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 9 | Tuvalu | 50.5% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 49.8% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 11 | Palau | 48.3% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 46.6% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 13 | Kuwait | 46.5% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 45.3% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 15 | Brunei | 44.9% | 2024 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 44.2% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 17 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44.0% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 18 | Belize | 43.4% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 43.1% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.0% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 21 | Barbados | 41.5% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 22 | United States | 41.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 40.9% | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 24 | Micronesia (country) | 40.9% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 25 | Kiribati | 40.9% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 40.3% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 39.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 39.7% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 39.5% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 30 | Bahrain | 39.4% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 31 | Lebanon | 38.9% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 32 | Panama | 38.4% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 33 | Brazil | 38.4% | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 34 | Cuba | 37.8% | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 35 | Iraq | 37.4% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 36 | Paraguay | 37.2% | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 36.7% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 36.7% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 39 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 40 | Venezuela | 36.6% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 36.6% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 42 | Bermuda | 36.5% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 43 | Oman | 36.4% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.3% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 45 | Dominica | 36.3% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 46 | Singapore | 36.2% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 35.9% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 48 | Suriname | 35.1% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 35.1% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 50 | South Korea | 34.5% | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 51 | Malaysia | 34.5% | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Ecuador | 33.9% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 53 | Bolivia | 33.7% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 54 | Syria | 33.6% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 33.6% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 56 | Seychelles | 33.5% | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 57 | Jordan | 33.5% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 58 | Egypt | 32.8% | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 59 | Cyprus | 32.7% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 32.4% | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 61 | Iran | 32.2% | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 62 | Honduras | 32.2% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 32.0% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 64 | Maldives | 32.0% | 2024 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Hungary | 31.2% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 66 | Spain | 31.1% | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 67 | Finland | 30.9% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 68 | El Salvador | 30.6% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 69 | Sweden | 30.5% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.5% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 71 | Libya | 30.3% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 72 | Tunisia | 30.3% | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 73 | Algeria | 30.3% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 74 | Jamaica | 30.0% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 75 | Mauritius | 30.0% | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Fiji | 29.7% | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 77 | United Kingdom | 29.7% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 79 | Serbia | 29.6% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 29.3% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 81 | Estonia | 29.2% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 29.0% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 28.9% | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 28.7% | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 85 | Slovenia | 28.6% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 86 | Canada | 28.3% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 87 | Palestine | 28.2% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 28.2% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 89 | Andorra | 28.0% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 90 | Austria | 28.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 91 | Italy | 27.8% | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 92 | Thailand | 27.7% | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Turkey | 27.5% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 27.5% | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 95 | Guyana | 27.4% | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 96 | Poland | 27.2% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 97 | Georgia | 27.0% | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 98 | Croatia | 26.8% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 99 | Marshall Islands | 26.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 100 | Albania | 26.3% | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 101 | Montenegro | 25.6% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 102 | Slovakia | 25.6% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 103 | China | 25.2% | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Armenia | 25.1% | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 105 | Germany | 25.1% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Iceland | 24.5% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 109 | Romania | 24.1% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 110 | Russia | 24.0% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 111 | Portugal | 23.8% | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 112 | Guatemala | 23.5% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 113 | Indonesia | 23.3% | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Mongolia | 23.1% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 115 | Belarus | 22.9% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 116 | Norway | 22.3% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 117 | South Africa | 21.8% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 21.8% | 2024 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 119 | North Korea | 21.7% | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Switzerland | 21.7% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 121 | Lithuania | 21.6% | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 122 | Belgium | 21.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 123 | Israel | 20.8% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 124 | Latvia | 20.8% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 125 | Vietnam | 20.2% | 2024 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 20.2% | 2024 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 127 | Solomon Islands | 19.9% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 128 | Moldova | 19.6% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 129 | Pakistan | 18.9% | 2024 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Mauritania | 18.8% | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 131 | Eswatini | 18.6% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 132 | Yemen | 18.5% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 133 | Haiti | 18.4% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 134 | Bhutan | 17.9% | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Laos | 17.5% | 2024 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Japan | 17.5% | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 137 | Netherlands | 17.5% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 138 | Denmark | 17.4% | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 139 | Morocco | 17.3% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 140 | Gabon | 17.0% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 141 | Myanmar | 16.8% | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Botswana | 16.6% | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 143 | Turkmenistan | 16.4% | 2024 | up 20.5% | flat |
| 144 | Ghana | 16.3% | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 145 | France | 16.2% | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 146 | Ukraine | 16.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.9% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 148 | Czechia | 15.9% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 149 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.1% | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Cameroon | 15.1% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 14.6% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.6% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 153 | Philippines | 14.6% | 2024 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Cambodia | 14.1% | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.1% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 156 | Namibia | 13.7% | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 157 | Greenland | 13.4% | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 158 | Kenya | 13.2% | 2024 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 159 | Sudan | 13.2% | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 160 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.8% | 2024 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 161 | Lesotho | 12.7% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 12.7% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 163 | Zambia | 12.5% | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 164 | Comoros | 12.4% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 165 | Mozambique | 12.4% | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 166 | Sri Lanka | 12.4% | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Benin | 12.3% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 12.2% | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 12.2% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 170 | South Sudan | 11.9% | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 11.8% | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 172 | India | 11.5% | 2024 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Cape Verde | 11.5% | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.4% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 175 | Guinea | 10.8% | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 176 | Togo | 10.8% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 177 | Zimbabwe | 10.8% | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 178 | Somalia | 10.1% | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 179 | Djibouti | 9.9% | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 180 | Congo | 9.9% | 2024 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Rwanda | 9.8% | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 182 | Bangladesh | 9.7% | 2024 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Senegal | 9.5% | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 184 | Niger | 9.4% | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 185 | Liberia | 9.4% | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 186 | Chad | 9.1% | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 187 | Nigeria | 8.9% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 188 | Burundi | 7.0% | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 189 | Uganda | 6.8% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 190 | Mali | 6.7% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 191 | Madagascar | 6.6% | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 192 | Nepal | 6.5% | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 193 | Burkina Faso | 6.4% | 2024 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 194 | Malawi | 5.9% | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 195 | Tanzania | 5.3% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 196 | Ethiopia | 5.0% | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 197 | Eritrea | 4.9% | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 198 | Gambia | 4.7% | 2024 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 199 | East Timor | 4.0% | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
About this data
Share of children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years old that are defined as either overweight or obese. This means their weight-for-height is more than one standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.