Obesity among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +2 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) by country
Countries reporting
198
Highest
36.9%
Chile
Lowest
0.8%
Gambia
Median
12.1%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
9,495
What the numbers show
Obesity among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +2 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 36.9% in Chile; the lowest is 0.8% in Gambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.1%, and the mean is 12.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.
Over the past decade 192 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 131.5%), and the largest decrease in France (down 12.6%).
Obesity among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +2 standard: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 36.9% | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 2 | Niue | 34.5% | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 3 | Bahamas | 31.5% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 4 | Tonga | 29.0% | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 28.9% | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.5% | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 7 | Tokelau | 27.0% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 8 | Cuba | 26.7% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 9 | Palau | 26.0% | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 10 | Barbados | 25.7% | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 11 | Brunei Darussalam | 25.4% | 2024 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Naoero | 25.3% | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25.1% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 25.0% | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Argentina | 24.5% | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Belize | 24.5% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 17 | Tuvalu | 23.8% | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 22.8% | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 19 | French Polynesia | 22.6% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 20 | Qatar | 22.4% | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 22.4% | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 22.1% | 2024 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 23 | American Samoa | 22.0% | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 21.9% | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 21.4% | 2024 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Samoa | 21.2% | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Grenada | 21.0% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 28 | Bermuda | 21.0% | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 29 | Dominica | 20.7% | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 20.0% | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 31 | United States of America | 19.7% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.6% | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 33 | Lebanon | 19.0% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.0% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 35 | Singapore | 18.9% | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 18.7% | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Malaysia | 18.5% | 2024 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Seychelles | 18.5% | 2024 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Bahrain | 17.7% | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 40 | Australia | 17.7% | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 41 | Iraq | 17.6% | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 42 | New Zealand | 17.6% | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Thailand | 17.2% | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Oman | 17.2% | 2024 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 17.1% | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 17.1% | 2024 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.0% | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 48 | China | 16.8% | 2024 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Ecuador | 16.8% | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 16.6% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 16.6% | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Kuwait | 16.6% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 53 | Malta | 16.5% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 54 | Republic of Korea | 16.4% | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Greece | 16.3% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 56 | Hungary | 16.2% | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 16.2% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 58 | Indonesia | 16.2% | 2024 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Cyprus | 16.0% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 15.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 61 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 15.7% | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 15.6% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 15.6% | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 64 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.6% | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Syrian Arab Republic | 15.5% | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 15.5% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 67 | Maldives | 15.4% | 2024 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Italy | 15.4% | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 69 | Armenia | 15.2% | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 70 | Jordan | 14.9% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 14.7% | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 72 | Guyana | 14.7% | 2024 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 14.5% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 74 | Honduras | 14.4% | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 75 | Albania | 14.4% | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Libya | 14.3% | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 14.2% | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Romania | 14.0% | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Serbia | 13.7% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 80 | Andorra | 13.7% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 81 | Slovenia | 13.7% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 13.7% | 2024 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 13.6% | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 84 | Slovakia | 13.5% | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 13.5% | 2024 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 86 | Montenegro | 13.4% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 87 | Colombia | 13.4% | 2024 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Mauritius | 13.2% | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Jamaica | 13.2% | 2024 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Estonia | 13.2% | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 13.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 92 | Georgia | 13.1% | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 93 | Yemen | 12.8% | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 94 | Poland | 12.8% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 95 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.7% | 2024 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Russian Federation | 12.6% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 97 | Viet Nam | 12.5% | 2024 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Fiji | 12.3% | 2024 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Belarus | 12.2% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 100 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 12.1% | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Finland | 12.0% | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Kiribati | 12.0% | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 103 | Portugal | 11.9% | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 104 | Marshall Islands | 11.9% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 11.9% | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 106 | Vanuatu | 11.5% | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 107 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 11.3% | 2024 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Türkiye | 11.1% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 110 | Lithuania | 10.9% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 111 | Myanmar | 10.8% | 2024 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Ghana | 10.6% | 2024 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Canada | 10.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 114 | Austria | 10.4% | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 115 | Palestine, State of | 10.1% | 2024 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Ukraine | 9.9% | 2024 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 117 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.8% | 2024 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Haiti | 9.6% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 119 | Iceland | 9.4% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 120 | Pakistan | 9.3% | 2024 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Latvia | 9.3% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 122 | Czechia | 9.1% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 123 | Germany | 9.0% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 8.9% | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 8.7% | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 126 | Guatemala | 8.7% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 127 | Israel | 8.5% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 8.4% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 129 | Ireland | 8.4% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 130 | Cambodia | 8.1% | 2024 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 131 | South Africa | 7.7% | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritania | 7.6% | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.4% | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Republic of Moldova | 7.4% | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 135 | Belgium | 7.3% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 136 | Eswatini | 7.3% | 2024 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Philippines | 7.2% | 2024 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Sudan | 7.1% | 2024 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Botswana | 7.1% | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Bhutan | 6.9% | 2024 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Lesotho | 6.4% | 2024 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Norway | 6.3% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 6.3% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 144 | Switzerland | 6.3% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 145 | Benin | 6.1% | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.0% | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Gabon | 5.9% | 2024 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.9% | 2024 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 5.9% | 2024 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 150 | South Sudan | 5.9% | 2024 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Morocco | 5.8% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 152 | Zambia | 5.8% | 2024 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Namibia | 5.7% | 2024 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Japan | 5.7% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 155 | Denmark | 5.6% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 156 | Netherlands | 5.6% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 157 | India | 5.5% | 2024 | up 87.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Comoros | 5.5% | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Kenya | 5.4% | 2024 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 5.4% | 2024 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Angola | 5.4% | 2024 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Greenland | 5.3% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.3% | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Turkmenistan | 5.0% | 2024 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 165 | France | 5.0% | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 166 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.8% | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Niger | 4.6% | 2024 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 4.6% | 2024 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Cameroon | 4.3% | 2024 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Nigeria | 4.3% | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Somalia | 4.2% | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Djibouti | 4.2% | 2024 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea | 4.0% | 2024 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Chad | 4.0% | 2024 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Togo | 3.9% | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 3.9% | 2024 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Sri Lanka | 3.8% | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Uzbekistan | 3.8% | 2024 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 180 | Mozambique | 3.6% | 2024 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Senegal | 3.6% | 2024 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Zimbabwe | 3.4% | 2024 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Liberia | 3.1% | 2024 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Burundi | 3.1% | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Madagascar | 3.0% | 2024 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 2.9% | 2024 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 187 | Eritrea | 2.6% | 2024 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Congo | 2.4% | 2024 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Rwanda | 2.4% | 2024 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 2.2% | 2024 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Mali | 2.2% | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Nepal | 2.1% | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Uganda | 1.5% | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.4% | 2024 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Burkina Faso | 1.1% | 2024 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Malawi | 1.1% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 197 | Timor-Leste | 0.9% | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Gambia | 0.8% | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sur 20.4%
- Americas (WHO region) 19.7%
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 16.7%
- Mus 13.2%
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 15.2%
- High income (World Bank) 14.2%
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 11.5%
- Europe (WHO region) 10.3%
- World 10.1%
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 6.4%
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 5.6%
- Low income (World Bank) 5.2%
- Africa (WHO region) 4.7%