Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) by country
Countries reporting
198
Highest
64.8%
Chile
Lowest
2.8%
Gambia
Median
27.9%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
9,495
What the numbers show
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 64.8% in Chile; the lowest is 2.8% in Gambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.9%, and the mean is 26.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 178 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 94.7%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 13.9%).
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 64.8% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 2 | Niue | 53.7% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 3 | Bahamas | 51.5% | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 50.1% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 47.0% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 46.6% | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 7 | Samoa | 46.3% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 8 | Peru | 46.1% | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 46.0% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 10 | Tokelau | 45.4% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 11 | Tonga | 45.1% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44.7% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 13 | Naoero | 44.7% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 14 | Cuba | 44.5% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 15 | Brunei Darussalam | 44.3% | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Belize | 43.8% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 42.5% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 42.3% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 19 | Tuvalu | 42.1% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 20 | Barbados | 42.0% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 21 | Qatar | 41.9% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 41.9% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 23 | Palau | 41.6% | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 24 | American Samoa | 40.9% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 25 | French Polynesia | 40.0% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 26 | Panama | 39.6% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 39.1% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 28 | Singapore | 38.7% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.5% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 30 | Lebanon | 38.5% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 31 | United States of America | 38.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 32 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 37.8% | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 33 | Republic of Korea | 37.7% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 34 | Australia | 37.5% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 37.5% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 37.4% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 37 | Kuwait | 37.4% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 37.3% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 39 | Grenada | 37.1% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 37.0% | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 41 | Bermuda | 37.0% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 42 | Spain | 36.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 43 | Ecuador | 35.9% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 44 | Iraq | 35.7% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 45 | Dominica | 35.5% | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.9% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 34.8% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 34.8% | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 49 | Maldives | 34.7% | 2024 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Malta | 34.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 51 | Oman | 34.5% | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 34.4% | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 53 | El Salvador | 34.4% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 34.2% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 55 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 34.1% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 56 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 34.0% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 33.9% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 58 | Kiribati | 33.5% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 59 | Seychelles | 33.0% | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Bahrain | 32.9% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 61 | Honduras | 32.8% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.8% | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Mauritius | 32.8% | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Malaysia | 32.7% | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 32.4% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 32.3% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 67 | Serbia | 32.0% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 32.0% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 69 | Slovenia | 31.8% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 70 | Andorra | 31.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 71 | Syrian Arab Republic | 31.7% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 72 | Sweden | 31.5% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 31.4% | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 74 | Armenia | 31.3% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 75 | Montenegro | 31.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 76 | Mongolia | 31.3% | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 77 | Russian Federation | 31.2% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 31.1% | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 79 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 31.0% | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 80 | Georgia | 30.9% | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 30.9% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 30.8% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 30.7% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 30.6% | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 85 | Thailand | 30.6% | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Estonia | 30.4% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 87 | Poland | 30.4% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 88 | Slovakia | 30.4% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 89 | Egypt | 30.3% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 90 | Portugal | 30.2% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 91 | Finland | 29.9% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 92 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 29.8% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 93 | Romania | 29.6% | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 94 | China | 29.5% | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Indonesia | 29.1% | 2024 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Algeria | 29.1% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 97 | Libya | 28.9% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 98 | Tunisia | 28.6% | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 99 | Viet Nam | 28.1% | 2024 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Belarus | 27.7% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 101 | Guyana | 27.4% | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 102 | Türkiye | 27.3% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 103 | Lithuania | 27.2% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 104 | Austria | 26.1% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 105 | Canada | 25.9% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 106 | Jamaica | 25.5% | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 107 | Ukraine | 25.4% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 108 | Ireland | 25.3% | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 109 | Iceland | 24.5% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 110 | Latvia | 24.2% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 111 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 24.0% | 2024 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Marshall Islands | 23.9% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 113 | Palestine, State of | 23.6% | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 23.6% | 2024 | up 19.5% | flat |
| 115 | Germany | 23.4% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 116 | Yemen | 23.4% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 23.3% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 118 | Fiji | 23.0% | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 22.9% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 120 | Papua New Guinea | 22.6% | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 121 | Norway | 22.1% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 122 | Guatemala | 21.5% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 123 | Republic of Moldova | 21.2% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 124 | Czechia | 20.9% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 125 | Israel | 20.6% | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 126 | Botswana | 20.6% | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 127 | Belgium | 20.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 128 | Ghana | 20.4% | 2024 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 20.3% | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 130 | South Africa | 20.3% | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Myanmar | 20.0% | 2024 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Haiti | 19.9% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 133 | Netherlands | 19.6% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 19.6% | 2024 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Japan | 19.5% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 136 | Switzerland | 19.2% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 137 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.0% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 138 | Denmark | 18.6% | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 18.5% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritania | 18.5% | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 141 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 18.0% | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Pakistan | 17.8% | 2024 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 143 | France | 17.7% | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 144 | Gabon | 17.4% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 145 | Morocco | 16.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 146 | Cambodia | 16.7% | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 16.3% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 148 | Turkmenistan | 16.2% | 2024 | up 22.1% | flat |
| 149 | Bhutan | 16.0% | 2024 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 16.0% | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.9% | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.5% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 153 | Namibia | 15.4% | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 154 | Sudan | 15.3% | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 155 | Philippines | 15.1% | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Mozambique | 14.8% | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 157 | Cameroon | 14.6% | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 158 | Lesotho | 14.3% | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 159 | Zambia | 14.3% | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 160 | Benin | 14.2% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 161 | Kenya | 14.1% | 2024 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Greenland | 14.0% | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 163 | Angola | 14.0% | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 164 | Comoros | 13.7% | 2024 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.6% | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 166 | South Sudan | 13.0% | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 167 | India | 12.6% | 2024 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.6% | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 12.3% | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 12.2% | 2024 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 12.2% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea | 12.1% | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 173 | Togo | 12.0% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 174 | Zimbabwe | 11.6% | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 175 | Senegal | 11.4% | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 176 | Somalia | 11.2% | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 177 | Djibouti | 11.2% | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 178 | Niger | 11.0% | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 179 | Chad | 10.6% | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 180 | Liberia | 10.5% | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 181 | Nigeria | 10.5% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 182 | Tajikistan | 9.8% | 2024 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 183 | Rwanda | 9.2% | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 184 | Congo | 9.2% | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Sri Lanka | 9.0% | 2024 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Madagascar | 8.7% | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 187 | Burundi | 8.6% | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 188 | Uganda | 7.6% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 189 | Ethiopia | 7.2% | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 6.8% | 2024 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Eritrea | 6.5% | 2024 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 192 | Burkina Faso | 6.5% | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 193 | Mali | 5.9% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 194 | Malawi | 5.8% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 195 | Nepal | 5.4% | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 196 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.1% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 197 | Timor-Leste | 3.2% | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 198 | Gambia | 2.8% | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Americas (WHO region) 39.2%
- Sur 35.9%
- Mus 32.8%
- High income (World Bank) 31.8%
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 31.6%
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 27.9%
- Europe (WHO region) 25.9%
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 23.4%
- World 21.1%
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 14.5%
- Low income (World Bank) 13.0%
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 12.6%
- Africa (WHO region) 12.3%