Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), model-based estimates by country
Countries reporting
162
Highest
5,782
China
Lowest
0
Tuvalu
Median
51.1
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
5,790
What the numbers show
Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), model-based estimates is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 5,782 in China; the lowest is 0 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 51.1, and the mean is 211.92.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 425.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5,782 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 2 | India | 4,207 | 2024 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 1,798 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 1,425 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 5 | Egypt | 1,322 | 2024 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 6 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 822.6 | 2024 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 7 | Mexico | 760 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 8 | South Africa | 757 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 741.6 | 2024 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Pakistan | 662 | 2024 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 656.8 | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 647.4 | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 13 | Algeria | 617 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 14 | Cameroon | 604.1 | 2024 | up 109.2% | rising |
| 15 | Indonesia | 578.4 | 2024 | down 72.4% | rising |
| 16 | Nigeria | 548 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 17 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 521.6 | 2024 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 425.9 | 2024 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 405.9 | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 371.6 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 21 | Uganda | 341.2 | 2024 | up 40.5% | flat |
| 22 | Kenya | 308.2 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 23 | Philippines | 303.5 | 2024 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 300.9 | 2024 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 299.8 | 2024 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 297 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 276.5 | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 270.7 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 29 | Syria | 270.5 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 30 | Iraq | 258.5 | 2024 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 31 | Mozambique | 256.1 | 2024 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 245.6 | 2024 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 33 | Peru | 242.4 | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 34 | Colombia | 239.9 | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 227.6 | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 223.7 | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 37 | Canada | 213.7 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 38 | Zambia | 202.9 | 2024 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 39 | Ukraine | 201.5 | 2024 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 40 | Sudan | 196.9 | 2024 | up 33.2% | flat |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 184.4 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 42 | Iran | 164.9 | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 163.6 | 2024 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 44 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 152.9 | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 45 | Tunisia | 151.5 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 46 | Poland | 143.9 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 47 | Malawi | 139.1 | 2024 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 48 | Morocco | 132.8 | 2024 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 49 | Germany | 126.6 | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 50 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 123.9 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 51 | Niger | 123.7 | 2024 | up 419.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Jordan | 122.3 | 2024 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 116.9 | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 54 | Madagascar | 108.7 | 2024 | up 101.7% | falling |
| 55 | Yemen | 107.8 | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 56 | Paraguay | 104.1 | 2024 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 57 | Cambodia | 102.1 | 2024 | up 168.0% | rising |
| 58 | Guinea | 97.8 | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 59 | Rwanda | 96.1 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 94.6 | 2024 | up 182.4% | rising |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 92.5 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 62 | Chad | 90.5 | 2024 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 63 | Somalia | 86.3 | 2024 | up 47.8% | falling |
| 64 | Benin | 82.1 | 2024 | up 148.0% | rising |
| 65 | Chile | 81.9 | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 66 | Japan | 78.7 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 67 | Ghana | 76.3 | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 75.7 | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 74.5 | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 70 | Republic of Korea | 70.5 | 2024 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 71 | Guatemala | 69.5 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 72 | South Sudan | 65.6 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 73 | Ecuador | 64.5 | 2024 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | 63.9 | 2024 | up 138.4% | rising |
| 75 | Palestine, State of | 63.2 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 61 | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 77 | North Korea | 57.1 | 2024 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 78 | Mali | 55 | 2024 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 79 | Senegal | 53.1 | 2024 | up 79.4% | flat |
| 80 | Burundi | 52 | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 51.4 | 2024 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 82 | Greece | 50.8 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 83 | Nepal | 49 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 84 | Togo | 48.7 | 2024 | up 193.4% | rising |
| 85 | Netherlands | 48.3 | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 86 | Haiti | 48.1 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 48 | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 88 | Liberia | 47.7 | 2024 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 89 | Congo | 47.6 | 2024 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 90 | Romania | 44.8 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 91 | Mongolia | 42 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 92 | El Salvador | 41.6 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 93 | Portugal | 39.8 | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 94 | Panama | 38.7 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 37.8 | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 96 | Serbia | 37.7 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 97 | Oman | 37.4 | 2024 | up 209.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Botswana | 34.2 | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 99 | Czechia | 34.1 | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 100 | Ireland | 32.1 | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 101 | Libya | 29.9 | 2024 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 102 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 29.4 | 2024 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 103 | Belgium | 27.8 | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 27.4 | 2024 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 104 | Myanmar | 27.4 | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Kuwait | 26.7 | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 107 | Albania | 23.7 | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 108 | Namibia | 23.5 | 2024 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 109 | Uruguay | 23 | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 110 | Armenia | 22.7 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 22.6 | 2024 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 21.3 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 113 | Lebanon | 20.6 | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 114 | Gabon | 20.2 | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 115 | Lesotho | 19.8 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.1 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 16.8 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.5 | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 14.7 | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 120 | Eswatini | 14.5 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 121 | Qatar | 13.4 | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 122 | Mauritania | 13.2 | 2024 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 123 | Eritrea | 12.9 | 2024 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 124 | Belarus | 12.8 | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.4 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 11.2 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 127 | Finland | 11.1 | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.8 | 2024 | up 83.1% | falling |
| 129 | Gambia | 10.6 | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 130 | Georgia | 9.6 | 2024 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 131 | Singapore | 8.9 | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 132 | Jamaica | 8.3 | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 133 | Republic of Moldova | 6.9 | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 134 | Solomon Islands | 6.5 | 2024 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 135 | Djibouti | 6.3 | 2024 | up 425.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Fiji | 6 | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 137 | Lithuania | 5.6 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 138 | Latvia | 5.5 | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 139 | Comoros | 4.5 | 2024 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 140 | Guyana | 4.1 | 2024 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 141 | Bhutan | 3.9 | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 142 | Estonia | 3.5 | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 143 | Montenegro | 3.2 | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 144 | Brunei Darussalam | 3 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 144 | Cape Verde | 3 | 2024 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 146 | Mauritius | 2.9 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 147 | Samoa | 2.6 | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 2.4 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 149 | Malta | 2.2 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 150 | Belize | 2 | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 150 | Barbados | 2 | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 150 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 2024 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 153 | Timor-Leste | 1.8 | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 154 | Tonga | 1.1 | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 155 | Seychelles | 1 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 156 | Maldives | 0.9 | 2024 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 0.7 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5 | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 159 | Kiribati | 0.3 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Marshall Islands | 0.2 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 161 | Naoero | 0.1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 35,461
- Sur 2
- WB_LIMI 29,688
- WB_MI 25,563
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 13,265
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 12,301
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 7,984
- Africa (WHO region) 7,740
- Americas (WHO region) 6,111
- High income (World Bank) 5,616
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 5,511
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 4,247
- Low income (World Bank) 4,126
- Europe (WHO region) 3,812