Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for their age by country
Countries reporting
17
Highest
9.3
Peru
Lowest
5.24
Tonga
Median
6.94
Years covered
18
2008–2025
Data points
504
What the numbers show
Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for their age is currently reported for 17 countries. The highest value is 9.3 in Peru; the lowest is 5.24 in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.94, and the mean is 7.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 13.7%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 29.9%).
Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru | 9.3 | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 2 | Sweden | 8.63 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 3 | Albania | 8.52 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 4 | Serbia | 8.06 | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 5 | Spain | 7.74 | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.71 | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 7.22 | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 7.14 | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 9 | Madagascar | 6.94 | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 10 | Seychelles | 6.48 | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 11 | Romania | 6.46 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 12 | Montserrat | 6.24 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 13 | Morocco | 6.2 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 14 | Malta | 6.09 | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 15 | Panama | 5.73 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 5.33 | 2025 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 17 | Tonga | 5.24 | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Ceará 10.46
- Rio Grande do Norte 9.83
- Paraíba 8.97
- Rio de Janeiro 7.03
- São Paulo 6.94
- Piauí 6.71
- Acre 6.56
- Goiás 5.95
- Amapá 5.73
- Roraima 4.86
- Distrito Federal 4.11