Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for their age by country
Countries reporting
17
Highest
17.41
Serbia
Lowest
6.83
Armenia
Median
12.4
Years covered
18
2008–2025
Data points
504
What the numbers show
Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for their age is currently reported for 17 countries. The highest value is 17.41 in Serbia; the lowest is 6.83 in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.4, and the mean is 11.98.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 90.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 9.7%).
Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 17.41 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 15.22 | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 3 | Peru | 14.01 | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 4 | Madagascar | 13.37 | 2025 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 5 | Seychelles | 13.31 | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 13.26 | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 7 | Montserrat | 13.23 | 2025 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 12.99 | 2025 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 12.4 | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 10 | Albania | 12.17 | 2025 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.04 | 2025 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 12 | Malta | 11.8 | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 10.48 | 2025 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 14 | Tonga | 9.25 | 2025 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 15 | Panama | 7.98 | 2025 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 16 | Morocco | 7.96 | 2025 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 17 | Armenia | 6.83 | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Ceará 17.27
- Rio Grande do Norte 16.95
- São Paulo 15.81
- Paraíba 14.44
- Rio de Janeiro 12.81
- Goiás 12.67
- Distrito Federal 10.88
- Piauí 10.4
- Acre 8.14
- Amapá 7.99
- Roraima 6.3