Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height >+2 SD), model-based estimates by country

Countries reporting
162
Highest
26.4%
Australia
Lowest
0.6%
Myanmar
Median
5.5%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
4,555

What the numbers show

Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height >+2 SD), model-based estimates is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 26.4% in Australia; the lowest is 0.6% in Myanmar.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.5%, and the mean is 6.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 75.9%).

Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 26.4% 2024 up 72.5% rising
2 Papua New Guinea 18.5% 2024 up 37.0% rising
3 Turks and Caicos Islands 18.3% 2024 up 15.8% rising
4 Tunisia 17.5% 2024 up 17.4% rising
5 Albania 16.7% 2024 down 11.2% falling
6 Ukraine 16.0% 2024 down 15.3% falling
7 Paraguay 15.4% 2024 up 35.1% rising
8 Trinidad and Tobago 15.0% 2024 up 27.1% rising
9 Argentina 14.3% 2024 up 28.8% rising
10 Cameroon 13.6% 2024 up 72.2% rising
11 Greece 13.5% 2024 down 2.2% rising
11 Uruguay 13.5% 2024 up 42.1% rising
13 Algeria 13.3% 2024 up 3.9% falling
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.0% 2024 down 20.7% falling
14 Barbados 13.0% 2024 up 5.7% rising
16 Armenia 12.9% 2024 down 7.9% falling
17 South Africa 12.8% 2024 down 3.0% rising
18 North Macedonia 12.3% 2024 up 3.4% falling
18 Mongolia 12.3% 2024 up 18.3% rising
20 Serbia 12.2% 2024 down 7.6% falling
21 Botswana 11.5% 2024 up 7.5% rising
22 Canada 11.4% 2024 up 1.8% rising
23 Egypt 11.2% 2024 down 18.8% falling
23 Ireland 11.2% 2024 up 5.7% rising
23 Morocco 11.2% 2024 down 3.4% falling
26 China 11.1% 2024 up 54.2% rising
27 Syrian Arab Republic 11.0% 2024 down 24.7% falling
28 Brazil 10.9% 2024 up 34.6% rising
28 Panama 10.9% 2024 down 3.5% rising
28 Seychelles 10.9% 2024 up 5.8% rising
31 Cuba 10.6% 2024 up 12.8% rising
31 Jordan 10.6% 2024 up 71.0% rising
33 Viet Nam 10.5% 2024 up 105.9% rising
34 Eswatini 10.2% 2024 up 4.1% falling
35 Kuwait 10.1% 2024 up 12.2% rising
35 Malta 10.1% 2024 up 16.1% rising
37 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.9% 2024 up 12.5% flat
37 Kyrgyzstan 9.9% 2024 up 41.4% falling
37 Thailand 9.9% 2024 up 4.2% rising
40 United States of America 9.7% 2024 up 16.9% rising
41 Brunei Darussalam 9.5% 2024 up 9.2% rising
41 Russian Federation 9.5% 2024 up 4.4% falling
41 Tonga 9.5% 2024 down 34.0% falling
44 Portugal 9.4% 2024 up 10.6% rising
44 Samoa 9.4% 2024 up 46.9% rising
46 Peru 9.0% 2024 up 11.1% falling
47 Oman 8.8% 2024 up 166.7% volatile
47 Palestine, State of 8.8% 2024 up 12.8% rising
49 Chile 8.7% 2024 down 8.4% falling
49 Kazakhstan 8.7% 2024 down 20.9% falling
51 Montenegro 8.6% 2024 down 36.3% falling
51 Poland 8.6% 2024 up 36.5% rising
51 Qatar 8.6% 2024 down 14.0% falling
54 El Salvador 8.5% 2024 up 25.0% rising
55 Cape Verde 8.4% 2024 up 52.7% rising
55 Saudi Arabia 8.4% 2024 down 18.4% rising
57 Naoero 8.2% 2024 up 74.5% rising
58 Bhutan 8.0% 2024 up 6.7% rising
59 Costa Rica 7.9% 2024 up 3.9% flat
60 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.8% 2024 down 1.3% rising
61 Türkiye 7.7% 2024 down 21.4% rising
62 Dominican Republic 7.5% 2024 down 1.3% flat
62 Equatorial Guinea 7.5% 2024 down 5.1% falling
62 Lesotho 7.5% 2024 up 5.6% rising
65 Mexico 7.4% 2024 up 10.4% flat
66 Fiji 7.3% 2024 up 5.8% rising
66 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7.3% 2024 up 9.0% rising
68 Colombia 6.8% 2024 up 30.8% rising
68 Saint Lucia 6.8% 2024 up 11.5% rising
70 Czechia 6.6% 2024 up 29.4% rising
70 Latvia 6.6% 2024 up 10.0% rising
72 Sao Tome and Principe 6.4% 2024 up 106.5% rising
73 Zambia 6.3% 2024 up 8.6% falling
74 Solomon Islands 6.2% 2024 up 59.0% rising
75 Gabon 6.1% 2024 up 1.7% falling
75 Liberia 6.1% 2024 up 96.8% rising
77 Namibia 5.8% 2024 up 31.8% rising
78 Cambodia 5.7% 2024 up 159.1% rising
79 Belize 5.6% 2024 down 30.0% falling
79 Estonia 5.6% 2024 up 14.3% rising
81 Bulgaria 5.5% 2024 unchanged falling
81 Djibouti 5.5% 2024 up 400.0% volatile
81 Korea 5.5% 2024 down 14.1% falling
81 Uzbekistan 5.5% 2024 down 1.8% falling
81 Vanuatu 5.5% 2024 up 10.0% rising
86 Netherlands 5.4% 2024 up 25.6% rising
86 Sierra Leone 5.4% 2024 up 116.0% falling
88 Congo 5.3% 2024 up 17.8% falling
88 Malaysia 5.3% 2024 down 13.1% flat
90 Jamaica 5.1% 2024 down 25.0% falling
90 Rwanda 5.1% 2024 down 10.5% falling
92 Guyana 5.0% 2024 down 23.1% rising
93 Belgium 4.9% 2024 up 36.1% rising
94 Mauritius 4.8% 2024 up 6.7% falling
94 Romania 4.8% 2024 down 17.2% falling
94 Turkmenistan 4.8% 2024 up 11.6% falling
97 Angola 4.7% 2024 up 51.6% rising
97 Ecuador 4.7% 2024 down 34.7% rising
97 Finland 4.7% 2024 up 17.5% rising
97 Libya 4.7% 2024 down 75.9% falling
97 Tanzania, United Republic of 4.7% 2024 up 14.6% falling
102 Iraq 4.6% 2024 down 50.5% falling
102 Lithuania 4.6% 2024 up 7.0% flat
102 Marshall Islands 4.6% 2024 up 15.0% rising
102 Tajikistan 4.6% 2024 up 2.2% falling
106 Lebanon 4.5% 2024 down 26.2% falling
107 Afghanistan 4.4% 2024 down 6.4% falling
107 Guinea 4.4% 2024 up 10.0% falling
107 Mozambique 4.4% 2024 down 13.7% falling
107 Malawi 4.4% 2024 up 10.0% falling
111 Kenya 4.3% 2024 down 4.4% falling
111 South Sudan 4.3% 2024 down 14.0% falling
113 Azerbaijan 4.2% 2024 down 59.6% falling
113 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.2% 2024 unchanged falling
113 Honduras 4.2% 2024 down 17.6% rising
113 Uganda 4.2% 2024 up 13.5% falling
117 Georgia 4.1% 2024 down 63.1% falling
117 Republic of Moldova 4.1% 2024 down 4.7% falling
117 Tuvalu 4.1% 2024 down 18.0% falling
120 Zimbabwe 4.0% 2024 up 2.6% falling
121 Comoros 3.9% 2024 down 55.2% falling
121 Haiti 3.9% 2024 up 11.4% rising
123 Singapore 3.8% 2024 up 35.7% rising
124 Benin 3.7% 2024 up 105.6% rising
124 Guatemala 3.7% 2024 down 9.8% falling
124 India 3.7% 2024 up 68.2% rising
124 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.7% 2024 up 54.2% rising
128 Guinea-Bissau 3.6% 2024 up 71.4% falling
128 Togo 3.6% 2024 up 157.1% rising
130 Côte d'Ivoire 3.5% 2024 up 59.1% falling
131 Belarus 3.4% 2024 down 26.1% falling
132 Germany 3.3% 2024 up 3.1% falling
132 Ethiopia 3.3% 2024 up 32.0% falling
132 Philippines 3.3% 2024 down 2.9% rising
132 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.3% 2024 up 83.3% rising
136 Maldives 3.0% 2024 down 44.4% falling
137 Burkina Faso 2.8% 2024 up 180.0% rising
137 Eritrea 2.8% 2024 up 47.4% rising
139 Gambia 2.7% 2024 up 50.0% falling
139 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.7% 2024 down 27.0% falling
141 Indonesia 2.6% 2024 down 69.4% rising
141 Niger 2.6% 2024 up 333.3% volatile
141 Sudan 2.6% 2024 up 13.0% falling
144 Somalia 2.5% 2024 up 8.7% falling
144 Chad 2.5% 2024 up 19.0% falling
146 Burundi 2.4% 2024 up 26.3% flat
147 Central African Republic 2.3% 2024 up 9.5% volatile
147 Madagascar 2.3% 2024 up 64.3% falling
149 Kiribati 2.1% 2024 up 10.5% falling
149 Pakistan 2.1% 2024 down 51.2% falling
149 Senegal 2.1% 2024 up 61.5% falling
152 Japan 2.0% 2024 up 33.3% rising
153 Ghana 1.8% 2024 down 25.0% falling
153 Nepal 1.8% 2024 up 28.6% rising
155 Yemen 1.7% 2024 down 15.0% falling
156 Bangladesh 1.6% 2024 down 11.1% rising
156 Mauritania 1.6% 2024 up 14.3% falling
156 Nigeria 1.6% 2024 down 15.8% volatile
159 Mali 1.3% 2024 up 8.3% falling
160 Timor-Leste 1.2% 2024 down 42.9% falling
161 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2024 down 25.0% flat
162 Myanmar 0.6% 2024 down 60.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height >+2 SD), model-based estimates
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
177 places, 4,555 data points, 1990–2024
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