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Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
62.82
Niue
Lowest
3.73
East Timor
Median
25.39
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
9,957

What the numbers show

Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 62.82 in Niue; the lowest is 3.73 in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.39, and the mean is 26.26.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 176 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 120.7%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 24.0%).

Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niue 62.82 2022 up 17.9% rising
2 Cook Islands 62.28 2022 up 15.0% rising
3 Chile 57.87 2022 up 23.1% rising
4 Nauru 57.26 2022 up 10.4% rising
5 Tonga 56.55 2022 up 11.7% rising
6 Tokelau 56.54 2022 up 12.3% rising
7 Tuvalu 51.98 2022 up 14.5% rising
8 Bahamas 49.7 2022 up 23.9% rising
9 Samoa 49.68 2022 up 14.7% rising
10 Palau 47.67 2022 up 20.2% rising
11 Kuwait 47.13 2022 up 10.0% rising
12 Qatar 46.57 2022 up 14.6% rising
13 United Arab Emirates 45.27 2022 up 13.1% rising
14 Antigua and Barbuda 44.57 2022 up 24.0% rising
15 Belize 43.84 2022 up 25.4% rising
16 Kiribati 43.64 2022 up 10.3% rising
17 Micronesia (country) 42.81 2022 up 15.9% rising
18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.47 2022 up 26.9% rising
19 Egypt 42.42 2022 up 8.1% rising
20 Barbados 42.02 2022 up 27.1% rising
21 United States 41.95 2022 up 1.1% rising
22 Lebanon 41.82 2022 up 22.7% rising
23 Brunei 41.74 2022 up 32.6% rising
24 Saudi Arabia 41.4 2022 up 35.0% rising
25 Peru 41.13 2022 up 57.7% rising
26 Argentina 41.09 2022 up 29.2% rising
27 Bahrain 40.51 2022 up 24.8% rising
28 Bolivia 40.35 2022 up 32.6% rising
29 Uruguay 40.05 2022 up 23.6% rising
30 Jordan 40.03 2022 up 37.1% rising
31 New Zealand 39.91 2022 up 2.3% rising
32 Iraq 39.18 2022 up 26.4% rising
33 Mexico 38.89 2022 up 9.8% rising
34 Oman 38.57 2022 up 41.6% rising
35 Grenada 37.68 2022 up 30.8% rising
36 Panama 37.58 2022 up 27.4% rising
37 Trinidad and Tobago 37.54 2022 up 39.1% rising
38 Cuba 37.15 2022 up 36.5% rising
39 Marshall Islands 36.99 2022 up 22.4% rising
40 Saint Lucia 36.95 2022 up 29.3% rising
41 Dominica 36.83 2022 up 30.0% rising
42 Australia 36.39 2022 up 12.0% rising
43 Papua New Guinea 36.37 2022 up 21.6% rising
44 Venezuela 36.13 2022 up 25.5% rising
45 Suriname 35.92 2022 up 29.1% rising
46 Brazil 35.89 2022 up 28.7% rising
47 Syria 35.84 2022 up 26.2% rising
48 Singapore 35.82 2022 up 25.2% rising
49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35.62 2022 up 24.1% rising
50 Libya 34.97 2022 up 28.0% rising
51 Paraguay 34.49 2022 up 23.8% rising
52 Seychelles 34 2022 up 41.5% rising
53 Greece 33.97 2022 down 7.3% rising
54 South Korea 33.92 2022 up 21.8% rising
55 Costa Rica 33.89 2022 up 18.6% rising
56 Ecuador 33.52 2022 up 18.6% rising
57 Jamaica 33.19 2022 up 37.5% rising
58 Cyprus 32.98 2022 up 4.8% rising
59 Dominican Republic 32.75 2022 up 41.8% rising
60 Turkey 32.69 2022 up 42.3% rising
61 Malaysia 32.6 2022 up 27.3% rising
62 Hungary 32.32 2022 up 22.7% rising
63 Algeria 31.95 2022 up 25.0% rising
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31.7 2022 up 20.8% rising
65 Maldives 31.68 2022 up 84.5% volatile
66 Honduras 31.57 2022 up 20.6% rising
67 Palestine 31.21 2022 up 25.1% rising
68 Spain 30.89 2022 down 4.9% rising
69 Finland 30.74 2022 up 27.1% rising
69 Fiji 30.74 2022 up 49.1% rising
71 Serbia 30.7 2022 up 15.9% rising
72 Vanuatu 30.53 2022 up 26.4% rising
73 United Kingdom 30.44 2022 down 0.9% rising
74 Iran 30.41 2022 up 36.7% rising
75 Mauritius 29.87 2022 up 37.0% rising
76 El Salvador 29.27 2022 up 9.5% rising
77 Slovenia 29.21 2022 up 1.8% rising
78 Bulgaria 29.17 2022 up 15.6% rising
79 Andorra 28.5 2022 down 3.2% rising
80 Austria 28.49 2022 up 4.2% rising
81 Estonia 28.45 2022 up 28.2% rising
82 Malta 28.18 2022 down 2.1% rising
83 Guyana 28 2022 up 40.2% rising
84 Canada 27.98 2022 down 5.2% rising
85 Colombia 27.62 2022 up 43.4% rising
86 Tunisia 27.46 2022 up 45.3% rising
87 Georgia 27.33 2022 up 33.3% rising
88 North Macedonia 27.32 2022 up 13.7% rising
89 Italy 27.31 2022 down 17.2% flat
90 Croatia 26.76 2022 up 4.0% rising
91 Montenegro 26.73 2022 up 8.1% rising
92 Sweden 26.72 2022 up 21.3% rising
93 Slovakia 26.1 2022 up 12.8% rising
94 Thailand 25.74 2022 up 33.1% rising
95 Haiti 25.69 2022 up 29.1% rising
96 Ireland 25.66 2022 down 9.8% rising
97 Germany 25.39 2022 down 0.7% rising
98 Armenia 24.94 2022 up 28.2% rising
99 Azerbaijan 24.84 2022 up 28.6% rising
100 Iceland 24.26 2022 up 6.3% rising
101 Indonesia 23.64 2022 up 98.7% volatile
102 Norway 23.17 2022 up 4.3% rising
103 Israel 23.15 2022 up 6.0% rising
104 Poland 23.02 2022 up 2.7% rising
105 Romania 23.01 2022 up 27.4% rising
106 China 22.79 2022 up 21.5% rising
107 Guatemala 22.78 2022 up 4.6% rising
108 Albania 22.5 2022 up 7.2% rising
109 Solomon Islands 22.45 2022 up 33.7% rising
110 Switzerland 22.32 2022 down 3.2% rising
111 Belarus 22.07 2022 up 13.9% rising
112 Afghanistan 21.98 2022 up 82.7% volatile
113 Latvia 21.83 2022 up 15.2% rising
114 Luxembourg 21.53 2022 up 8.7% rising
115 Mauritania 21.5 2022 up 42.8% rising
116 Belgium 21.35 2022 up 2.9% rising
117 Portugal 21.27 2022 down 24.0% rising
118 Yemen 21.06 2022 up 47.8% rising
119 South Africa 20.97 2022 down 1.1% rising
120 North Korea 20.96 2022 up 54.6% rising
121 Morocco 20.89 2022 up 19.6% rising
122 Lithuania 20.54 2022 up 14.8% rising
123 Kazakhstan 20.38 2022 up 26.9% rising
124 Uzbekistan 19.9 2022 up 35.3% rising
125 Russia 19.7 2022 up 1.6% rising
126 Denmark 19.04 2022 down 10.6% falling
127 Eswatini 18.94 2022 up 26.4% rising
128 Pakistan 18.88 2022 up 117.5% volatile
129 Mongolia 18.45 2022 up 46.0% rising
130 Vietnam 18.27 2022 up 120.7% volatile
131 Bhutan 18.13 2022 up 62.3% rising
132 Moldova 17.97 2022 up 23.3% rising
133 Netherlands 17.65 2022 up 2.0% flat
134 Ukraine 17.41 2022 up 16.8% rising
135 Ghana 17.25 2022 up 47.7% rising
136 Sri Lanka 17.18 2022 up 75.5% volatile
137 Liberia 17.03 2022 up 116.1% volatile
138 Gabon 16.98 2022 up 34.1% rising
139 Czechia 16.86 2022 down 4.3% rising
140 Laos 16.84 2022 up 55.6% rising
141 Cameroon 16.8 2022 up 28.5% rising
142 France 16.69 2022 down 11.7% falling
143 Myanmar 16.61 2022 up 53.2% rising
144 Cote d'Ivoire 16.44 2022 up 28.1% rising
145 Japan 16.25 2022 up 12.1% flat
146 Mali 16.01 2022 up 46.5% rising
147 Turkmenistan 15.76 2022 up 16.1% rising
148 Botswana 15.69 2022 up 48.9% rising
149 Democratic Republic of Congo 15.14 2022 up 60.7% rising
150 Philippines 14.99 2022 up 79.5% rising
151 Sao Tome and Principe 14.82 2022 up 15.2% rising
152 Equatorial Guinea 14.75 2022 up 46.0% rising
153 Central African Republic 14.72 2022 up 45.5% rising
154 Cambodia 14.58 2022 up 54.8% rising
155 Sudan 14.33 2022 up 54.9% rising
156 Namibia 13.94 2022 up 48.5% rising
157 Benin 13.83 2022 up 31.0% rising
158 Zambia 13.67 2022 up 58.8% rising
159 Comoros 13.54 2022 up 35.9% rising
160 South Sudan 13.29 2022 up 44.1% rising
161 Lesotho 13.17 2022 up 18.4% rising
162 Cape Verde 13 2022 up 36.6% rising
163 Angola 12.6 2022 up 45.8% rising
163 Gambia 12.6 2022 up 41.1% rising
165 Guinea 12.53 2022 up 50.2% rising
165 Guinea-Bissau 12.53 2022 up 43.4% rising
167 Sierra Leone 12.21 2022 up 12.2% rising
168 Uganda 12.01 2022 up 62.3% rising
169 Togo 11.71 2022 up 15.3% rising
170 Kyrgyzstan 11.51 2022 down 16.5% falling
171 Somalia 11.31 2022 up 38.9% rising
172 Djibouti 11.15 2022 up 37.3% rising
173 Chad 10.7 2022 up 40.4% rising
174 Eritrea 10.69 2022 up 43.3% rising
175 Congo 10.63 2022 up 51.2% rising
176 Zimbabwe 10.46 2022 up 23.1% rising
177 Niger 10.37 2022 up 51.2% rising
178 India 10.3 2022 up 65.3% volatile
179 Kenya 10.03 2022 up 9.0% rising
180 Mozambique 9.81 2022 up 12.6% rising
181 Rwanda 9.63 2022 up 37.8% rising
182 Nigeria 9.55 2022 up 37.2% rising
183 Tajikistan 9.22 2022 down 0.9% falling
184 Nepal 8.75 2022 up 44.2% rising
185 Malawi 8.74 2022 up 45.2% rising
186 Senegal 8.48 2022 up 51.2% rising
187 Bangladesh 8.27 2022 up 57.2% rising
188 Burundi 7.91 2022 up 30.5% rising
189 Tanzania 7.83 2022 up 32.9% rising
190 Madagascar 7.25 2022 up 55.6% rising
191 Burkina Faso 6.7 2022 up 53.7% rising
192 Ethiopia 5.63 2022 up 68.1% rising
193 East Timor 3.73 2022 up 14.8% rising

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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
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
349 places, 9,957 data points, 1990–2022
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