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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
Timor-Leste
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 Timor-Leste.

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 Viet Nam (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 Naoero 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, Federated States of 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 of America 41.95 2022 up 1.1% rising
22 Lebanon 41.82 2022 up 22.7% rising
23 Brunei Darussalam 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, Plurinational State of 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, Bolivarian Republic of 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 Syrian Arab Republic 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 Republic of 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 Türkiye 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, State of 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 30.44 2022 down 0.9% rising
74 Iran, Islamic Republic of 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 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 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 Russian Federation 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 Viet Nam 18.27 2022 up 120.7% volatile
131 Bhutan 18.13 2022 up 62.3% rising
132 Republic of 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 Côte 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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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, United Republic of 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 Timor-Leste 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
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Coverage
349 places, 9,957 data points, 1990–2022
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