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Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 standard deviations above the median (Crude estimate) by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
38.45
Niue
Lowest
0.87
Timor-Leste
Median
9.56
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
9,957

What the numbers show

Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 standard deviations above the median (Crude estimate) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 38.45 in Niue; the lowest is 0.87 in Timor-Leste.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.56, and the mean is 11.11.

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

Over the past decade 180 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 381.0%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 33.3%).

Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niue 38.45 2022 up 37.6% rising
2 Cook Islands 37.48 2022 up 37.7% rising
3 Naoero 32.92 2022 up 29.9% rising
4 Tokelau 32.67 2022 up 29.2% rising
5 Tonga 32.52 2022 up 46.3% rising
6 Tuvalu 29.72 2022 up 37.5% rising
7 Palau 28.02 2022 up 35.2% rising
8 Chile 27.47 2022 up 28.4% rising
9 Bahamas 26.6 2022 up 28.3% rising
10 Antigua and Barbuda 24.44 2022 up 29.9% rising
11 Qatar 23.86 2022 up 27.2% rising
12 Samoa 23.54 2022 up 41.9% rising
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23.04 2022 up 35.3% rising
14 Barbados 22.95 2022 up 34.4% rising
15 Brunei Darussalam 22.11 2022 up 38.4% rising
16 Belize 21.8 2022 up 35.6% rising
17 United Arab Emirates 21.4 2022 up 15.9% rising
18 Kuwait 21.23 2022 down 0.4% rising
19 United States of America 20.6 2022 down 0.9% rising
20 Micronesia, Federated States of 20.48 2022 up 48.0% rising
21 Egypt 20.42 2022 up 26.3% rising
22 Argentina 20.27 2022 up 86.3% volatile
23 Bahrain 20.14 2022 up 30.4% rising
24 Trinidad and Tobago 19.69 2022 up 52.4% rising
25 Saint Lucia 19.3 2022 up 41.8% rising
26 Grenada 19.14 2022 up 42.7% rising
27 Marshall Islands 18.96 2022 up 59.6% rising
28 Kiribati 18.88 2022 up 53.7% rising
29 Oman 18.85 2022 up 59.6% rising
30 Iraq 18.64 2022 up 39.8% rising
31 Lebanon 18.58 2022 up 40.1% rising
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.55 2022 up 30.8% rising
33 Dominica 18.51 2022 up 42.1% rising
34 Suriname 18.16 2022 up 38.4% rising
35 Saudi Arabia 18.12 2022 up 36.1% rising
36 Seychelles 18.11 2022 up 65.8% volatile
37 Jordan 17.78 2022 up 43.0% rising
37 New Zealand 17.78 2022 up 15.2% rising
39 Uruguay 17.75 2022 up 66.5% rising
40 Mexico 17.66 2022 up 23.8% rising
41 Cuba 17.09 2022 up 36.8% rising
42 Peru 16.96 2022 up 120.3% volatile
43 Malaysia 16.47 2022 up 39.8% rising
44 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.32 2022 up 65.9% rising
45 Singapore 15.97 2022 up 48.8% rising
46 Syrian Arab Republic 15.95 2022 up 37.7% rising
47 Australia 15.77 2022 up 36.5% rising
48 Jamaica 15.5 2022 up 58.5% rising
49 Brazil 15.49 2022 up 46.3% rising
50 Dominican Republic 15.48 2022 up 65.9% rising
51 Libya 15.42 2022 up 44.1% rising
52 Papua New Guinea 15.39 2022 up 50.0% rising
53 Algeria 15.26 2022 up 41.0% rising
54 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14.92 2022 up 50.3% rising
55 Hungary 14.78 2022 up 45.8% rising
56 Paraguay 14.47 2022 up 51.7% rising
57 Panama 14.28 2022 up 42.1% rising
58 Cyprus 14.07 2022 up 8.5% rising
59 Republic of Korea 13.96 2022 up 56.3% rising
60 Costa Rica 13.78 2022 up 30.4% rising
61 Guyana 13.66 2022 up 66.8% rising
62 Palestine, State of 13.54 2022 up 59.9% rising
63 Maldives 13.01 2022 up 107.5% volatile
64 Finland 12.65 2022 up 67.8% rising
65 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.63 2022 up 58.5% rising
66 Ecuador 12.62 2022 up 41.0% rising
67 Honduras 12.58 2022 up 38.4% rising
68 Vanuatu 12.54 2022 up 63.5% rising
69 Mauritius 12.48 2022 up 67.3% volatile
70 Fiji 12.31 2022 up 71.9% rising
71 Thailand 12.26 2022 up 43.6% rising
72 Bulgaria 12.06 2022 up 26.8% rising
72 Malta 12.06 2022 down 1.1% rising
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.05 2022 up 44.7% rising
75 China 11.89 2022 up 85.8% volatile
76 Türkiye 11.73 2022 up 63.4% rising
77 El Salvador 11.63 2022 up 25.2% rising
78 Greece 11.55 2022 down 13.2% rising
79 Haiti 11.39 2022 up 34.8% rising
80 North Macedonia 11.32 2022 up 22.0% rising
81 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.31 2022 up 7.6% rising
82 Andorra 11.15 2022 up 1.4% rising
83 Canada 10.94 2022 down 4.9% rising
83 Serbia 10.94 2022 up 21.7% rising
85 Slovenia 10.84 2022 up 11.9% rising
86 Indonesia 10.81 2022 up 142.9% volatile
87 Tunisia 10.75 2022 up 81.9% volatile
88 Yemen 10.72 2022 up 91.1% rising
89 Estonia 10.69 2022 up 52.3% volatile
90 Georgia 10.59 2022 up 85.1% rising
91 Austria 10.57 2022 up 14.5% rising
91 Colombia 10.57 2022 up 98.3% volatile
93 Spain 10.48 2022 down 4.8% rising
94 Sweden 10.12 2022 up 53.6% rising
95 Slovakia 9.7 2022 up 15.6% rising
96 Italy 9.64 2022 down 18.5% rising
97 Armenia 9.56 2022 up 66.3% rising
98 Israel 9.27 2022 up 10.2% rising
99 Croatia 9.26 2022 up 2.4% rising
100 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 9.16 2022 up 76.5% volatile
101 Liberia 9.09 2022 up 381.0% volatile
102 Solomon Islands 8.86 2022 up 116.6% volatile
103 Romania 8.84 2022 up 59.0% volatile
104 Montenegro 8.74 2022 up 16.7% rising
105 Iceland 8.67 2022 up 20.8% rising
106 Azerbaijan 8.61 2022 up 88.0% rising
107 Germany 8.49 2022 up 1.3% rising
108 Pakistan 8.47 2022 up 228.3% volatile
109 Afghanistan 8.46 2022 up 119.7% volatile
110 Ireland 8.31 2022 down 4.4% rising
111 Mauritania 8.03 2022 up 60.6% volatile
112 Belarus 7.95 2022 up 26.8% rising
113 Guatemala 7.72 2022 up 24.5% rising
114 Sri Lanka 7.67 2022 up 113.1% volatile
115 Portugal 7.59 2022 down 20.6% rising
116 Albania 7.52 2022 up 38.5% rising
117 Luxembourg 7.43 2022 up 27.4% rising
118 Myanmar 7.39 2022 up 77.6% volatile
119 Poland 7.15 2022 up 5.0% rising
120 Lithuania 7.08 2022 up 21.6% rising
120 South Africa 7.08 2022 down 5.6% volatile
122 Ghana 7 2022 up 73.3% rising
123 Switzerland 6.96 2022 up 6.7% rising
124 Eswatini 6.81 2022 up 61.0% rising
125 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.8 2022 up 83.8% volatile
126 Latvia 6.71 2022 up 23.8% rising
127 Belgium 6.52 2022 up 4.2% rising
128 Mongolia 6.44 2022 up 111.8% rising
129 Sudan 6.41 2022 up 98.5% volatile
130 Uzbekistan 6.4 2022 up 93.9% rising
131 Viet Nam 6.31 2022 up 139.0% volatile
132 Russian Federation 6.24 2022 down 9.3% rising
133 Norway 6.17 2022 up 10.8% rising
134 Botswana 6.08 2022 up 78.8% volatile
135 Czechia 5.99 2022 up 10.9% rising
136 Cambodia 5.98 2022 up 74.3% volatile
137 Philippines 5.94 2022 up 114.4% volatile
138 Bhutan 5.88 2022 up 84.3% volatile
139 Morocco 5.73 2022 up 20.4% rising
140 Kazakhstan 5.66 2022 up 33.5% rising
141 Denmark 5.57 2022 up 7.7% falling
142 Mali 5.49 2022 up 63.9% volatile
143 South Sudan 5.48 2022 up 86.4% volatile
144 Benin 5.43 2022 up 59.7% volatile
145 Gabon 5.37 2022 up 88.4% volatile
146 Côte d'Ivoire 5.35 2022 up 62.1% volatile
147 Zambia 5.17 2022 up 129.8% volatile
148 Equatorial Guinea 5.05 2022 up 79.1% volatile
149 Central African Republic 5.03 2022 up 79.0% volatile
150 Netherlands 4.75 2022 up 19.3% rising
151 Republic of Moldova 4.65 2022 up 43.5% rising
151 Namibia 4.65 2022 up 87.5% volatile
153 Uganda 4.62 2022 up 291.5% volatile
154 Lesotho 4.61 2022 up 50.7% rising
155 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.6 2022 up 77.6% volatile
156 Ukraine 4.55 2022 up 44.9% rising
157 Comoros 4.46 2022 up 74.2% volatile
158 Angola 4.44 2022 up 82.7% volatile
159 Japan 4.36 2022 up 21.8% rising
160 Gambia 4.35 2022 up 69.9% rising
161 Cameroon 4.24 2022 up 86.8% volatile
162 Cape Verde 4.2 2022 up 68.0% rising
163 France 4.13 2022 down 17.7% rising
163 Guinea-Bissau 4.13 2022 up 79.6% volatile
165 Sao Tome and Principe 4.01 2022 up 19.0% rising
166 Nigeria 3.77 2022 up 78.7% volatile
167 Niger 3.7 2022 up 107.9% volatile
168 Somalia 3.6 2022 up 79.1% volatile
169 Guinea 3.57 2022 up 100.6% volatile
170 Chad 3.47 2022 up 77.9% volatile
171 Djibouti 3.44 2022 up 74.6% volatile
171 India 3.44 2022 up 87.0% volatile
173 Eritrea 3.36 2022 up 81.6% volatile
174 Turkmenistan 3.35 2022 up 41.9% rising
175 Togo 2.98 2022 up 34.8% rising
176 Congo 2.79 2022 up 119.7% volatile
177 Senegal 2.52 2022 up 96.9% volatile
178 Sierra Leone 2.51 2022 up 7.7% rising
179 Kenya 2.47 2022 up 13.3% rising
180 Zimbabwe 2.46 2022 up 50.0% rising
181 Burundi 2.41 2022 up 72.1% volatile
182 Madagascar 2.19 2022 up 97.3% volatile
183 Kyrgyzstan 2.18 2022 down 33.3% falling
184 Malawi 2 2022 up 70.9% rising
185 Bangladesh 1.91 2022 up 94.9% volatile
185 Nepal 1.91 2022 up 37.4% rising
187 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.75 2022 up 92.3% volatile
188 Ethiopia 1.71 2022 up 80.0% rising
189 Mozambique 1.66 2022 up 36.1% rising
190 Rwanda 1.61 2022 up 73.1% rising
191 Tajikistan 1.56 2022 up 18.2% flat
192 Burkina Faso 1.07 2022 up 81.4% volatile
193 Timor-Leste 0.87 2022 up 17.6% 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
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 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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