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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
East Timor
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 East Timor.

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 Nauru 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 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 20.6 2022 down 0.9% rising
20 Micronesia (country) 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 16.32 2022 up 65.9% rising
45 Singapore 15.97 2022 up 48.8% rising
46 Syria 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 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 South 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 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 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 Turkey 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 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 North Korea 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 Laos 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 Vietnam 6.31 2022 up 139.0% volatile
132 Russia 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 Cote 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 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 Democratic Republic of Congo 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 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 East Timor 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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