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Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 5-19 years of age

% · higher is better · 196 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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League table

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  1. 1Chile58.9%
  2. 2Tonga56.4%
  3. 3Naoero54.9%
  4. 4Samoa54.3%
  5. 5American Samoa53.1%
  6. 6Tuvalu50.5%
  7. 7Bahamas, The49.8%
  8. 8Palau48.3%
  9. 9French Polynesia46.6%
  10. 10Kuwait46.5%
  11. 11Qatar45.3%
  12. 12Brunei Darussalam44.9%
  13. 13United Arab Emirates44.2%
  14. 14Antigua and Barbuda44%
  15. 15Belize43.4%
  16. 16Argentina43.1%
  17. 17St. Kitts and Nevis42%
  18. 18Barbados41.5%
  19. 19United States41.5%
  20. 20Peru40.9%
  21. 21Micronesia, Fed. Sts.40.9%
  22. 22Kiribati40.9%
  23. 23Uruguay40.3%
  24. 24New Zealand39.8%
  25. 25Saudi Arabia39.7%
  26. 26Mexico39.5%
  27. 27Bahrain39.4%
  28. 28Lebanon38.9%
  29. 29Panama38.4%
  30. 30Brazil38.4%
  31. 31Cuba37.8%
  32. 32Iraq37.4%
  33. 33Paraguay37.2%
  34. 34Puerto Rico (US)36.7%
  35. 35St. Lucia36.7%
  36. 36Grenada36.7%
  37. 37Venezuela, RB36.6%
  38. 38Australia36.6%
  39. 39Bermuda36.5%
  40. 40Oman36.4%
  41. 41Trinidad and Tobago36.3%
  42. 42Dominica36.3%
  43. 43Singapore36.2%
  44. 44St. Vincent and the Grenadines35.9%
  45. 45Suriname35.1%
  46. 46Costa Rica35.1%
  47. 47Korea, Rep.34.5%
  48. 48Malaysia34.5%
  49. 49Ecuador33.9%
  50. 50Bolivia33.7%
  51. 51Syrian Arab Republic33.6%
  52. 52Nicaragua33.6%
  53. 53Seychelles33.5%
  54. 54Jordan33.5%
  55. 55Egypt, Arab Rep.32.8%
  56. 56Cyprus32.7%
  57. 57Greece32.4%
  58. 58Iran, Islamic Rep.32.2%
  59. 59Honduras32.2%
  60. 60Dominican Republic32%
  61. 61Maldives32%
  62. 62Hungary31.2%
  63. 63Spain31.1%
  64. 64Finland30.9%
  65. 65El Salvador30.6%
  66. 66Sweden30.5%
  67. 67Bosnia and Herzegovina30.5%
  68. 68Libya30.3%
  69. 69Tunisia30.3%
  70. 70Algeria30.3%
  71. 71Jamaica30%
  72. 72Mauritius30%
  73. 73Fiji29.7%
  74. 74United Kingdom29.7%
  75. 75Malta29.6%
  76. 76Serbia29.6%
  77. 77Papua New Guinea29.3%
  78. 78Estonia29.2%
  79. 79Bulgaria29%
  80. 80Vanuatu28.9%
  81. 81Colombia28.7%
  82. 82Slovenia28.6%
  83. 83Canada28.3%
  84. 84West Bank and Gaza28.2%
  85. 85North Macedonia28.2%
  86. 86Andorra28%
  87. 87Austria28%
  88. 88Italy27.8%
  89. 89Thailand27.7%
  90. 90Turkiye27.5%
  91. 91Azerbaijan27.5%
  92. 92Guyana27.4%
  93. 93Poland27.2%
  94. 94Georgia27%
  95. 95Croatia26.8%
  96. 96Marshall Islands26.8%
  97. 97Albania26.3%
  98. 98Montenegro25.6%
  99. 99Slovak Republic25.6%
  100. 100China25.2%
  101. 101Armenia25.1%
  102. 102Germany25.1%
  103. 103Iceland24.5%
  104. 104Luxembourg24.5%
  105. 105Ireland24.3%
  106. 106Romania24.1%
  107. 107Russian Federation24%
  108. 108Portugal23.8%
  109. 109Guatemala23.5%
  110. 110Indonesia23.3%
  111. 111Mongolia23.1%
  112. 112Belarus22.9%
  113. 113Norway22.3%
  114. 114South Africa21.8%
  115. 115Afghanistan21.8%
  116. 116Korea, Dem. People's Rep.21.7%
  117. 117Switzerland21.7%
  118. 118Lithuania21.6%
  119. 119Belgium21.1%
  120. 120Israel20.8%
  121. 121Latvia20.8%
  122. 122Viet Nam20.2%
  123. 123Kazakhstan20.2%
  124. 124Solomon Islands19.9%
  125. 125Moldova19.6%
  126. 126Pakistan18.9%
  127. 127Mauritania18.8%
  128. 128Eswatini18.6%
  129. 129Yemen, Rep.18.5%
  130. 130Haiti18.4%
  131. 131Bhutan17.9%
  132. 132Lao PDR17.5%
  133. 133Japan17.5%
  134. 134Netherlands17.5%
  135. 135Denmark17.4%
  136. 136Morocco17.3%
  137. 137Gabon17%
  138. 138Myanmar16.8%
  139. 139Botswana16.6%
  140. 140Turkmenistan16.4%
  141. 141Ghana16.3%
  142. 142France16.2%
  143. 143Ukraine16%
  144. 144Cote d'Ivoire15.9%
  145. 145Czechia15.9%
  146. 146Congo, Dem. Rep.15.1%
  147. 147Cameroon15.1%
  148. 148Central African Republic14.6%
  149. 149Equatorial Guinea14.6%
  150. 150Philippines14.6%
  151. 151Cambodia14.1%
  152. 152Sao Tome and Principe14.1%
  153. 153Namibia13.7%
  154. 154Greenland13.4%
  155. 155Kenya13.2%
  156. 156Sudan13.2%
  157. 157Kyrgyz Republic12.8%
  158. 158Lesotho12.7%
  159. 159Angola12.7%
  160. 160Zambia12.5%
  161. 161Comoros12.4%
  162. 162Mozambique12.4%
  163. 163Sri Lanka12.4%
  164. 164Benin12.3%
  165. 165Uzbekistan12.2%
  166. 166Sierra Leone12.2%
  167. 167South Sudan11.9%
  168. 168Tajikistan11.8%
  169. 169India11.5%
  170. 170Cabo Verde11.5%
  171. 171Guinea-Bissau11.4%
  172. 172Guinea10.8%
  173. 173Togo10.8%
  174. 174Zimbabwe10.8%
  175. 175Somalia, Fed. Rep.10.1%
  176. 176Djibouti9.9%
  177. 177Congo, Rep.9.9%
  178. 178Rwanda9.8%
  179. 179Bangladesh9.7%
  180. 180Senegal9.5%
  181. 181Niger9.4%
  182. 182Liberia9.4%
  183. 183Chad9.1%
  184. 184Nigeria8.9%
  185. 185Burundi7%
  186. 186Uganda6.8%
  187. 187Mali6.7%
  188. 188Madagascar6.6%
  189. 189Nepal6.5%
  190. 190Burkina Faso6.4%
  191. 191Malawi5.9%
  192. 192Tanzania5.3%
  193. 193Ethiopia5%
  194. 194Eritrea4.9%
  195. 195Gambia, The4.7%
  196. 196Timor-Leste4%

Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 5-19 years of age