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Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight — under 5 years old

Name: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight — under 5 years old
Creator: United Nations SDG Global Database
Keywords: trend-research-200, un-sdg, gender-children-social-inclusion, proportion, children, moderately, severely, overweight, under, years

Compare proportion of children moderately or severely overweight — under 5 years old across 161 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•161 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

6.8%

Median: 5.5%

Countries Covered

161

with available data

Highest

Australia

26.4%

Lowest

Myanmar

0.6%

Top 5 Countries

1Australia26.4%

2Papua New Guinea18.5%

3Tunisia17.5%

4Albania16.7%

5Ukraine16.0%

By Region

Oceania26.4%(1 countries)

South America9.7%(7 countries)

North America8.1%(4 countries)

Europe7.7%(17 countries)

Africa7.1%(9 countries)

Key Findings

•161 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Australia has the highest published value (26.4 %).
•Myanmar has the lowest published value (0.6 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.6%)High (26.4%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.8%)

Oceania (1)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Europe (17)

Africa (9)

Other (100)

Asia (23)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%).

Values use UN SDG series SN_STA_OVWGT, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit % of children aged 0-59 months, and the fixed selection Age: under 5 years old; Reporting Type: Global; Sex: Both sexes. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SN_STA_OVWGT; year 2024; unit PER_POP_U5; dimensions {"Age": "<5Y", "Reporting Type": "G", "Sex": "BOTHSEX"}; attributes {"Nature": "M", "Units": "PER_POP_U5"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 2.2.2.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Australia	26.4%
2	Papua New Guinea	18.5%
3	Tunisia	17.5%
4	Albania	16.7%
5	Ukraine	16.0%
6	Paraguay	15.4%
7	Trinidad and Tobago	15.0%
8	Argentina	14.3%
9	Cameroon	13.6%
10	Greece	13.5%
11	Uruguay	13.5%
12	Algeria	13.3%
13	Barbados	13.0%
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.0%
15	Armenia	12.9%
16	South Africa	12.8%
17	Mongolia	12.3%
18	The Republic of North Macedonia	12.3%
19	Serbia	12.2%
20	Botswana	11.5%
21	Canada	11.4%
22	Ireland	11.2%
23	Morocco	11.2%
24	Egypt	11.2%
25	People's Republic of China	11.1%
26	Syrian Arab Republic	11.0%
27	Panama	10.9%
28	Seychelles	10.9%
29	Brazil	10.9%
30	Cuba	10.6%
31	Jordan	10.6%
32	Vietnam	10.5%
33	Eswatini	10.2%
34	Kuwait	10.1%
35	Malta	10.1%
36	Kyrgyzstan	9.9%
37	Thailand	9.9%
38	Bolivia	9.9%
39	United States of America	9.7%
40	Russian Federation	9.5%
41	Tonga	9.5%
42	Brunei Darussalam	9.5%
43	Portugal	9.4%
44	Samoa	9.4%
45	Peru	9.0%
46	Oman	8.8%
47	Chile	8.7%
48	Kazakhstan	8.7%
49	Montenegro	8.6%
50	Poland	8.6%
51	Qatar	8.6%
52	El Salvador	8.5%
53	Cape Verde	8.4%
54	Saudi Arabia	8.4%
55	Nauru	8.2%
56	Bhutan	8.0%
57	Costa Rica	7.9%
58	United Kingdom	7.8%
59	Türkiye	7.7%
60	Dominican Republic	7.5%
61	Equatorial Guinea	7.5%
62	Lesotho	7.5%
63	Mexico	7.4%
64	Fiji	7.3%
65	Venezuela	7.3%
66	Colombia	6.8%
67	Saint Lucia	6.8%
68	Czech Republic	6.6%
69	Latvia	6.6%
70	Sao Tome and Principe	6.4%
71	Zambia	6.3%
72	Solomon Islands	6.2%
73	Gabon	6.1%
74	Liberia	6.1%
75	Namibia	5.8%
76	Cambodia	5.7%
77	Estonia	5.6%
78	Belize	5.6%
79	Bulgaria	5.5%
80	Djibouti	5.5%
81	South Korea	5.5%
82	Vanuatu	5.5%
83	Uzbekistan	5.5%
84	Netherlands	5.4%
85	Sierra Leone	5.4%
86	Republic of the Congo	5.3%
87	Malaysia	5.3%
88	Jamaica	5.1%
89	Rwanda	5.1%
90	Guyana	5.0%
91	Belgium	4.9%
92	Mauritius	4.8%
93	Romania	4.8%
94	Turkmenistan	4.8%
95	Ecuador	4.7%
96	Finland	4.7%
97	Libya	4.7%
98	United Republic of Tanzania	4.7%
99	Angola	4.7%
100	Iraq	4.6%
101	Lithuania	4.6%
102	Marshall Islands	4.6%
103	Tajikistan	4.6%
104	Lebanon	4.5%
105	Guinea	4.4%
106	Malawi	4.4%
107	Mozambique	4.4%
108	Afghanistan	4.4%
109	Kenya	4.3%
110	South Sudan	4.3%
111	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.2%
112	Honduras	4.2%
113	Uganda	4.2%
114	Azerbaijan	4.2%
115	Georgia	4.1%
116	Moldova, Republic of	4.1%
117	Tuvalu	4.1%
118	Zimbabwe	4.0%
119	Comoros	3.9%
120	Haiti	3.9%
121	Singapore	3.8%
122	Benin	3.7%
123	Guatemala	3.7%
124	India	3.7%
125	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.7%
126	Suriname	3.7%
127	Guinea-Bissau	3.6%
128	Togo	3.6%
129	Cote d'Ivoire	3.5%
130	Belarus	3.4%
131	Ethiopia	3.3%
132	Germany	3.3%
133	North Korea	3.3%
134	Philippines	3.3%
135	Maldives	3.0%
136	Eritrea	2.8%
137	Burkina Faso	2.8%
138	Republic of The Gambia	2.7%
139	Islamic Republic of Iran	2.7%
140	Indonesia	2.6%
141	Niger	2.6%
142	Sudan	2.6%
143	Chad	2.5%
144	Somalia	2.5%
145	Burundi	2.4%
146	Central African Republic	2.3%
147	Madagascar	2.3%
148	Kiribati	2.1%
149	Pakistan	2.1%
150	Senegal	2.1%
151	Japan	2.0%
152	Ghana	1.8%
153	Nepal	1.8%
154	Yemen	1.7%
155	Mauritania	1.6%
156	Nigeria	1.6%
157	Bangladesh	1.6%
158	Mali	1.3%
159	Timor-Leste	1.2%
160	Sri Lanka	0.9%
161	Myanmar	0.6%

Showing 161 of 161 countries

Topics

#trend-research-200 #un-sdg #gender-children-social-inclusion #proportion #children #moderately #severely #overweight #under #years

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).

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