Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modelled estimates) (percent) — Value by country

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

• Oceania 20 %
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 16 %
• Southern Africa 12.1 %
• Eastern Asia 10.1 %
• South America 9.9 %
• Northern America 9.8 %
• Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 8.6 %
• United States of America 9.7 %
• Eastern Europe 9.1 %
• Southern Europe 9 %
• Middle Africa 5.2 %
• Latin America and the Caribbean 8.8 %
• Northern America and Europe 8.6 %
• Upper-middle-income economies 8.6 %
• Asia 5 %
• Northern Africa 8.5 %
• High-income economies 8.4 %
• Europe 7.9 %
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.3 %
• Northern Europe 7.8 %
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 7.5 %
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 7.4 %
• Central America 7 %
• Central Asia 6.4 %
• Western Asia 6.2 %
• Western Europe 5.6 %
• World 5.5 %
• Africa 4.5 %
• South-eastern Asia 4.3 %
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.1 %
• Lower-middle-income economies 4 %
• Sub-Saharan Africa 3.9 %
• Eastern Africa 3.9 %
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.9 %
• Low-income economies 3.5 %
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 3.3 %
• Southern Asia 3.2 %
• Western Africa 2.2 %