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Prevalence (%) of overweight in children under 5 years* ( UNICEF / WHO / World Bank Group 2025 (pdf) ), 7-9 years** ( WHO Europe 2025 ) (pdf) and 10-19 years*** of age ( WHO GHOb ).
* 2025 estimates, overweight defined using WHO Child Growth standards (
WHO 2006); ** 2022-2024 data collection round, overweight (including obesity) defined using WHO Growth Reference data (
WHO 2007a );
*** 2022 data, overweight (including obesity) defined using WHO Growth Reference data (
WHO 2007a)
| Country | <5 years old | 7-9 years old | 10-19 years old | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | |
| Belgium | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.6 | - | - | - | 21.6 | 22.3 | 20.9 |
| Bulgaria | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 32.8 | 32.6 | 33.0 | 26.9 | 31.9 | 21.5 |
| Czechia | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 21.0 | 21.6 | 20.3 | 14.4 | 16.5 | 12.2 |
| Denmark | - | - | - | 20.0 | 18.5 | 21.7 | 18.4 | 22.7 | 13.9 |
| Germany | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 25.7 | 27.7 | 23.3 | 26.3 | 28.9 | 23.5 |
| Estonia | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 26.2 | 28.9 | 23.7 | 27.9 | 31.4 | 24.3 |
| Ireland | 11.2 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 23.3 | 24.3 | 22.4 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 25.1 |
| Greece | 13.5 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 36.7 | 40.6 | 32.7 | 32.0 | 34.8 | 29.0 |
| Spain | - | - | - | 34.0 | 36.1 | 31.7 | 28.2 | 29.4 | 26.9 |
| France | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.1 | 15.2 | 17.0 |
| Croatia | - | - | - | 36.1 | 38.4 | 33.7 | 25.0 | 28.5 | 21.4 |
| Italy | - | - | - | 36.9 | 38.5 | 35.2 | 24.3 | 27.3 | 21.0 |
| Cyprus | - | - | - | 41.9 | 47.9 | 36.2 | 32.2 | 36.9 | 27.3 |
| Latvia | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 17.5 |
| Lithuania | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 22.8 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 16.1 |
| Luxembourg | - | - | - | 21.7 | 22.0 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 19.4 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 27.0 | 27.5 | 26.6 | 31.7 | 34.8 | 28.5 |
| Malta | 10.1 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 35.5 | 36.0 | 34.8 | 25.5 | 27.4 | 23.5 |
| Netherlands | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 16.7 | 17.5 | 15.9 |
| Austria | - | - | - | 24.6 | 28.5 | 20.7 | 29.4 | 32.8 | 25.8 |
| Poland | 8.6 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 32.9 | 36.1 | 29.7 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 19.9 |
| Portugal | 9.4 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 31.3 | 30.6 | 31.9 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 18.1 |
| Romania | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 31.9 | 23.3 | 20.4 | 22.8 | 17.9 |
| Slovenia | - | - | - | 25.2 | 25.9 | 24.6 | 27.6 | 31.2 | 23.9 |
| Slovakia | - | - | - | 26.1 | 27.5 | 24.6 | 23.7 | 28.1 | 19.0 |
| Finland | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 30.1 | 29.4 | 30.9 | 31.2 | 33.8 | 28.5 |
| Sweden | - | - | - | 32.9 | 34.2 | 31.6 | 25.3 | 26.9 | 23.5 |
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| Originally published | 13 Dec 2023 |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention |
