Prevalence (%) of overweight in children under 5 years* ( UNICEF / WHO / World Bank Group 2023 (pdf) ), 7-9 years** ( WHO Europe 2024 ) (pdf) and 10-19 years*** of age ( WHO GHOb ).
* 2022 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 | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | |
| Belgium | 4.0 | - | - | - | 21.6 | 22.3 | 20.9 |
| Bulgaria | 3.8 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 26.9 | 31.9 | 21.5 |
| Czechia | 6.1 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 14.4 | 16.5 | 12.2 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 18 | 22 | 18.4 | 22.7 | 13.9 |
| Germany | 3.1 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 26.3 | 28.9 | 23.5 |
| Estonia | 5.1 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 27.9 | 31.4 | 24.3 |
| Ireland | - | 23 | 24 | 22 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 25.1 |
| Greece | 14.6 | 37 | 41 | 33 | 32.0 | 34.8 | 29.0 |
| Spain | - | 34 | 36 | 32 | 28.2 | 29.4 | 26.9 |
| France | - | - | - | - | 16.1 | 15.2 | 17.0 |
| Croatia | - | 36 | 38 | 34 | 25.0 | 28.5 | 21.4 |
| Italy | - | 37 | 39 | 35 | 24.3 | 27.3 | 21.0 |
| Cyprus | - | 42 | 48 | 36 | 32.2 | 36.9 | 27.3 |
| Latvia | 6.4 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 17.5 |
| Lithuania | 4.7 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 16.1 |
| Luxembourg | - | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 19.4 |
| Hungary | - | 27 | 27 | 27 | 31.7 | 34.8 | 28.5 |
| Malta | - | 35 | 36 | 35 | 25.5 | 27.4 | 23.5 |
| Netherlands | 5.1 | - | - | - | 16.7 | 17.5 | 15.9 |
| Austria | - | 25 | 29 | 21 | 29.4 | 32.8 | 25.8 |
| Poland | 6.0 | 33 | 36 | 30 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 19.9 |
| Portugal | 8.9 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 18.1 |
| Romania | 4.5 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 20.4 | 22.8 | 17.9 |
| Slovenia | - | 25 | 26 | 25 | 27.6 | 31.2 | 23.9 |
| Slovakia | - | 26 | 28 | 25 | 23.7 | 28.1 | 19.0 |
| Finland | - | 30 | 29 | 31 | 31.2 | 33.8 | 28.5 |
| Sweden | - | 33 | 34 | 32 | 25.3 | 26.9 | 23.5 |
| Originally published | 13 Dec 2023 |
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