Countries predicted to have over 1 million children with obesity worldwide 2030 | Statista

In 2030, it is estimated that 42 countries worldwide will have over 1 million children aged 5 to 19 years living with obesity. This statistic illustrates each of the 42 countries and the corresponding estimation of the number of children living with obesity by the year 2030 in each country.

Predicted number of children aged 5 to 19 years with obesity in countries forecasted to have over 1 million obese children in 2030

Characteristic	Number of children
China	61,987,920
India	27,481,141
United States of America	16,986,603
Indonesia	9,076,416
Brazil	7,664,422
Egypt	6,818,532
Mexico	6,550,276
Nigeria	6,020,182
Pakistan	5,412,457
South Africa	4,146,329
Bangladesh	3,555,050
Iraq	3,477,305
Turkey	3,389,941
Philippines	3,376,420
Iran	3,023,603
Algeria	2,703,722
Russian Federation	2,550,607
DR Congo	2,421,404
Argentina	2,248,509
Tanzania	2,185,879
Thailand	2,152,598
Vietnam	1,939,173
Ethiopia	1,926,697
Saudi Arabia	1,864,250
Malaysia	1,770,631
Sudan	1,757,471
Morocco	1,757,152
Yemen	1,646,485
Venezuela	1,611,444
Colombia	1,583,123
Syrian Arab Republic	1,552,255
Kenya	1,463,954
France	1,368,893
Uganda	1,345,197
Germany	1,318,415
United Kingdom	1,309,702
Italy	1,307,765
Myanmar	1,288,929
Afghanistan	1,286,177
Guatemala	1,262,281
Canada	1,109,002
Peru	1,079,543

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Release date

October 2019

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

Age group

5-19 years

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