Top 12 Countries for Child Allergy Prevalence

Find out which countries report the most food allergies in children here. Scroll below to see the 12 countries that top this list, taking into account food allergies in all children up until the age of 18.

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12) Number 12 on our list is Japan. 5.1% of children in Japan are reported to have a food allergy. Find out specific allergy information specific to Japan on our Japan Page.

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11) Number 11 on our list is Australia, with 6% of children reported as having a food allergy. For allergy information specific to Australia, check out our Australia Page.

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10) Entering the top 10, in position 10 is France, with 6.7% of French children reported to have a food allergy. For allergy information specific to France including French translations of useful phrases, check out our France Page.

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9) At number 9 is Canada, with 7.1% of children reported to have a food allergy. For allergy information specific to Canada check out our Canada Page, which also contains French translations of useful allergy phrases, which may come in handy if travelling to the French speaking regions.

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8) The 8th position goes to the Netherlands, with a similar rate of childhood allergy to Canada, reporting that 7.2% of children have a food allergy. For allergy information specific to the Netherlands, visit our Netherlands Page.

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7) Next at position number 7, we have Spain, with 7.4% of children with a food allergy. For allergy information specific to Spain and for translations of useful allergy phrases, check out our Spain.

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6) At 6th position is the USA, with 8% of children reported to have a food allergy. If you would like to find out more allergy information specific to the USA, visit our United States Page.

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5) Moving into our top 5, in 5th position is Poland. Here 8.3% of children are reported to have a food allergy. For specific allergy information relating to Poland, visit our Poland Page.

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4) The 4th country with the highest reported childhood allergy is Lithuania. Here 9.6% of children are reported to have a food allergy. To find our allergy specific information for Lithuania, visit our Lithuania Page.

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3) In at 3rd, is Finland, with a whopping 11.7% of children reported to have a food allergy. If you would like to find our allergy specific information for Finland, visit our Finland Page.

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2) At number 2 is Colombia, with up to 12.6 % of children reported as having a food allergy. If you would like to find out allergy information specific to Colombia and useful allergy phrase translations in Spanish, check out our Columbia Page.

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1) And finally, in prime position at number 1, the UK has the highest proportion of reported food allergy in childhood, at a massive rate of 16%. If you would like to see allergy specific information for the UK check out our UK Page.

That marks the end of our first allergy prevalence post. To read up on more information you can find the WAO study that produced these results here.

Keep travelling with allergies safely.