Share of adults who are overweight by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
91.04
American Samoa
Lowest
11.2
Ethiopia
Median
56.27
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,955
What the numbers show
Share of adults who are overweight is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 91.04 in American Samoa; the lowest is 11.2 in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.27, and the mean is 53.28.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 178 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 78.9%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 9.8%).
Share of adults who are overweight: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 91.04 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | Tonga | 91 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 3 | Tokelau | 90.28 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 89.99 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 5 | Nauru | 89.29 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Niue | 88.09 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Samoa | 87.42 | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 8 | Tuvalu | 85.77 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 80.23 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 10 | Kuwait | 77.06 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 11 | Kiribati | 76.83 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bahamas | 76.55 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.47 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 75.66 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 74.46 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 74.16 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 17 | French Polynesia | 73.66 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 18 | Belize | 73.52 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 19 | Panama | 73.17 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 73.09 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 21 | Iraq | 72.86 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 22 | Brunei | 72.81 | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 23 | Micronesia (country) | 72.05 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 71.77 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 71.48 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 26 | United States | 71.4 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 27 | Palau | 71.38 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 70.39 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 29 | Syria | 70.18 | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 70.11 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 69.98 | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 32 | Uruguay | 69.18 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 68.71 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine | 68.46 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 68.27 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 36 | Barbados | 68.2 | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 37 | Ecuador | 68.06 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 67.92 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 39 | Fiji | 67.76 | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 40 | Bahrain | 67.72 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 41 | New Zealand | 67.68 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Jordan | 67.16 | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 43 | Georgia | 66.96 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 44 | El Salvador | 66.84 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 45 | Lebanon | 66.3 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 46 | Bolivia | 66.26 | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 47 | Oman | 66.08 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 48 | Honduras | 65.77 | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 49 | Brazil | 65.03 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 64.85 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 51 | Guatemala | 64.76 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 52 | Ireland | 64.65 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 53 | Croatia | 64.33 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 54 | Australia | 64.09 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 55 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.02 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 56 | Turkey | 63.9 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 57 | Romania | 63.84 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 58 | Seychelles | 63.82 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 63.71 | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 60 | Libya | 63.68 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 61 | Bermuda | 63.62 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 63.33 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 63 | Malta | 63.21 | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 63.06 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62.75 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 62.69 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 67 | Jamaica | 62.24 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 68 | Albania | 62.21 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 61.74 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 61.56 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 71 | Iran | 61.38 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 72 | Moldova | 61.35 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 61.15 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 74 | Grenada | 61.11 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 61.06 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 76 | Greenland | 60.42 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 77 | Finland | 60.27 | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.19 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 79 | Dominica | 60.13 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 80 | Mongolia | 59.93 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 81 | Suriname | 59.86 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 82 | Slovakia | 59.65 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 83 | Czechia | 59.45 | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 84 | Iceland | 58.72 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 85 | Latvia | 58.52 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 86 | Canada | 58.42 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 58.35 | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 58.04 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 58.01 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 90 | Guyana | 57.88 | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 91 | Algeria | 57.64 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 92 | Eswatini | 57.6 | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 93 | Pakistan | 57.56 | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Cuba | 57.16 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 95 | Tunisia | 57.07 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 56.48 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 97 | Estonia | 56.47 | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 98 | Russia | 56.36 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 99 | Armenia | 56.29 | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 100 | Malaysia | 56.27 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.22 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 102 | Poland | 56.19 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.19 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 104 | Ukraine | 56.16 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 105 | South Africa | 55.71 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 55.7 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 107 | Belarus | 55.47 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 108 | Morocco | 54.81 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 109 | Slovenia | 54.49 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 110 | Maldives | 54.27 | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 111 | Israel | 54.1 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | 54.04 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 113 | Cyprus | 53.78 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 114 | Lithuania | 53.78 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 115 | Germany | 53.62 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritius | 53.28 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 117 | Sweden | 53.27 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 118 | Serbia | 53.17 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 119 | Venezuela | 52.93 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 52.29 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 121 | Belgium | 51.62 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 51.26 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 123 | Portugal | 51.23 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 51.07 | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 50.82 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 126 | Spain | 50.13 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 127 | Montenegro | 49.49 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 128 | Bhutan | 48.72 | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Gabon | 48.55 | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 48.02 | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 131 | Mauritania | 47.97 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 132 | Singapore | 47.74 | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 133 | Andorra | 47.72 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 134 | Thailand | 47.24 | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 135 | Denmark | 46.87 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 136 | Austria | 46.18 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 137 | Netherlands | 46.1 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 138 | Italy | 45.54 | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.5 | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 140 | Comoros | 44.09 | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 141 | Botswana | 43.14 | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 142 | Lesotho | 42.11 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.62 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 144 | Cameroon | 40.72 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 40.25 | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Indonesia | 39.98 | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Sudan | 39.96 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 148 | China | 39.22 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 149 | North Korea | 39.12 | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 39.08 | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Namibia | 38.36 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 152 | France | 38.07 | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 153 | Yemen | 38.06 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 154 | Switzerland | 37.77 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 155 | Ghana | 37.74 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 156 | Philippines | 37.35 | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 37.02 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 158 | South Korea | 36.69 | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.35 | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 160 | Nigeria | 35.83 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 161 | Somalia | 35.51 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 162 | Gambia | 34.17 | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Mali | 34 | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Togo | 33.59 | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Angola | 33.54 | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 166 | Laos | 33.2 | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.83 | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 168 | Nepal | 32.8 | 2024 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Senegal | 32.72 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 170 | Kenya | 32.13 | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 171 | Tanzania | 31.83 | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 172 | India | 31.76 | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Benin | 31.45 | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 174 | Haiti | 31.2 | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 175 | Congo | 31.15 | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 176 | Zambia | 31.12 | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 177 | Djibouti | 30.56 | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 178 | Guinea | 30.2 | 2024 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 29.87 | 2024 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Mozambique | 29.04 | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 181 | Myanmar | 28.88 | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 26.74 | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 183 | Cambodia | 26.61 | 2024 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Uganda | 26.58 | 2024 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 185 | Malawi | 26.13 | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 186 | Sierra Leone | 25.32 | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 187 | South Sudan | 25.1 | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 188 | Japan | 24.4 | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 189 | Burkina Faso | 23.58 | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 22.68 | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 191 | Chad | 22.56 | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Rwanda | 21.66 | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 193 | Vietnam | 19.99 | 2024 | up 78.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Niger | 19.13 | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 195 | Madagascar | 18.05 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 196 | East Timor | 17.16 | 2024 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Burundi | 16.91 | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 198 | Eritrea | 14.32 | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 199 | Ethiopia | 11.2 | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |