Share of adults who are overweight or obese by country
Overweight is defined here as a body mass index (BMI) above 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters.
Countries reporting
198
Highest
91.0%
American Samoa
Lowest
11.2%
Ethiopia
Median
56.3%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,955
What the numbers show
Share of adults who are overweight or obese is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 91.0% in American Samoa; the lowest is 11.2% in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.3%, and the mean is 53.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 177 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 or obese: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 91.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | Tonga | 91.0% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 3 | Tokelau | 90.3% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 90.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 5 | Nauru | 89.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Niue | 88.1% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Samoa | 87.4% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 8 | Tuvalu | 85.8% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 80.2% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 10 | Kuwait | 77.1% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 11 | Kiribati | 76.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bahamas | 76.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.5% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 75.7% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 74.5% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 74.2% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 17 | French Polynesia | 73.7% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 18 | Belize | 73.5% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 19 | Panama | 73.2% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 73.1% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 21 | Iraq | 72.9% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 22 | Brunei | 72.8% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 23 | Micronesia (country) | 72.1% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 71.8% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 71.5% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 26 | United States | 71.4% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 27 | Palau | 71.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 70.4% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 29 | Syria | 70.2% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 70.1% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 70.0% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 32 | Uruguay | 69.2% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 68.7% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine | 68.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 68.3% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 36 | Barbados | 68.2% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 37 | Ecuador | 68.1% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 67.9% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 39 | Fiji | 67.8% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 40 | Bahrain | 67.7% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 41 | New Zealand | 67.7% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Jordan | 67.2% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 43 | Georgia | 67.0% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 44 | El Salvador | 66.8% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 45 | Lebanon | 66.3% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 46 | Bolivia | 66.3% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 47 | Oman | 66.1% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 48 | Honduras | 65.8% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 49 | Brazil | 65.0% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 64.9% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 51 | Guatemala | 64.8% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 52 | Ireland | 64.7% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 53 | Croatia | 64.3% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 54 | Australia | 64.1% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 55 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.0% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 56 | Turkey | 63.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 57 | Romania | 63.8% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 58 | Seychelles | 63.8% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 63.7% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 60 | Libya | 63.7% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 61 | Bermuda | 63.6% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 63.3% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 63 | Malta | 63.2% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 63.1% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62.8% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 62.7% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 67 | Jamaica | 62.2% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 68 | Albania | 62.2% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 61.7% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 61.6% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 71 | Iran | 61.4% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 72 | Moldova | 61.4% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 61.2% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 74 | Grenada | 61.1% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 61.1% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 76 | Greenland | 60.4% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 77 | Finland | 60.3% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.2% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 79 | Dominica | 60.1% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 80 | Mongolia | 59.9% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 81 | Suriname | 59.9% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 82 | Slovakia | 59.6% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 83 | Czechia | 59.4% | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 84 | Iceland | 58.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 85 | Latvia | 58.5% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 86 | Canada | 58.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 58.4% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 58.0% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 58.0% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 90 | Guyana | 57.9% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 91 | Algeria | 57.6% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 92 | Eswatini | 57.6% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 93 | Pakistan | 57.6% | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Cuba | 57.2% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 95 | Tunisia | 57.1% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 56.5% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 97 | Estonia | 56.5% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 98 | Russia | 56.4% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 99 | Armenia | 56.3% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 100 | Malaysia | 56.3% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.2% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 102 | Poland | 56.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.2% | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 104 | Ukraine | 56.2% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 105 | South Africa | 55.7% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 55.7% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 107 | Belarus | 55.5% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 108 | Morocco | 54.8% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 109 | Slovenia | 54.5% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 110 | Maldives | 54.3% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 111 | Israel | 54.1% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | 54.0% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 113 | Cyprus | 53.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 114 | Lithuania | 53.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 115 | Germany | 53.6% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritius | 53.3% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 117 | Sweden | 53.3% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 118 | Serbia | 53.2% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 119 | Venezuela | 52.9% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 52.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 121 | Belgium | 51.6% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 51.3% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 123 | Portugal | 51.2% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 51.1% | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 50.8% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 126 | Spain | 50.1% | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 127 | Montenegro | 49.5% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 128 | Bhutan | 48.7% | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Gabon | 48.6% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 48.0% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 131 | Mauritania | 48.0% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 132 | Singapore | 47.7% | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 133 | Andorra | 47.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 134 | Thailand | 47.2% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 135 | Denmark | 46.9% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 136 | Austria | 46.2% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 137 | Netherlands | 46.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 138 | Italy | 45.5% | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.5% | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 140 | Comoros | 44.1% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 141 | Botswana | 43.1% | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 142 | Lesotho | 42.1% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.6% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 144 | Cameroon | 40.7% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 40.2% | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Indonesia | 40.0% | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Sudan | 40.0% | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 148 | China | 39.2% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 149 | North Korea | 39.1% | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 39.1% | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Namibia | 38.4% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 152 | France | 38.1% | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 153 | Yemen | 38.1% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 154 | Switzerland | 37.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 155 | Ghana | 37.7% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 156 | Philippines | 37.3% | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 37.0% | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 158 | South Korea | 36.7% | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.4% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 160 | Nigeria | 35.8% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 161 | Somalia | 35.5% | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 162 | Gambia | 34.2% | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Mali | 34.0% | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Togo | 33.6% | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Angola | 33.5% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 166 | Laos | 33.2% | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.8% | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 168 | Nepal | 32.8% | 2024 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Senegal | 32.7% | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 170 | Kenya | 32.1% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 171 | Tanzania | 31.8% | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 172 | India | 31.8% | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Benin | 31.5% | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 174 | Haiti | 31.2% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 175 | Congo | 31.1% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 176 | Zambia | 31.1% | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 178 | Guinea | 30.2% | 2024 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 29.9% | 2024 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Mozambique | 29.0% | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 181 | Myanmar | 28.9% | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 26.7% | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 183 | Cambodia | 26.6% | 2024 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Uganda | 26.6% | 2024 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 185 | Malawi | 26.1% | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 186 | Sierra Leone | 25.3% | 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 | 23.6% | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 22.7% | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 191 | Chad | 22.6% | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Rwanda | 21.7% | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 193 | Vietnam | 20.0% | 2024 | up 78.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Niger | 19.1% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 195 | Madagascar | 18.1% | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 196 | East Timor | 17.2% | 2024 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Burundi | 16.9% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 198 | Eritrea | 14.3% | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 199 | Ethiopia | 11.2% | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
About this data
Overweight is defined here as a body mass index (BMI) above 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters.