Share of men who are overweight or obese by country
A person is defined as overweight if they have a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his height in metres squared.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
90.7%
Nauru
Lowest
8.1%
Ethiopia
Median
55.6%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,955
What the numbers show
Share of men who are overweight or obese is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 90.7% in Nauru; the lowest is 8.1% in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.6%, and the mean is 50.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 174 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 91.3%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 9.4%).
Share of men who are overweight or obese: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 90.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | American Samoa | 89.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 89.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 4 | Tokelau | 88.5% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 5 | Tonga | 86.9% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | Niue | 86.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 7 | Samoa | 83.2% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 8 | Tuvalu | 82.5% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 79.8% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 10 | Kuwait | 77.5% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 11 | Qatar | 75.7% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 75.1% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 73.7% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 73.1% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 15 | United States | 73.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 16 | Brunei | 72.4% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 17 | Kiribati | 72.4% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Croatia | 72.2% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 19 | Mexico | 71.8% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 20 | Uruguay | 71.7% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 21 | Slovakia | 71.7% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | 71.1% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 71.1% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 71.0% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 25 | New Zealand | 70.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 70.7% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 70.2% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 28 | Bahamas | 70.0% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 69.8% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 30 | Lebanon | 69.8% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 31 | Georgia | 69.6% | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 69.2% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 34 | Moldova | 69.2% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.9% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 36 | Panama | 68.8% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 38 | Czechia | 68.4% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 39 | Peru | 68.4% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 40 | Palau | 68.1% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 41 | Syria | 68.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 42 | Iraq | 67.8% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 43 | Serbia | 67.5% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 67.3% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 45 | Latvia | 67.0% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 46 | Albania | 66.8% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 66.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66.5% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 49 | Iceland | 66.3% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 66.1% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 51 | Belize | 66.1% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 52 | Norway | 66.1% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 53 | Ecuador | 65.7% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 54 | Estonia | 65.4% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 55 | United Kingdom | 65.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 56 | Bahrain | 65.0% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | Micronesia (country) | 65.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 58 | Oman | 64.9% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 59 | Finland | 64.6% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 60 | Jordan | 64.2% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 61 | Egypt | 64.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 62 | Russia | 64.0% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 63 | Canada | 63.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 63.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 65 | Brazil | 63.4% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 66 | Palestine | 63.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 67 | Turkey | 63.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 68 | Germany | 62.8% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 69 | Bolivia | 62.6% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 62.5% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 71 | Lithuania | 62.2% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 72 | Marshall Islands | 62.1% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 61.9% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 61.9% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 75 | Sweden | 61.6% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 76 | Belarus | 61.4% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 77 | Guatemala | 61.2% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 61.1% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 79 | El Salvador | 60.8% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 80 | Cyprus | 60.8% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 60.7% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 60.6% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 84 | Israel | 59.7% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 85 | Honduras | 59.0% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 86 | Barbados | 59.0% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 87 | Spain | 58.8% | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 88 | Mongolia | 58.8% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 89 | Fiji | 58.8% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 90 | Ukraine | 58.5% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 91 | Libya | 58.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 58.3% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 93 | Montenegro | 58.2% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 94 | Austria | 57.8% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 95 | Iran | 57.8% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 96 | Greenland | 57.7% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 57.6% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 98 | Colombia | 57.5% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 99 | Seychelles | 56.3% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 100 | Pakistan | 55.8% | 2024 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Portugal | 55.7% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 55.4% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 103 | Andorra | 55.2% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.2% | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 105 | Denmark | 55.1% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 106 | Bermuda | 54.8% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 107 | Antigua and Barbuda | 54.7% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 108 | Cuba | 54.2% | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 109 | Singapore | 54.2% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.1% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 111 | Italy | 53.6% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 112 | Armenia | 53.5% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 113 | Malaysia | 53.2% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 114 | Papua New Guinea | 52.7% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 115 | Netherlands | 51.8% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 116 | Venezuela | 51.8% | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 117 | Tunisia | 51.1% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 118 | Maldives | 50.7% | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 119 | Algeria | 50.6% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 50.1% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 121 | Grenada | 50.0% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 122 | Suriname | 49.9% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.2% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 49.1% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 125 | Mauritius | 49.0% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 126 | Jamaica | 48.1% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 127 | Switzerland | 47.3% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 128 | South Korea | 47.0% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 46.3% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 130 | Morocco | 45.6% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 45.5% | 2024 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 132 | China | 44.9% | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 44.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 134 | Dominica | 43.7% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 135 | Thailand | 43.4% | 2024 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 136 | Eswatini | 42.9% | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 137 | Bhutan | 42.8% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 138 | France | 42.5% | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 139 | Cape Verde | 37.8% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 140 | South Africa | 37.6% | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 141 | Gabon | 36.5% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 142 | North Korea | 35.7% | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 143 | Yemen | 34.1% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 144 | Philippines | 33.8% | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 145 | Sudan | 33.4% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33.1% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 147 | Japan | 33.0% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 32.8% | 2024 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Cameroon | 32.1% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 32.0% | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 151 | Indonesia | 31.4% | 2024 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Liberia | 30.9% | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 30.2% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 154 | India | 29.9% | 2024 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Laos | 29.9% | 2024 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 156 | Nepal | 28.6% | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 157 | Namibia | 28.4% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 158 | Botswana | 28.2% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 159 | Mauritania | 28.0% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 160 | Nigeria | 27.7% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 161 | Mali | 25.9% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.8% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau | 25.3% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 24.3% | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 165 | Benin | 23.6% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 166 | Angola | 23.6% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 167 | Myanmar | 23.3% | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 168 | Tanzania | 23.1% | 2024 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 169 | Chad | 22.6% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 170 | Togo | 22.5% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 171 | Lesotho | 22.4% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 172 | Cambodia | 22.4% | 2024 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Burundi | 22.2% | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 22.2% | 2024 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Djibouti | 22.2% | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 176 | Senegal | 22.2% | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Guinea | 22.0% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 178 | Zambia | 21.8% | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 179 | Ghana | 21.7% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 180 | Congo | 21.5% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 181 | Somalia | 21.5% | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 182 | Gambia | 21.4% | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Kenya | 21.1% | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 184 | Mozambique | 21.1% | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 185 | Vietnam | 20.7% | 2024 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Haiti | 20.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 19.3% | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 188 | South Sudan | 18.8% | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 189 | Burkina Faso | 18.2% | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Madagascar | 17.8% | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 191 | Uganda | 17.1% | 2024 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Malawi | 15.9% | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 193 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.3% | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 194 | Niger | 14.5% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 195 | East Timor | 13.6% | 2024 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Sierra Leone | 13.4% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 197 | Rwanda | 12.8% | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 198 | Eritrea | 12.4% | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 199 | Ethiopia | 8.1% | 2024 | up 46.4% | rising |
About this data
A person is defined as overweight if they have a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his height in metres squared.