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Prevalence of adult overweight & obesity (%)

Country ▼ Year Area Age

MalesOverweight(BMI 25-29.9kg/m²)

MalesObesity(BMI ≥30kg/m²)

FemalesOverweight(BMI 25-29.9kg/m²)

FemalesObesity(BMI ≥30kg/m²)

All adultsOverweight(BMI 25-29.9kg/m²)

All adultsObesity(BMI ≥30kg/m²)

Afghanistan 2018 National 18-69 25.90 11.90 25.60 23.50 25.80 17.00

Albania2017-

2018National 15-59 41.70 18.10 30.80 24.40 36.30 21.30

Algeria 2005 National 35-70 32.20 9.10 36.40 30.10 34.30 19.50

American Samoa 2004 National 25-64 23.50 69.30 14.20 80.20 18.90 74.60

Andorra2017-

2018National 18-75 42.50 13.00 27.00 14.40 35.20 13.60

Angola2013-

2014Regional 15-64 10.70 2.80 20.50 10.60 15.80 6.80

Antigua and Barbuda 1993 40+ - 25.00 - 60.00 - 43.10

Argentina 2018 National 18+ 38.70 31.40 29.10 33.40 33.70 32.40

Armenia 2016 National 18-69 31.40 14.00 25.10 25.00 28.20 19.50

Australia2017-

2018National 18+ 42.00 32.50 29.60 30.20 35.60 31.30

Austria 2019 National 18+ 41.90 18.60 28.40 15.70 35.00 17.10

Azerbaijan2017-

2018National 18-69 38.80 14.70 30.90 26.50 34.80 20.60

Bahamas 2019 National 18-69 35.20 31.80 25.80 54.80 27.90 43.70








Bahrain 2018 National 18+ 38.70 33.00 30.90 42.50 35.50 36.90

Bangladesh 2018 National 18-69 16.00 2.30 25.10 8.60 20.50 5.40

Barbados 2011 National 25+ 34.20 23.40 30.80 43.40 32.40 33.80

Belarus2016-

2017National 18-69 41.30 20.10 29.60 30.20 35.20 25.40

Belgium 2019 National 18+ 39.10 17.20 29.00 15.60 33.90 16.30

Belize2003-

2006National 20+ 35.00 23.60 30.10 42.60 32.50 33.80

Benin2017-

2018National 15-49 - - 16.40 9.40 - -

Benin 2008 National 25-64 - 4.30 - 14.00 - 9.40

Bermuda2013-

2014National 18+ 49.60 29.40 29.60 40.00 40.20 34.40

Bhutan 2019 National 15-69 31.70 8.40 35.40 14.90 33.50 11.40

Bolivia 2016 National 15-49 - - 32.10 25.60 - -

Bosnia and

Herzegovina2012 National 25-64 49.90 20.30 31.90 24.10 40.40 22.30

Botswana 2014 National 15-69 14.70 5.10 23.20 19.10 18.80 11.80

Brazil 2019 National 18+ 37.60 19.50 32.90 21.00 35.10 20.30

British Virgin Islands 2009 National 25-64 45.00 28.40 32.20 43.90 39.20 35.50








Brunei Darussalam2015-

2016National 18-69 36.30 26.90 33.00 29.50 34.60 28.20

Bulgaria2019-

2020National 15+ 47.70 15.10 33.40 11.60 40.10 13.30

Burkina Faso 2013 National 25-64 10.80 2.90 7.20 6.00 8.90 4.50

Burundi2016-

2017National 15-49 - - 6.10 1.70 - -

Cabo Verde 2007 National 25-64 24.80 6.50 28.00 14.60 26.40 10.50

Cambodia 2014 National 15-49 - - 15.20 2.80 - -

Cambodia 2010 National 25-64 10.50 1.10 16.30 2.70 13.50 1.90

Cameroon 2018 National 15-49 - - 23.50 13.60 - -

Cameroon 2003 Regional 15+ 21.60 6.50 28.60 19.50 25.10 13.00

Canada 2017 National 18-79 38.40 26.90 28.50 27.00 33.50 26.90

Cayman Islands 2012 National 25-64 38.40 29.20 29.40 44.30 40.00 30.60

Central African

Republic2010 National 25-64 10.80 3.00 16.40 11.60 13.50 7.20

Chad2014-

2015National 15-49 - - 9.00 2.50 - -

Chad 2007 Regional 25-64 21.50 8.40 23.80 19.90 22.90 13.70








Chile2016-

2017National 15+ 43.30 30.30 36.40 38.40 39.80 34.40

China 2015 National 18-59 36.36 6.30 28.87 6.79 33.07 6.51

Colombia 2018 Urban 18-75 36.40 29.40 36.00 12.60 36.20 21.30

Comoros 2012 National 15-49 - - 24.60 11.80 - -

Comoros 2011 National 25-64 22.10 5.50 30.00 22.40 25.90 13.50

Congo2011-

2012National 15-49 - - 17.30 8.80 - -

Congo 2004 Regional 25-64 15.50 2.50 22.10 15.00 18.70 8.60

Cook Islands2013-

2015National 18-64 20.00 68.70 19.50 70.70 19.70 69.80

Costa Rica2008-

2009National 20-64 43.50 18.90 35.30 31.30 39.40 25.10

Cote d'Ivoire2011-

2012National 15-49 - - 19.00 6.60 - -

Cote d'Ivoire 2005 National 15-64 18.60 5.10 24.80 11.20 22.00 8.50

Croatia 2019 National 18+ 49.50 23.70 35.90 22.60 41.70 23.00

Cuba 2010 National 18+ 32.70 12.80 30.80 18.80 31.70 15.80

Cyprus 2019 National 15+ 41.90 15.80 26.30 13.50 33.80 14.60

Czechia 2019 National 18+ 48.00 21.80 32.60 18.00 40.10 19.80








Democratic Republic

of Congo

2013-

2014National 15-49 - - 12.60 3.40 - -

Democratic Republic

of Congo2005 Regional 15+ 8.80 2.80 16.20 7.90 13.30 5.80

Denmark 2019 National 18+ 41.50 16.30 26.70 16.60 34.00 16.50

Dominica2007-

2008National 15-64 20.90 8.60 29.20 32.70 24.90 20.20

Dominican Republic 2013 National 15-49 27.80 13.00 29.70 20.80 28.10 16.60

Ecuador 2018 National 19-59 43.05 18.33 39.74 27.89 41.30 23.38

Egypt2016-

2017National 15-69 29.00 24.80 25.30 48.80 27.30 35.70

El Salvador2014-

2015National 20+ 39.50 19.50 36.60 33.20 37.90 27.30

England 2019 National 16+ 41.20 24.80 31.30 24.70 36.20 24.70

Equatorial Guinea 2011 National 15-49 18.60 4.70 25.00 12.70 21.40 8.30

Eritrea 2004 National 15-64 9.20 2.00 13.60 4.90 11.10 3.40

Estonia 2019 National 18+ 42.00 19.70 28.80 23.60 34.90 21.80

Eswatini 2014 National 15-69 17.20 8.80 28.90 30.90 23.40 20.50

Ethiopia 2016 NationalM: 15-59; F:

15-493.10 0.40 6.00 1.50 4.40 1.00








Federated States of

Micronesia2014 Regional 18-69 26.60 27.50 25.10 49.60 26.00 37.10

Fiji 2011 National 25-64 37.00 22.40 32.90 42.00 34.90 32.00

Finland 2019 National 20+ - 20.60 - 21.80 - 21.20

France 2019 National 18+ 38.60 14.30 26.30 15.70 32.10 15.00

French Guiana2007-

2008National 15+ 35.10 13.40 25.90 22.10 30.30 17.90

Gabon 2012 National 15-49 - - 25.40 18.70 - -

Gabon 2009 Regional 15-64 28.10 10.10 28.00 26.70 28.10 20.10

Gambia2019-

2020National 15-49 - - 22.20 14.20 - -

Gambia 2010 National 25-64 25.80 7.90 28.80 16.50 - -

Georgia 2016 National 18-69 35.30 30.20 27.90 36.00 31.40 33.20

Germany 2019 National 18+ 41.60 19.10 27.50 19.00 34.50 19.00

Ghana 2017 National 15-49 - - 24.70 14.30 - -

Ghana2016-

2017National 18+ - 8.20 - 30.40 - 21.10

Gibraltar (UK) 2021 National 16+ 44.10 28.90 30.70 28.80 36.80 28.90

Greece 2019 National 15+ 49.20 16.60 33.20 16.20 40.80 16.40

Greenland 2018 National 15-94 - 24.00 - 32.00 - 28.00








Grenada2010-

2011National 25-64 34.40 13.90 32.60 36.60 33.50 25.20

Guadeloupe2007-

2008National 15+ 32.00 18.00 31.50 27.20 31.70 22.90

Guatemala 2017 National 15-49 - - 40.00 26.10 - -

Guinea 2018 National 15-49 - - 18.20 8.40 - -

Guyana 2009 National 15-49 23.50 8.50 26.30 21.70 24.90 15.10

Haiti2016-

2017National 15-49 - - 20.50 11.20 - -

Honduras2011-

2012National 15-49 - - 29.20 22.10 - -

Hong Kong2014-

2015National 15-84 30.90 5.10 18.90 5.40 24.60 5.30

Hungary 2019 National 15+ 40.10 25.10 29.20 22.70 - -

Iceland 2014 National 18+ 47.00 19.20 30.10 18.80 38.60 19.00

India2019-

2020Regional 15-49 20.00 4.70 17.20 6.30 18.70 5.50

Indonesia 2013 National 18+ 16.30 3.00 24.20 8.20 20.20 5.60

Iran 2016 National 18+ 38.30 15.30 35.00 29.80 36.60 22.70

Iraq 2015 National 18+ 33.10 25.60 30.60 42.60 31.90 33.50








Ireland 2019 National 18+ 36.60 25.70 20.30 26.00 28.60 25.90

Israel2014-

2016National 18-64 35.20 17.40 24.80 16.60 30.00 17.00

Italy 2019 National 18+ 42.40 12.90 26.40 10.70 33.90 11.70

Jamaica2007-

2008National 15-74 25.80 12.40 27.00 37.70 26.40 25.30

Japan 2012 National 15+ 25.70 3.80 15.90 3.40 20.70 3.60

Jordan 2017 National 18-90 41.20 36.10 29.10 48.20 44.70 32.70

Kazakhstan 2012 National 15+ 36.80 15.90 32.70 30.60 34.70 23.50

Kenya 2015 National 18-69 13.20 4.30 24.90 13.70 19.00 8.90

Kiribati 2018South Tarawa and

Butaritari- - - - 28.60 56.70

Kiribati2015-

2016National 18-69 44.60 32.10 28.70 55.60 35.50 45.60

Kuwait 2018 19+ - 37.61 - 49.05 36.01 43.75

Kyrgyzstan 2012 National 15-49 - - 23.70 12.00 - -

Kyrgyzstan 1993 National 18-59 26.40 4.20 24.30 10.70 25.30 7.50

Laos 2013 National 18-64 17.90 3.50 20.90 7.10 19.70 5.60

Latvia 2019 National 15+ 39.40 18.90 30.40 25.10 34.40 22.30








Lebanon2016-

2017National 18-69 44.70 26.60 31.40 27.50 37.90 27.00

Lesotho 2014 National 15-49 8.60 3.10 25.00 19.60 16.90 11.50

Liberia2019-

2020National 15-49 - - 24.30 12.30 - -

Liberia 2013 National 15-49 8.20 1.20 17.90 8.60 13.00 4.90

Libya 2009 National 25-64 36.10 21.40 29.70 40.10 33.00 30.50

Lithuania 2019 National 18+ 43.20 17.00 33.40 20.50 37.90 18.90

Luxembourg 2019 National 18+ 40.10 18.40 23.80 14.60 31.90 16.50

Madagascar2008-

2009National 15-49 - - 5.10 1.20 - -

Malawi 2016 Regional 18+ 11.00 2.00 22.00 13.00 16.60 7.60

Malaysia 2019 National 18+ 30.80 15.30 29.30 24.70 30.40 19.70

Maldives2016-

2017National 15-49 27.10 7.90 29.90 19.30 28.10 12.10

Mali 2018 National 15-49 - - 19.00 8.70 - -

Malta 2019 National 18+ 40.50 30.60 31.30 26.70 36.10 28.70

Marshall Islands2017-

2018Regional - - - - 28.40 44.10








Marshall Islands2016-

2017National 15-49 - - 27.60 45.10 - -

Marshall Islands 2002 National 15-64 33.20 26.60 28.30 37.10 30.90 31.60

Martinique2007-

2008National 15+ 35.90 16.10 31.70 26.80 33.60 21.90

Mauritania 2006 Regional 15-64 23.20 8.60 27.90 31.50 25.70 20.90

Mauritius 2015 National 18+ 38.30 11.10 32.60 25.80 35.20 19.10

Mexico 2020 National 20+ 40.60 31.50 35.80 40.20 38.10 36.00

Moldova 2013 National 18-69 38.20 17.80 27.40 28.50 37.00 22.90

Mongolia 2019 National 15-69 31.40 16.60 30.50 20.40 30.90 18.50

Morocco2017-

2018National 18+ 31.60 11.00 34.40 29.00 33.00 20.00

Mozambique 2014 25-64 13.20 5.00 17.50 13.00 15.40 9.10

Myanmar2017-

2018Regional 15-49 11.40 2.00 22.90 7.30 - -

Namibia 2013 National 15-49 8.10 3.40 18.30 13.20 13.30 8.40

Nauru 2004 National 15-64 26.50 55.70 21.80 60.50 24.10 58.10

Nepal 2019 National 15-69 20.20 3.20 19.80 5.30 20.00 4.30

Netherlands 2020 National 20+ 41.70 14.70 32.10 15.70 36.80 14.20








New Zealand2020-

2021National - - - - 33.70 34.30

New Zealand2019-

2020National 15+ 40.00 30.10 30.80 31.70 35.30 30.90

Nicaragua2007-

2009Regional 20-60 30.90 11.90 34.70 29.80 33.10 22.00

Niger 2012 National 15-49 - - 13.90 3.90 - -

Niger 2007 National 15-64 19.10 2.90 27.30 3.70 22.40 3.20

Nigeria 2018 National 15-49 - - 18.20 9.90 - -

Nigeria1991-

199420+ - 6.50 - 9.10 - 7.80

Niue2011-

2012National 15+ 25.80 59.20 24.10 62.70 24.90 61.00

North Macedonia 2017 National 18+ 53.30 11.10 37.20 9.90 45.20 10.50

Northern Ireland2019-

2020National 16+ 43.30 27.80 32.60 27.10 38.00 27.30

Norway 2019 National 16+ 40.00 15.00 29.00 12.00 35.00 14.00

Oman 2017 National 18+ 40.10 23.20 30.00 39.30 35.50 30.70

Pakistan 2018 National 15-49 - - 24.20 13.90 - -








Pakistan2013-

2014Regional 18-69 26.50 12.10 26.10 17.10 26.40 14.90

Palau 2016 National - - - - 33.00 38.00

Palau2011-

2013National 25-64 35.10 40.30 30.60 45.40 32.90 42.90

Palestine2010-

2011National 15-64 31.90 23.30 29.90 30.80 31.00 26.80

Panama2010-

2011Regional 18+ - 18.30 - 30.90 - 27.10

Papua New Guinea2007-

2008National 15-64 25.20 5.10 25.20 8.70 25.30 6.80

Paraguay 2011 National 15-74 35.30 19.90 34.40 26.60 34.80 23.20

Peru 2014 National 15-49 - - 37.30 20.90 - -

Peru2012-

2013National 20+ - 13.80 - 23.90 - 18.90

Philippines2018-

2019National - - - - 23.70 6.10

Philippines 2015 National 20+ 21.80 5.00 26.50 8.70 24.20 6.90

Poland 2019 National 18+ 46.80 20.10 32.20 18.10 39.10 19.00

Portugal 2019 National 18+ 42.20 16.40 31.80 17.40 36.60 16.90








Qatar 2012 National 18-64 32.30 39.50 25.10 43.20 28.70 41.40

Romania 2019 National 18+ 55.90 11.10 40.10 10.80 47.70 10.90

Russian Federation2012-

2014National 25-64 42.30 27.50 28.70 31.40 34.30 30.30

Rwanda2019-

2020National 15-49 - - 20.50 5.80 - -

Rwanda2014-

2015National 15-49 5.80 0.40 17.10 3.70 11.50 2.10

Saint Kitts and Nevis2007-

2008National 25-64 36.20 37.90 30.50 52.50 33.50 45.00

Saint Lucia 2012 National 25-64 36.80 17.10 30.70 46.40 33.70 31.90

Samoa 2013 National 18-64 35.00 44.80 21.80 68.60 28.90 55.80

Sao Tome and

Principe2008 National 25-64 21.40 6.60 25.10 16.50 23.30 11.70

Saudi Arabia 2019 National 18+ 42.70 19.20 32.70 21.40 38.20 20.20

Scotland 2020 National 16+ 38.00 26.00 31.00 29.00 35.00 28.00

Senegal 2015 National - - - - 15.80 6.40

Senegal2010-

2011National 15-49 6.10 1.00 15.50 5.80 10.90 3.50

Serbia 2019 National 15+ 43.40 21.70 29.90 20.00 36.30 20.80








Seychelles2013-

2014National 25-64 35.00 22.00 33.00 39.00 34.00 30.30

Sierra Leone 2019 National 15-49 - - 19.70 8.10 - -

Sierra Leone 2013 National 15-49 6.70 1.50 13.40 5.00 10.10 3.30

Singapore2019-

2020National 18-74 33.50 11.90 24.30 9.30 28.80 10.50

Slovakia 2019 National 15+ 45.50 20.20 30.70 18.00 37.80 19.10

Slovenia 2019 National 18+ 45.00 21.30 31.40 18.50 38.20 19.90

Solomon Islands 2015 National 15-49 25.50 8.80 29.50 17.90 27.50 13.10

Somalia 2019 National 15-49 - - 24.40 15.10 - -

South Africa 2016 National 15+ 20.30 11.00 26.60 41.00 23.60 26.20

South Korea 2018 National 20+ - 45.40 - 26.50 - 35.70

Spain2019-

2020National 15+ 44.90 16.50 30.60 15.50 - -

Sri Lanka 2016 National 15-49 - - 31.90 13.30 - -

Sri Lanka2014-

2015National 18-69 21.10 3.50 25.90 8.40 23.40 5.90

Sudan 2016 National 18-69 15.90 6.70 20.70 14.90 17.90 10.30

Suriname2016-

2017National 20+ 38.50 17.00 33.30 27.00 - -








Sweden 2020 National 18-84 42.00 15.00 29.00 16.00 36.00 16.00

Switzerland2014-

2015National 18-75 41.60 13.90 19.70 11.30 30.70 12.60

Syrian Arab Republic 2002 National 20-65 37.30 15.50 31.10 22.50 34.20 18.90

Tahiti (French

Polynesia)2010 National 18-64 32.20 38.90 26.80 41.90 29.50 40.40

Taiwan2013-

2014National - - - - - 8.20

Taiwan2005-

2008National - - - - - 6.20

Taiwan2003-

2006National 19+ - 6.10 - 6.40 - 6.20

Tajikistan 2017 National 15-49 - - 23.70 13.40 - -

Tanzania2015-

2016National 15-49 - - 18.40 10.00 - -

Tanzania 2012 National 25-64 12.60 2.50 22.10 15.00 17.30 8.70

Thailand 2018 Regional - - - - 33.20 11.60

Thailand 2014 National - - - - 28.70 11.00

Thailand 2009 National 20+ 23.80 7.00 28.90 12.00 26.00 9.00

Timor-Leste 2016 National 15-49 8.30 1.50 5.30 0.70 6.80 1.10








Togo2013-

2014National 15-49 - - 19.40 11.10 - -

Togo 2010 National 15-64 12.00 2.30 18.60 9.60 15.30 6.20

Tokelau 2005 National 15-64 24.30 58.60 21.50 67.80 22.80 63.40

Tonga 2017 National 18-69 22.80 66.80 12.30 82.80 16.10 77.10

Trinidad and Tobago 2011 National 15-64 32.90 19.40 27.30 31.70 30.00 25.70

Tunisia 2005 National 35-70 38.40 13.30 34.10 37.00 36.10 25.40

Turkey 2019 National 18+ 41.40 18.30 31.70 26.10 36.50 22.30

Turkmenistan 2018 National 18-69 38.40 12.70 27.90 17.50 33.40 15.00

Uganda 2014 National 18-69 9.50 1.80 19.50 7.50 14.50 4.60

Ukraine 2019 National 18-69 37.80 20.10 30.40 29.80 34.30 24.80

United Arab Emirates2017-

2018National 18-69 45.70 25.10 34.30 30.60 40.10 27.80

United Kingdom 2014 National 18+ 40.50 19.80 31.40 20.40 35.60 20.10

United States2017-

2018National 18+ 34.00 42.20 27.90 41.80 31.20 42.70

Uruguay2013-

2014National 15-64 38.60 22.10 31.30 25.10 34.80 23.70

Uzbekistan 2017 National 15-49 - - 25.20 15.50 - -

Uzbekistan 2014 National 18-64 32.00 15.70 27.30 25.40 29.90 20.20








Vanuatu 2013 National 15-49 24.80 11.10 30.80 18.80 27.80 14.90

Venezuela2014-

2017National 20+ 38.20 22.20 31.20 26.70 34.50 24.60

Vietnam 2015 National 18-69 13.20 1.70 14.70 1.70 13.90 1.70

Vietnam 2015 National - - - - 13.90 1.70

Wales2019-

2020National 16+ 40.30 26.30 30.70 23.90 35.50 25.10

Yemen 2013 National 15-49 - - 15.70 8.00 - -

Zambia 2017 National 18-69 13.20 3.00 20.20 12.30 16.70 7.50

Zimbabwe 2015 National 15-49 9.70 2.30 22.30 12.60 16.30 7.70

For individual source references, please refer to the country’s obesity prevalence page via the interactive map.

Data in italics is self-reported.

Due to limited data availability not all surveys are directly comparable, see further survey details for information.

Date last updated January 31, 2022

PDF created on January 31, 2022

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