Which has higher prevalence of overweight, female, Lithuania or Portugal?

Portugal, at 49.3% against 48.6% in Lithuania as of 2022.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Portugal?

33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lithuania vs Portugal: Prevalence of overweight, female

Lithuania

48.6%

in 2022

Portugal

49.3%

in 2022

Lithuania rank

119th

Portugal rank

116th

Prevalence of overweight, female over time

Lithuania
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 49.3% against 48.6% in Lithuania, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Lithuania ahead.

Lithuania ranks 119th and Portugal ranks 116th of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lithuania	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	52.9%	49.4%	3.5%	Lithuania
2000s	50.7%	49.8%	0.9%	Lithuania
2010s	49.5%	49.4%	0.0%	Lithuania
2020s	48.7%	49.3%	0.6%	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, female, Lithuania or Portugal?: Portugal, at 49.3% against 48.6% in Lithuania as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, female between Lithuania and Portugal?: 0.7%, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Portugal?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Lithuania and Portugal rank globally for prevalence of overweight, female?: Lithuania ranks 119th and Portugal ranks 116th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults)
Unit: % of female adults
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 7,896 data points, 1975–2022
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Prevalence of overweight female adults is the percentage of females ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.