Which has higher prevalence of overweight, Euro area or Marshall Islands?

Marshall Islands, at 73.2% against 48.9% in Euro area as of 2022.

What is the difference in prevalence of overweight between Euro area and Marshall Islands?

24.3%, with Marshall Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Marshall Islands?

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 (% of adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Euro area vs Marshall Islands: Prevalence of overweight

Euro area

48.9%

in 2022

Marshall Islands

73.2%

in 2022

Euro area rank

20th

Marshall Islands rank

17th

Prevalence of overweight over time

Euro area
Marshall Islands

How they compare

Marshall Islands currently reports 73.2% against 48.9% in Euro area, a difference of 24.3%.

That makes Marshall Islands's figure about 1.5 times Euro area's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Marshall Islands has been ahead every year.

Euro area ranks 20th and Marshall Islands ranks 17th of 43 groups.

Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Euro area	Marshall Islands	Difference	Ahead
1990s	47.2%	70.0%	22.8%	Marshall Islands
2000s	50.2%	71.8%	21.6%	Marshall Islands
2010s	50.1%	72.7%	22.6%	Marshall Islands
2020s	49.0%	73.1%	24.1%	Marshall Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, Euro area or Marshall Islands?: Marshall Islands, at 73.2% against 48.9% in Euro area as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight between Euro area and Marshall Islands?: 24.3%, with Marshall Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Marshall Islands?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Euro area and Marshall Islands rank globally for prevalence of overweight?: Euro area ranks 20th and Marshall Islands ranks 17th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as Prevalence of overweight (% of adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Euro area vs Marshall Islands: Prevalence of overweight. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/). Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-percent-of-adults/euro-area/marshall-islands/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-percent-of-adults/euro-area/marshall-islands/">Euro area vs Marshall Islands: Prevalence of overweight</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Prevalence of overweight (% of adults)
Unit: % of 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: 03 September 2026

Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults 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.