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Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 (Crude estimate) by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
90.39
Tonga
Lowest
10.87
Ethiopia
Median
55.42
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
9,955

What the numbers show

Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 (Crude estimate) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 90.39 in Tonga; the lowest is 10.87 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 55.42, and the mean is 52.02.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 178 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Viet Nam (up 88.3%), and the largest decrease in France (down 12.6%).

Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tonga 90.39 2022 up 3.0% rising
2 Tokelau 90.2 2022 up 1.9% rising
3 Naoero 88.84 2022 down 0.2% flat
4 Niue 88.47 2022 up 2.5% rising
5 Cook Islands 88.29 2022 up 2.5% rising
6 Samoa 87.68 2022 up 3.2% rising
7 Tuvalu 85.77 2022 up 2.3% rising
8 Kiribati 79.14 2022 up 3.2% rising
9 Chile 78.79 2022 up 13.1% rising
10 Kuwait 77.75 2022 up 1.1% rising
11 Qatar 76.6 2022 up 5.5% rising
12 Bahamas 75.79 2022 up 8.3% rising
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 75.46 2022 up 7.9% rising
14 Mexico 73.38 2022 up 7.2% rising
15 Egypt 73.35 2022 up 4.6% rising
16 Iraq 73.25 2022 up 8.8% rising
17 Marshall Islands 73.19 2022 up 0.9% rising
18 Belize 72.78 2022 up 8.5% rising
19 United States of America 72.43 2022 up 5.8% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 71.84 2022 up 4.5% rising
21 Micronesia, Federated States of 71.71 2022 up 2.5% rising
22 Panama 71.6 2022 up 15.1% rising
23 United Arab Emirates 71.33 2022 up 1.1% rising
23 Palau 71.33 2022 down 0.2% flat
25 Syrian Arab Republic 71.11 2022 up 4.8% rising
26 Jordan 69.85 2022 down 0.2% rising
27 Brunei Darussalam 69.63 2022 up 22.5% rising
28 Paraguay 69.11 2022 up 13.4% rising
29 Palestine, State of 68.8 2022 up 1.7% rising
30 Bahrain 68.69 2022 up 6.3% rising
31 Argentina 68.42 2022 up 13.1% rising
32 Peru 68.09 2022 up 19.8% rising
33 Libya 67.61 2022 up 5.5% rising
34 Uruguay 67.59 2022 up 14.8% rising
35 Türkiye 67.57 2022 up 4.3% rising
36 New Zealand 67.44 2022 up 5.1% rising
37 Barbados 67.16 2022 up 7.6% rising
38 Costa Rica 66.94 2022 up 8.7% rising
39 Ecuador 66.75 2022 up 11.8% rising
40 El Salvador 66.17 2022 up 7.2% rising
41 Oman 66.16 2022 up 13.3% rising
42 Fiji 65.79 2022 up 9.6% rising
43 Georgia 65.75 2022 up 12.5% rising
44 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 65.14 2022 up 17.6% rising
45 Romania 65.08 2022 up 18.5% rising
46 Lebanon 65.05 2022 up 4.0% rising
47 Ireland 64.74 2022 up 3.0% rising
48 Malta 64.66 2022 unchanged rising
49 Croatia 64.22 2022 up 10.5% rising
50 Australia 63.96 2022 up 5.0% rising
51 Honduras 63.76 2022 up 13.0% rising
52 Dominican Republic 63.31 2022 up 14.9% rising
53 Guatemala 63.22 2022 up 14.7% rising
54 Brazil 63 2022 up 19.9% rising
55 Poland 62.74 2022 up 9.9% rising
56 Antigua and Barbuda 62.67 2022 up 10.5% rising
57 Saint Lucia 62.58 2022 up 10.4% rising
58 Uzbekistan 62.46 2022 up 19.5% rising
59 Hungary 62.17 2022 up 8.1% rising
60 Albania 62.16 2022 up 7.1% rising
61 North Macedonia 61.82 2022 up 6.9% rising
62 Azerbaijan 61.68 2022 up 8.7% rising
63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61.51 2022 up 10.8% rising
64 Greece 61.44 2022 up 3.4% rising
65 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 61.42 2022 up 1.4% rising
66 Republic of Moldova 61.19 2022 up 7.6% rising
67 Jamaica 61.09 2022 up 12.6% rising
68 Seychelles 60.77 2022 up 7.6% rising
69 Slovakia 60.56 2022 up 8.9% rising
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 60.38 2022 up 11.3% rising
71 Grenada 59.93 2022 up 11.0% rising
72 Colombia 59.72 2022 up 11.8% rising
73 Czechia 59.54 2022 up 6.6% rising
74 Latvia 59.32 2022 up 8.8% rising
75 Canada 59.15 2022 up 0.9% rising
76 Dominica 59.01 2022 up 12.3% rising
77 Tajikistan 58.85 2022 up 18.4% rising
78 Russian Federation 58.76 2022 up 7.9% rising
79 Lithuania 58.67 2022 up 5.0% rising
80 Kyrgyzstan 58.12 2022 up 14.6% rising
80 Suriname 58.12 2022 up 11.2% rising
82 Mongolia 58.1 2022 up 16.4% rising
83 Trinidad and Tobago 57.67 2022 up 3.3% rising
84 Algeria 57.62 2022 up 14.1% rising
85 Norway 57.48 2022 up 5.0% rising
86 Iceland 57.37 2022 up 4.0% rising
86 Tunisia 57.37 2022 up 9.1% rising
88 Estonia 57.21 2022 up 6.9% rising
89 Eswatini 57.14 2022 up 16.8% rising
90 Turkmenistan 56.98 2022 up 11.8% rising
91 Solomon Islands 56.93 2022 up 12.7% rising
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.86 2022 up 6.0% rising
93 Guyana 56.42 2022 up 12.8% rising
94 Ukraine 56.13 2022 up 7.3% rising
95 Cuba 55.56 2022 up 17.9% rising
96 Armenia 55.43 2022 up 9.2% rising
97 Belarus 55.42 2022 up 3.5% rising
98 Finland 55.28 2022 up 1.9% rising
99 South Africa 55.05 2022 up 2.0% rising
100 Morocco 54.95 2022 up 11.4% rising
101 Malaysia 54.93 2022 up 18.3% rising
102 Slovenia 54.85 2022 up 2.0% rising
103 Pakistan 54.82 2022 up 43.3% rising
104 Portugal 54.68 2022 up 0.1% rising
105 Israel 54.34 2022 down 1.7% rising
106 Serbia 54.27 2022 up 5.7% rising
107 Cyprus 53.82 2022 down 0.7% rising
107 Germany 53.82 2022 down 1.7% rising
109 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 53.48 2022 down 6.1% rising
110 Kazakhstan 53.13 2022 up 9.0% rising
111 Maldives 52.54 2022 up 32.0% rising
112 Bulgaria 51.95 2022 up 4.0% rising
113 Luxembourg 51.52 2022 down 0.4% rising
114 Papua New Guinea 51.36 2022 up 11.7% rising
115 Vanuatu 51.32 2022 up 6.0% rising
116 Mauritius 51.12 2022 up 5.4% rising
117 Belgium 51.08 2022 up 0.2% rising
118 Sweden 50.55 2022 up 2.0% rising
119 Montenegro 49.98 2022 up 6.3% rising
120 Spain 49.9 2022 down 8.7% flat
121 Italy 49.15 2022 down 0.4% rising
122 Afghanistan 48.57 2022 up 48.7% rising
123 Andorra 48.17 2022 down 0.1% rising
124 Mauritania 47.19 2022 up 18.8% rising
125 Gabon 46.9 2022 up 15.3% rising
126 Cape Verde 46.69 2022 up 21.3% rising
127 Bhutan 46.68 2022 up 37.5% rising
128 Netherlands 45.93 2022 down 3.0% rising
129 Thailand 45.68 2022 up 27.9% rising
130 Austria 44.99 2022 up 1.0% rising
131 Denmark 44.91 2022 up 0.4% rising
132 Comoros 42.88 2022 up 25.3% rising
133 Sao Tome and Principe 42.62 2022 up 22.1% rising
134 Lesotho 42.27 2022 up 13.3% rising
135 Botswana 41.99 2022 up 12.8% rising
136 Gambia 40.94 2022 up 36.4% rising
137 Singapore 40.73 2022 up 19.8% rising
138 Switzerland 40.58 2022 down 2.4% flat
139 Equatorial Guinea 39.51 2022 up 15.0% rising
140 Cameroon 39.47 2022 up 12.5% rising
141 Sudan 38.92 2022 up 18.8% rising
142 Sri Lanka 38.78 2022 up 43.6% rising
143 Indonesia 38.08 2022 up 49.9% rising
144 Liberia 37.93 2022 up 29.2% rising
145 China 37.46 2022 up 33.0% rising
146 Yemen 37.34 2022 up 22.6% rising
147 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 37.01 2022 up 36.4% rising
148 Ghana 36.73 2022 up 17.8% rising
149 Namibia 36.52 2022 up 13.1% rising
150 Republic of Korea 35.89 2022 up 15.4% rising
151 Philippines 35 2022 up 27.6% rising
152 Somalia 34.86 2022 up 29.4% rising
153 Côte d'Ivoire 34.54 2022 up 20.1% rising
154 Zimbabwe 34.46 2022 up 17.6% rising
155 France 34.29 2022 down 12.6% falling
156 Nigeria 34.27 2022 up 17.8% rising
157 Kenya 33.71 2022 up 29.6% rising
158 Mali 33.29 2022 up 30.1% rising
159 Tanzania, United Republic of 32.24 2022 up 33.6% rising
160 Guinea-Bissau 32.12 2022 up 24.4% rising
161 Angola 31.78 2022 up 17.9% rising
162 Lao People's Democratic Republic 31.02 2022 up 39.7% rising
163 Togo 31 2022 up 30.4% rising
164 Nepal 30.9 2022 up 56.2% rising
165 Senegal 30.21 2022 up 18.8% rising
166 Benin 30.08 2022 up 18.2% rising
167 Zambia 29.9 2022 up 36.0% rising
168 Haiti 29.88 2022 up 12.0% rising
169 Djibouti 29.77 2022 up 30.5% rising
170 India 29.48 2022 up 48.3% rising
171 Guinea 28.55 2022 up 31.5% rising
172 Mozambique 27.16 2022 up 39.8% rising
173 Myanmar 27.04 2022 up 26.1% rising
174 Bangladesh 27.02 2022 up 73.0% volatile
175 Cambodia 25.14 2022 up 60.6% rising
176 Malawi 24.29 2022 up 29.6% rising
177 South Sudan 24.2 2022 up 30.1% rising
178 Congo 24.16 2022 up 5.0% rising
179 Japan 24.04 2022 up 10.5% rising
180 Uganda 23.75 2022 up 43.9% rising
181 Central African Republic 23.67 2022 up 30.3% rising
182 Sierra Leone 22.81 2022 up 15.7% rising
183 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.79 2022 up 34.4% rising
184 Burkina Faso 21.7 2022 up 46.6% rising
185 Chad 21.43 2022 up 29.4% rising
186 Rwanda 19.79 2022 up 45.3% rising
187 Viet Nam 18.21 2022 up 88.3% volatile
188 Niger 18 2022 up 21.6% rising
189 Eritrea 17.21 2022 up 43.3% rising
190 Madagascar 16.97 2022 up 43.9% rising
191 Burundi 16.31 2022 up 29.4% rising
192 Timor-Leste 14.37 2022 up 62.2% rising
193 Ethiopia 10.87 2022 up 41.9% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 (Crude estimate)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
349 places, 9,955 data points, 1990–2022
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