Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults) by country
Prevalence of overweight male adults is the percentage of males 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.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
90.0%
American Samoa
Lowest
6.7%
Ethiopia
Median
55.6%
Years covered
48
1975–2022
Data points
7,896
What the numbers show
Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 90.0% in American Samoa; the lowest is 6.7% in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.6%, and the mean is 49.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 175 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Viet Nam (up 101.5%), and the largest decrease in France (down 13.4%).
Prevalence of overweight, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 90.0% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Naoero | 89.0% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Tonga | 86.4% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 4 | Samoa | 83.1% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 82.5% | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Chile | 78.5% | 2022 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 7 | Kuwait | 78.4% | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 8 | Qatar | 76.7% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 75.0% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 10 | United States of America | 74.7% | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 11 | Kiribati | 74.4% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 73.9% | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 73.8% | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 14 | Slovakia | 72.0% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 71.9% | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 71.8% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 17 | Croatia | 71.6% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 18 | Malta | 71.4% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 71.2% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 71.2% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 71.2% | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 22 | Lebanon | 71.0% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 23 | New Zealand | 71.0% | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 71.0% | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 70.3% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 70.1% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 27 | Bahamas | 69.8% | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 28 | Palau | 69.7% | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 29 | Brunei Darussalam | 69.5% | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 30 | Syrian Arab Republic | 69.0% | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 31 | Ireland | 68.9% | 2022 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.5% | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 68.4% | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Czechia | 68.4% | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 34 | Iraq | 68.4% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 36 | Georgia | 68.2% | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 37 | Greece | 68.1% | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 67.9% | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 39 | Republic of Moldova | 67.9% | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 67.8% | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 41 | Lithuania | 67.7% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 42 | Serbia | 67.3% | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 43 | Panama | 67.2% | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 44 | Paraguay | 66.8% | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66.6% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 46 | Russian Federation | 66.6% | 2022 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 47 | Jordan | 66.5% | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 48 | Albania | 66.5% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 49 | Bahrain | 66.2% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 49 | Norway | 66.2% | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 51 | Estonia | 65.9% | 2022 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 52 | Iceland | 65.9% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 53 | Slovenia | 65.8% | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 54 | Belize | 65.7% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 55 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 65.5% | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 56 | Peru | 65.5% | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 57 | Türkiye | 65.2% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 58 | Oman | 64.9% | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 59 | Egypt | 64.8% | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 60 | Canada | 64.7% | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 61 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.7% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 62 | Ecuador | 63.9% | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 63 | Palestine, State of | 63.9% | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 62.9% | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 65 | Germany | 62.6% | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 66 | Libya | 62.2% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 67 | Cyprus | 61.8% | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 68 | Brazil | 61.4% | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 61.4% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 70 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 61.4% | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 71 | Belarus | 61.0% | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 61.0% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 73 | Israel | 60.7% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 60.6% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 60.5% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 76 | El Salvador | 60.4% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 77 | Portugal | 60.3% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 78 | Finland | 60.3% | 2022 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 79 | Luxembourg | 60.2% | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 80 | Spain | 59.9% | 2022 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 59.7% | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 82 | Sweden | 59.6% | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 83 | Fiji | 59.3% | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 59.1% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 59.1% | 2022 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 86 | Barbados | 58.1% | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 58.0% | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 88 | Montenegro | 58.0% | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 89 | Ukraine | 57.8% | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 57.5% | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 57.3% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 92 | Austria | 56.5% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 93 | Andorra | 56.5% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 94 | Greenland | 56.4% | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 95 | Italy | 56.4% | 2022 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 96 | Colombia | 56.3% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.9% | 2022 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 98 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 55.7% | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 99 | Mongolia | 55.6% | 2022 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 100 | Belgium | 55.3% | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 101 | Denmark | 54.3% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 102 | Antigua and Barbuda | 54.0% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 103 | Bermuda | 54.0% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | 53.4% | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.0% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 52.9% | 2022 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 107 | Seychelles | 52.8% | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 108 | Pakistan | 52.8% | 2022 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 109 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 52.7% | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 110 | Netherlands | 52.3% | 2022 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 111 | Switzerland | 52.2% | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 112 | Malaysia | 52.0% | 2022 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 113 | Armenia | 51.4% | 2022 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 114 | Tunisia | 51.0% | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 115 | Algeria | 50.3% | 2022 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 116 | Grenada | 49.2% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 49.0% | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 118 | Suriname | 48.6% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.2% | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 120 | Maldives | 47.9% | 2022 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 121 | Jamaica | 47.2% | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 122 | Singapore | 47.0% | 2022 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 46.8% | 2022 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 124 | Mauritius | 46.5% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 125 | Korea | 46.0% | 2022 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 126 | Morocco | 45.8% | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 127 | Vanuatu | 45.5% | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 128 | Guyana | 45.4% | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 129 | Afghanistan | 44.1% | 2022 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 130 | China | 42.7% | 2022 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 131 | Dominica | 42.4% | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 132 | Thailand | 41.4% | 2022 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 133 | Bhutan | 41.0% | 2022 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 134 | Eswatini | 41.0% | 2022 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 135 | France | 39.6% | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 136 | Cape Verde | 37.3% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 137 | South Africa | 37.2% | 2022 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 138 | Gabon | 35.2% | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 139 | Gambia | 35.1% | 2022 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 33.3% | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 141 | Yemen | 33.0% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 142 | Sao Tome and Principe | 32.7% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 143 | Cameroon | 32.3% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 143 | Japan | 32.3% | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 145 | Philippines | 32.1% | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 146 | Sudan | 32.1% | 2022 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 147 | Mali | 31.5% | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 31.1% | 2022 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 149 | Comoros | 30.9% | 2022 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 30.3% | 2022 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 151 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.6% | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 152 | Mauritania | 28.5% | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 153 | Indonesia | 28.4% | 2022 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 154 | Nigeria | 27.7% | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 155 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 27.5% | 2022 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 156 | India | 27.4% | 2022 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 157 | Botswana | 27.4% | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 158 | Namibia | 27.1% | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 158 | Nepal | 27.1% | 2022 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 25.9% | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 161 | Lesotho | 25.9% | 2022 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.1% | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 163 | Ghana | 24.0% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 164 | Benin | 23.6% | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 165 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 23.1% | 2022 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 166 | Chad | 22.9% | 2022 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 167 | Angola | 22.3% | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea | 22.0% | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 169 | Kenya | 22.0% | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 170 | Togo | 21.9% | 2022 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 171 | Djibouti | 21.4% | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 172 | Burundi | 21.3% | 2022 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 173 | Myanmar | 21.1% | 2022 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 174 | Cambodia | 21.1% | 2022 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 175 | Haiti | 21.0% | 2022 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 176 | Somalia | 20.6% | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 177 | Mozambique | 20.4% | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 178 | Zambia | 20.3% | 2022 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 20.3% | 2022 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 180 | Zimbabwe | 19.6% | 2022 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 181 | Senegal | 18.9% | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 182 | Viet Nam | 18.7% | 2022 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 17.9% | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 184 | South Sudan | 17.6% | 2022 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 185 | Burkina Faso | 17.4% | 2022 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 186 | Madagascar | 16.5% | 2022 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 187 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.0% | 2022 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 188 | Uganda | 15.5% | 2022 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 189 | Malawi | 15.3% | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 190 | Congo | 14.8% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 191 | Eritrea | 14.0% | 2022 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 192 | Niger | 13.9% | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 193 | Sierra Leone | 13.2% | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 194 | Timor-Leste | 11.6% | 2022 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 195 | Rwanda | 11.5% | 2022 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 196 | Ethiopia | 6.7% | 2022 | up 22.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 73.6%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 71.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 65.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 63.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 63.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 62.6%
- High income 62.2%
- OECD members 61.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 61.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 61.4%
- Pacific island small states 60.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 59.8%
- European Union 59.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 57.0%
- Arab World 56.6%
- Euro area 56.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 55.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 55.1%
- Caribbean Small States 53.7%
- Small states 50.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 47.3%
- Other small states 46.9%
- Upper middle income 46.0%
- Middle income 39.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 39.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 39.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 39.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 38.9%
- World 38.5%
- Low & middle income 38.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 36.8%
- Lower middle income 31.6%
- South Asia 26.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 26.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 25.9%
- Africa Western and Central 25.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 22.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 22.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 22.2%
- Low income 22.0%
About this data
Prevalence of overweight male adults is the percentage of males 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.