Prevalence of overweight (% of adults) by country
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.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
91.4%
American Samoa
Lowest
10.9%
Ethiopia
Median
55.5%
Years covered
48
1975–2022
Data points
7,896
What the numbers show
Prevalence of overweight (% of adults) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 91.4% in American Samoa; the lowest is 10.9% in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.5%, and the mean is 52.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 181 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 91.4% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Tonga | 90.4% | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Naoero | 88.8% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Samoa | 87.7% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 85.8% | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Kiribati | 79.1% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 7 | Chile | 78.8% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 8 | Kuwait | 77.8% | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Qatar | 76.6% | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 75.8% | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 75.5% | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 73.6% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 13 | Puerto Rico | 73.5% | 2022 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 73.4% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 73.3% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 16 | Iraq | 73.2% | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 17 | Marshall Islands | 73.2% | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 18 | Belize | 72.8% | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 19 | United States of America | 72.4% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 71.8% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 21 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 71.7% | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 22 | Panama | 71.6% | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 71.3% | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 23 | Palau | 71.3% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 25 | Syrian Arab Republic | 71.1% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 26 | Jordan | 69.8% | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 27 | Brunei Darussalam | 69.6% | 2022 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 69.1% | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 29 | Palestine, State of | 68.8% | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | Bahrain | 68.7% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 68.4% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 68.1% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 33 | Libya | 67.6% | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 67.6% | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 35 | Türkiye | 67.6% | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 36 | New Zealand | 67.4% | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 67.2% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 38 | Barbados | 67.2% | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 66.9% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | 66.8% | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 66.2% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 42 | Oman | 66.2% | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 43 | Fiji | 65.8% | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 44 | Georgia | 65.8% | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 45 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 65.1% | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 65.1% | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 47 | Lebanon | 65.0% | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 48 | Ireland | 64.7% | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 49 | Malta | 64.7% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Croatia | 64.2% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 51 | Australia | 64.0% | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 52 | Honduras | 63.8% | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 63.3% | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 63.2% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 55 | Brazil | 63.0% | 2022 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 56 | Poland | 62.7% | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 62.7% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 62.6% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 59 | Bermuda | 62.5% | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 62.5% | 2022 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 61 | Hungary | 62.2% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 62 | Albania | 62.2% | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 61.8% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 61.7% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.5% | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 66 | Greece | 61.4% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 61.4% | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 68 | Republic of Moldova | 61.2% | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 69 | Jamaica | 61.1% | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 70 | Seychelles | 60.8% | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 71 | Slovakia | 60.6% | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 72 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 60.4% | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 73 | Grenada | 59.9% | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 74 | Colombia | 59.7% | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 75 | Czechia | 59.5% | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 76 | Latvia | 59.3% | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 77 | Canada | 59.1% | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 78 | Dominica | 59.0% | 2022 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 79 | Greenland | 59.0% | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 58.9% | 2022 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 58.8% | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 82 | Lithuania | 58.7% | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 58.1% | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 83 | Suriname | 58.1% | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 85 | Mongolia | 58.1% | 2022 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.7% | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 87 | Algeria | 57.6% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 88 | Norway | 57.5% | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 89 | Iceland | 57.4% | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 89 | Tunisia | 57.4% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 91 | Estonia | 57.2% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 92 | Eswatini | 57.1% | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 57.0% | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 94 | Solomon Islands | 56.9% | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.9% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 96 | Guyana | 56.4% | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 97 | Ukraine | 56.1% | 2022 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 98 | Cuba | 55.6% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 99 | Armenia | 55.4% | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 100 | Belarus | 55.4% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 101 | Finland | 55.3% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 102 | South Africa | 55.0% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 103 | Morocco | 55.0% | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 104 | Malaysia | 54.9% | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 105 | Slovenia | 54.9% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 106 | Pakistan | 54.8% | 2022 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 107 | Portugal | 54.7% | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 108 | Israel | 54.3% | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 109 | Serbia | 54.3% | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 110 | Cyprus | 53.8% | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 110 | Germany | 53.8% | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 112 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 53.5% | 2022 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 53.1% | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 114 | Maldives | 52.5% | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 52.0% | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 116 | Luxembourg | 51.5% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 51.4% | 2022 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 51.3% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritius | 51.1% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 120 | Belgium | 51.1% | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 121 | Sweden | 50.5% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 122 | Montenegro | 50.0% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 123 | Spain | 49.9% | 2022 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 124 | Italy | 49.1% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 125 | Afghanistan | 48.6% | 2022 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 126 | Andorra | 48.2% | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 127 | Mauritania | 47.2% | 2022 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 128 | Gabon | 46.9% | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 46.7% | 2022 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 130 | Bhutan | 46.7% | 2022 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 131 | Netherlands | 45.9% | 2022 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 132 | Thailand | 45.7% | 2022 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 133 | Austria | 45.0% | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 134 | Denmark | 44.9% | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 135 | Comoros | 42.9% | 2022 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42.6% | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 137 | Lesotho | 42.3% | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 138 | Botswana | 42.0% | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 139 | Gambia | 40.9% | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 140 | Singapore | 40.7% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 141 | Switzerland | 40.6% | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 39.5% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 143 | Cameroon | 39.5% | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 144 | Sudan | 38.9% | 2022 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 38.8% | 2022 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 146 | Indonesia | 38.1% | 2022 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 147 | Liberia | 37.9% | 2022 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 148 | China | 37.5% | 2022 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 149 | Yemen | 37.3% | 2022 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 150 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 37.0% | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 151 | Ghana | 36.7% | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 152 | Namibia | 36.5% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 153 | Republic of Korea | 35.9% | 2022 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 154 | Philippines | 35.0% | 2022 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 155 | Somalia | 34.9% | 2022 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 156 | Côte d'Ivoire | 34.5% | 2022 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 34.5% | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 158 | France | 34.3% | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 159 | Nigeria | 34.3% | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 160 | Kenya | 33.7% | 2022 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 161 | Mali | 33.3% | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 162 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 32.2% | 2022 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.1% | 2022 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 164 | Angola | 31.8% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 165 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 31.0% | 2022 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 166 | Togo | 31.0% | 2022 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 167 | Nepal | 30.9% | 2022 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 168 | Senegal | 30.2% | 2022 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 169 | Benin | 30.1% | 2022 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 170 | Zambia | 29.9% | 2022 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 171 | Haiti | 29.9% | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 172 | Djibouti | 29.8% | 2022 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 173 | India | 29.5% | 2022 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 174 | Guinea | 28.6% | 2022 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 175 | Mozambique | 27.2% | 2022 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 176 | Myanmar | 27.0% | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 177 | Bangladesh | 27.0% | 2022 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Cambodia | 25.1% | 2022 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 179 | Malawi | 24.3% | 2022 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 180 | South Sudan | 24.2% | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 181 | Congo | 24.2% | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 182 | Japan | 24.0% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 183 | Uganda | 23.8% | 2022 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 23.7% | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 22.8% | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 186 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 21.8% | 2022 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 187 | Burkina Faso | 21.7% | 2022 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 21.4% | 2022 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 189 | Rwanda | 19.8% | 2022 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 190 | Viet Nam | 18.2% | 2022 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Niger | 18.0% | 2022 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 192 | Eritrea | 17.2% | 2022 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 193 | Madagascar | 17.0% | 2022 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 194 | Burundi | 16.3% | 2022 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 195 | Timor-Leste | 14.4% | 2022 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 196 | Ethiopia | 10.9% | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 71.0%
- Pacific island small states 65.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 65.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 65.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 64.7%
- Arab World 61.9%
- Caribbean Small States 61.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 61.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 61.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 60.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 60.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 59.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 59.8%
- OECD members 57.2%
- High income 56.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 55.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 54.0%
- Small states 53.5%
- European Union 51.2%
- Euro area 48.9%
- Other small states 48.4%
- Upper middle income 45.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 43.9%
- Middle income 41.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 40.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 40.8%
- Low & middle income 40.0%
- World 38.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 36.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 36.5%
- Lower middle income 35.5%
- Pre-demographic dividend 32.6%
- Africa Western and Central 32.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 29.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 29.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 29.9%
- South Asia 29.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 29.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 28.3%
About this data
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.