demographic2022
Household
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
85.6kilograms
Median: 88.2kilograms
Countries Covered
231
with available data
Highest
Maldives
206.0kilograms
Lowest
Tokelau
0.0kilograms
Top 5 Countries
1Maldives206.0kilograms
2Seychelles187.5kilograms
3Saint Helena172.2kilograms
4Tunisia171.7kilograms
5Syrian Arab Republic171.7kilograms
By Region
Africa96.9kilograms(9 countries)
Asia89.9kilograms(26 countries)
South America87.9kilograms(7 countries)
Other87.5kilograms(151 countries)
North America86.9kilograms(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0kilograms)High (206.0kilograms)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 85.6kilograms)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Other (151)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 206.0kilograms |
| 2 | Seychelles | 187.5kilograms |
| 3 | Saint Helena | 172.2kilograms |
| 4 | Tunisia | 171.7kilograms |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 171.7kilograms |
| 6 | Egypt | 163.0kilograms |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 160.3kilograms |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 152.1kilograms |
| 9 | Iraq | 143.3kilograms |
| 10 | Vanuatu | 142.9kilograms |
| 11 | Rwanda | 140.7kilograms |
| 12 | Western Sahara | 140.6kilograms |
| 13 | Bahrain | 131.5kilograms |
| 14 | Pakistan | 130.4kilograms |
| 15 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 129.3kilograms |
| 16 | Lebanon | 127.8kilograms |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 127.2kilograms |
| 18 | Portugal | 123.0kilograms |
| 19 | Anguilla | 119.3kilograms |
| 20 | Switzerland | 119.2kilograms |
| 21 | Sudan | 115.5kilograms |
| 22 | Nigeria | 113.4kilograms |
| 23 | Morocco | 112.7kilograms |
| 24 | Algeria | 112.6kilograms |
| 25 | Uganda | 110.3kilograms |
| 26 | Serbia | 108.1kilograms |
| 27 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 105.0kilograms |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 104.9kilograms |
| 29 | Mexico | 104.9kilograms |
| 30 | Yemen | 103.6kilograms |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 101.9kilograms |
| 32 | State of Palestine | 101.9kilograms |
| 33 | Türkiye | 101.9kilograms |
| 34 | Armenia | 101.9kilograms |
| 35 | Hong Kong | 101.5kilograms |
| 36 | Cook Islands | 101.3kilograms |
| 37 | Panama | 101.0kilograms |
| 38 | Georgia | 100.9kilograms |
| 39 | Jordan | 100.7kilograms |
| 40 | Italy | 100.0kilograms |
| 41 | Romania | 99.0kilograms |
| 42 | Oman | 98.6kilograms |
| 43 | Kuwait | 98.6kilograms |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 98.6kilograms |
| 45 | Australia | 97.8kilograms |
| 46 | Israel | 96.8kilograms |
| 47 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 96.3kilograms |
| 48 | Ecuador | 96.0kilograms |
| 49 | Guadeloupe | 95.6kilograms |
| 50 | Martinique | 95.2kilograms |
| 51 | South Korea | 95.0kilograms |
| 52 | Grenada | 94.7kilograms |
| 53 | Brazil | 94.2kilograms |
| 54 | Mayotte | 93.6kilograms |
| 55 | French Guiana | 93.2kilograms |
| 56 | Qatar | 93.1kilograms |
| 57 | Venezuela | 92.8kilograms |
| 58 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 92.7kilograms |
| 59 | Nepal | 92.7kilograms |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 92.4kilograms |
| 61 | Guinea-Bissau | 92.2kilograms |
| 62 | Reunion | 92.2kilograms |
| 63 | Republic of The Gambia | 92.1kilograms |
| 64 | Sierra Leone | 92.0kilograms |
| 65 | Malawi | 92.0kilograms |
| 66 | Central African Republic | 92.0kilograms |
| 67 | Niger | 92.0kilograms |
| 68 | Somalia | 92.0kilograms |
| 69 | Togo | 92.0kilograms |
| 70 | Burundi | 92.0kilograms |
| 71 | Mozambique | 92.0kilograms |
| 72 | Madagascar | 92.0kilograms |
| 73 | Chad | 92.0kilograms |
| 74 | Mali | 92.0kilograms |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 92.0kilograms |
| 76 | South Sudan | 92.0kilograms |
| 77 | Liberia | 92.0kilograms |
| 78 | Eritrea | 91.9kilograms |
| 79 | Suriname | 91.6kilograms |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 91.4kilograms |
| 81 | El Salvador | 91.4kilograms |
| 82 | Argentina | 91.3kilograms |
| 83 | Paraguay | 91.3kilograms |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 91.3kilograms |
| 85 | Cuba | 91.3kilograms |
| 86 | Guatemala | 91.3kilograms |
| 87 | Aruba | 91.0kilograms |
| 88 | Tonga | 90.7kilograms |
| 89 | Namibia | 90.4kilograms |
| 90 | Gabon | 90.4kilograms |
| 91 | Mauritius | 90.4kilograms |
| 92 | Fiji | 90.3kilograms |
| 93 | Haiti | 90.2kilograms |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 90.2kilograms |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe | 90.2kilograms |
| 96 | Honduras | 90.1kilograms |
| 97 | Bolivia | 90.1kilograms |
| 98 | Equatorial Guinea | 90.1kilograms |
| 99 | Cayman Islands | 89.7kilograms |
| 100 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 89.5kilograms |
| 101 | Comoros | 89.5kilograms |
| 102 | Lesotho | 89.3kilograms |
| 103 | Mauritania | 89.2kilograms |
| 104 | Guinea | 89.1kilograms |
| 105 | Angola | 89.1kilograms |
| 106 | Republic of the Congo | 89.1kilograms |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 89.1kilograms |
| 108 | Cameroon | 89.1kilograms |
| 109 | Benin | 89.1kilograms |
| 110 | Djibouti | 89.1kilograms |
| 111 | Papua New Guinea | 89.1kilograms |
| 112 | Eswatini | 89.0kilograms |
| 113 | Monaco | 88.7kilograms |
| 114 | Cape Verde | 88.7kilograms |
| 115 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 88.5kilograms |
| 116 | Guyana | 88.2kilograms |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 88.1kilograms |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 88.1kilograms |
| 119 | Bahamas | 88.0kilograms |
| 120 | Chile | 88.0kilograms |
| 121 | Malta | 88.0kilograms |
| 122 | Puerto Rico | 88.0kilograms |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 88.0kilograms |
| 124 | Uruguay | 88.0kilograms |
| 125 | Dominica | 87.9kilograms |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87.9kilograms |
| 127 | Peru | 87.6kilograms |
| 128 | Barbados | 87.5kilograms |
| 129 | Curaçao | 87.5kilograms |
| 130 | Greece | 87.0kilograms |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 87.0kilograms |
| 132 | Thailand | 86.2kilograms |
| 133 | Montenegro | 86.2kilograms |
| 134 | Jamaica | 86.1kilograms |
| 135 | Denmark | 86.0kilograms |
| 136 | Lithuania | 86.0kilograms |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 85.7kilograms |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 85.7kilograms |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 85.7kilograms |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 85.7kilograms |
| 141 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 85.7kilograms |
| 142 | Samoa | 84.8kilograms |
| 143 | Cambodia | 84.7kilograms |
| 144 | Antigua and Barbuda | 84.5kilograms |
| 145 | Virgin Islands, British | 84.4kilograms |
| 146 | Libya | 84.1kilograms |
| 147 | Ghana | 84.0kilograms |
| 148 | Greenland | 83.6kilograms |
| 149 | Saint Martin (French part) | 83.1kilograms |
| 150 | Andorra | 82.7kilograms |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 82.5kilograms |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 82.4kilograms |
| 153 | Liechtenstein | 82.3kilograms |
| 154 | Malaysia | 81.2kilograms |
| 155 | North Korea | 80.7kilograms |
| 156 | Kenya | 80.5kilograms |
| 157 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 79.7kilograms |
| 158 | Canada | 78.5kilograms |
| 159 | Myanmar | 77.9kilograms |
| 160 | Zambia | 77.9kilograms |
| 161 | Tuvalu | 77.9kilograms |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 77.9kilograms |
| 163 | Cyprus | 77.0kilograms |
| 164 | Senegal | 76.7kilograms |
| 165 | Macao | 76.3kilograms |
| 166 | People's Republic of China | 76.2kilograms |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 76.0kilograms |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 75.9kilograms |
| 169 | Gibraltar | 75.8kilograms |
| 170 | United Kingdom | 75.5kilograms |
| 171 | Germany | 75.0kilograms |
| 172 | Wallis and Futuna | 74.5kilograms |
| 173 | American Samoa | 73.6kilograms |
| 174 | San Marino | 73.5kilograms |
| 175 | Bermuda | 73.5kilograms |
| 176 | United States of America | 73.1kilograms |
| 177 | Vietnam | 72.1kilograms |
| 178 | Isle of Man | 71.3kilograms |
| 179 | Latvia | 71.0kilograms |
| 180 | Norway | 71.0kilograms |
| 181 | Faroe Islands | 71.0kilograms |
| 182 | Belarus | 70.7kilograms |
| 183 | Moldova, Republic of | 70.6kilograms |
| 184 | Colombia | 70.4kilograms |
| 185 | Austria | 70.0kilograms |
| 186 | Palau | 70.0kilograms |
| 187 | Ukraine | 69.5kilograms |
| 188 | Ethiopia | 69.2kilograms |
| 189 | Poland | 69.0kilograms |
| 190 | Singapore | 68.5kilograms |
| 191 | Estonia | 65.0kilograms |
| 192 | Luxembourg | 65.0kilograms |
| 193 | Slovakia | 65.0kilograms |
| 194 | Belgium | 64.0kilograms |
| 195 | Iceland | 63.0kilograms |
| 196 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 62.1kilograms |
| 197 | Kiribati | 61.4kilograms |
| 198 | New Zealand | 61.1kilograms |
| 199 | Czech Republic | 61.0kilograms |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 60.8kilograms |
| 201 | Northern Mariana Islands | 60.4kilograms |
| 202 | Hungary | 60.0kilograms |
| 203 | Japan | 59.7kilograms |
| 204 | Guam | 59.2kilograms |
| 205 | France | 58.0kilograms |
| 206 | Sweden | 56.0kilograms |
| 207 | India | 55.2kilograms |
| 208 | Croatia | 55.0kilograms |
| 209 | Finland | 55.0kilograms |
| 210 | Indonesia | 53.5kilograms |
| 211 | Belize | 53.3kilograms |
| 212 | Botswana | 50.4kilograms |
| 213 | Zimbabwe | 48.5kilograms |
| 214 | Netherlands | 48.0kilograms |
| 215 | Nauru | 47.2kilograms |
| 216 | South Africa | 47.1kilograms |
| 217 | Solomon Islands | 43.1kilograms |
| 218 | Ireland | 42.0kilograms |
| 219 | Bulgaria | 41.0kilograms |
| 220 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 36.8kilograms |
| 221 | Russian Federation | 33.4kilograms |
| 222 | Slovenia | 33.0kilograms |
| 223 | Spain | 26.0kilograms |
| 224 | Philippines | 25.6kilograms |
| 225 | Bhutan | 19.3kilograms |
| 226 | Mongolia | 17.8kilograms |
| 227 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0kilograms |
| 228 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0kilograms |
| 229 | Montserrat | 0.0kilograms |
| 230 | Niue | 0.0kilograms |
| 231 | Tokelau | 0.0kilograms |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2022).
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