demographic2024
Share of adults who are overweight (age-standardized) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 18+ years of age
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
53.3%
Median: 56.3%
Countries Covered
199
with available data
Highest
American Samoa
91.0%
Lowest
Ethiopia
11.2%
Top 5 Countries
1American Samoa91.0%
2Tonga91.0%
3Tokelau90.3%
4Cook Islands90.0%
5Nauru89.3%
By Region
South America69.1%(7 countries)
North America67.2%(4 countries)
Oceania65.9%(2 countries)
Europe54.4%(32 countries)
Other52.6%(120 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (11.2%)High (91.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 53.3%)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Other (120)
Asia (25)
Africa (9)
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 2024; 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 | American Samoa | 91.0% |
| 2 | Tonga | 91.0% |
| 3 | Tokelau | 90.3% |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 90.0% |
| 5 | Nauru | 89.3% |
| 6 | Niue | 88.1% |
| 7 | Samoa | 87.4% |
| 8 | Tuvalu | 85.8% |
| 9 | Chile | 80.2% |
| 10 | Kuwait | 77.1% |
| 11 | Kiribati | 76.8% |
| 12 | Bahamas | 76.6% |
| 13 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.5% |
| 14 | Qatar | 75.7% |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 74.5% |
| 16 | Mexico | 74.2% |
| 17 | French Polynesia | 73.7% |
| 18 | Belize | 73.5% |
| 19 | Panama | 73.2% |
| 20 | Egypt | 73.1% |
| 21 | Iraq | 72.9% |
| 22 | Brunei Darussalam | 72.8% |
| 23 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 72.1% |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 71.8% |
| 25 | Paraguay | 71.5% |
| 26 | United States of America | 71.4% |
| 27 | Palau | 71.4% |
| 28 | Peru | 70.4% |
| 29 | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.2% |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 70.1% |
| 31 | Argentina | 70.0% |
| 32 | Uruguay | 69.2% |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 68.7% |
| 34 | State of Palestine | 68.5% |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 68.3% |
| 36 | Barbados | 68.2% |
| 37 | Ecuador | 68.1% |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 67.9% |
| 39 | Fiji | 67.8% |
| 40 | Bahrain | 67.7% |
| 41 | New Zealand | 67.7% |
| 42 | Jordan | 67.2% |
| 43 | Georgia | 67.0% |
| 44 | El Salvador | 66.8% |
| 45 | Lebanon | 66.3% |
| 46 | Bolivia | 66.3% |
| 47 | Oman | 66.1% |
| 48 | Honduras | 65.8% |
| 49 | Brazil | 65.0% |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 64.9% |
| 51 | Guatemala | 64.8% |
| 52 | Ireland | 64.7% |
| 53 | Croatia | 64.3% |
| 54 | Australia | 64.1% |
| 55 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.0% |
| 56 | Türkiye | 63.9% |
| 57 | Romania | 63.8% |
| 58 | Seychelles | 63.8% |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 63.7% |
| 60 | Libya | 63.7% |
| 61 | Bermuda | 63.6% |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 63.3% |
| 63 | Malta | 63.2% |
| 64 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 63.1% |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62.8% |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 62.7% |
| 67 | Jamaica | 62.2% |
| 68 | Albania | 62.2% |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 61.7% |
| 70 | Hungary | 61.6% |
| 71 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 61.4% |
| 72 | Moldova, Republic of | 61.4% |
| 73 | Greece | 61.2% |
| 74 | Grenada | 61.1% |
| 75 | Colombia | 61.1% |
| 76 | Greenland | 60.4% |
| 77 | Finland | 60.3% |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.2% |
| 79 | Dominica | 60.1% |
| 80 | Mongolia | 59.9% |
| 81 | Suriname | 59.9% |
| 82 | Slovakia | 59.6% |
| 83 | Czech Republic | 59.4% |
| 84 | Iceland | 58.7% |
| 85 | Latvia | 58.5% |
| 86 | Canada | 58.4% |
| 87 | Norway | 58.4% |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 58.0% |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 58.0% |
| 90 | Guyana | 57.9% |
| 91 | Algeria | 57.6% |
| 92 | Eswatini | 57.6% |
| 93 | Pakistan | 57.6% |
| 94 | Cuba | 57.2% |
| 95 | Tunisia | 57.1% |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 56.5% |
| 97 | Estonia | 56.5% |
| 98 | Russian Federation | 56.4% |
| 99 | Armenia | 56.3% |
| 100 | Malaysia | 56.3% |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.2% |
| 102 | Poland | 56.2% |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.2% |
| 104 | Ukraine | 56.2% |
| 105 | South Africa | 55.7% |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 55.7% |
| 107 | Belarus | 55.5% |
| 108 | Morocco | 54.8% |
| 109 | Slovenia | 54.5% |
| 110 | Maldives | 54.3% |
| 111 | Israel | 54.1% |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | 54.0% |
| 113 | Cyprus | 53.8% |
| 114 | Lithuania | 53.8% |
| 115 | Germany | 53.6% |
| 116 | Mauritius | 53.3% |
| 117 | Sweden | 53.3% |
| 118 | Serbia | 53.2% |
| 119 | Venezuela | 52.9% |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 52.3% |
| 121 | Belgium | 51.6% |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 51.3% |
| 123 | Portugal | 51.2% |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 51.1% |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 50.8% |
| 126 | Spain | 50.1% |
| 127 | Montenegro | 49.5% |
| 128 | Bhutan | 48.7% |
| 129 | Gabon | 48.6% |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 48.0% |
| 131 | Mauritania | 48.0% |
| 132 | Singapore | 47.7% |
| 133 | Andorra | 47.7% |
| 134 | Thailand | 47.2% |
| 135 | Denmark | 46.9% |
| 136 | Austria | 46.2% |
| 137 | Netherlands | 46.1% |
| 138 | Italy | 45.5% |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.5% |
| 140 | Comoros | 44.1% |
| 141 | Botswana | 43.1% |
| 142 | Lesotho | 42.1% |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.6% |
| 144 | Cameroon | 40.7% |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 40.2% |
| 146 | Indonesia | 40.0% |
| 147 | Sudan | 40.0% |
| 148 | People's Republic of China | 39.2% |
| 149 | North Korea | 39.1% |
| 150 | Liberia | 39.1% |
| 151 | Namibia | 38.4% |
| 152 | France | 38.1% |
| 153 | Yemen | 38.1% |
| 154 | Switzerland | 37.8% |
| 155 | Ghana | 37.7% |
| 156 | Philippines | 37.3% |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 37.0% |
| 158 | South Korea | 36.7% |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.4% |
| 160 | Nigeria | 35.8% |
| 161 | Somalia | 35.5% |
| 162 | Republic of The Gambia | 34.2% |
| 163 | Mali | 34.0% |
| 164 | Togo | 33.6% |
| 165 | Angola | 33.5% |
| 166 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.2% |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.8% |
| 168 | Nepal | 32.8% |
| 169 | Senegal | 32.7% |
| 170 | Kenya | 32.1% |
| 171 | United Republic of Tanzania | 31.8% |
| 172 | India | 31.8% |
| 173 | Benin | 31.5% |
| 174 | Haiti | 31.2% |
| 175 | Republic of the Congo | 31.1% |
| 176 | Zambia | 31.1% |
| 177 | Djibouti | 30.6% |
| 178 | Guinea | 30.2% |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 29.9% |
| 180 | Mozambique | 29.0% |
| 181 | Myanmar | 28.9% |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 26.7% |
| 183 | Cambodia | 26.6% |
| 184 | Uganda | 26.6% |
| 185 | Malawi | 26.1% |
| 186 | Sierra Leone | 25.3% |
| 187 | South Sudan | 25.1% |
| 188 | Japan | 24.4% |
| 189 | Burkina Faso | 23.6% |
| 190 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22.7% |
| 191 | Chad | 22.6% |
| 192 | Rwanda | 21.7% |
| 193 | Vietnam | 20.0% |
| 194 | Niger | 19.1% |
| 195 | Madagascar | 18.1% |
| 196 | Timor-Leste | 17.2% |
| 197 | Burundi | 16.9% |
| 198 | Eritrea | 14.3% |
| 199 | Ethiopia | 11.2% |
Showing 199 of 199 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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