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Overweight in women
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
55.5%
Median: 56.1%
Countries Covered
199
with available data
Highest
Tonga
94.2%
Lowest
Burundi
12.1%
Top 5 Countries
1Tonga94.2%
2American Samoa92.4%
3Tokelau91.8%
4Samoa91.5%
5Cook Islands90.9%
By Region
South America69.7%(7 countries)
North America66.8%(4 countries)
Oceania61.4%(2 countries)
Other57.8%(120 countries)
Africa53.4%(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (12.1%)High (94.2%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 55.5%)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Other (120)
Africa (9)
Asia (25)
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 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 | Tonga | 94.2% |
| 2 | American Samoa | 92.4% |
| 3 | Tokelau | 91.8% |
| 4 | Samoa | 91.5% |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 90.9% |
| 6 | Niue | 89.1% |
| 7 | Tuvalu | 88.8% |
| 8 | Nauru | 87.9% |
| 9 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83.3% |
| 10 | Bahamas | 82.5% |
| 11 | Egypt | 82.1% |
| 12 | Belize | 81.0% |
| 13 | Kiribati | 80.7% |
| 14 | Chile | 80.6% |
| 15 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 78.5% |
| 16 | Iraq | 77.7% |
| 17 | Panama | 77.5% |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 77.4% |
| 19 | Saint Lucia | 77.1% |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 77.0% |
| 21 | Barbados | 76.9% |
| 22 | Dominica | 76.7% |
| 23 | Kuwait | 76.6% |
| 24 | Mexico | 76.2% |
| 25 | Fiji | 76.2% |
| 26 | Jamaica | 75.8% |
| 27 | Qatar | 75.5% |
| 28 | Marshall Islands | 75.4% |
| 29 | Palau | 75.0% |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 73.7% |
| 31 | Seychelles | 73.3% |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 73.3% |
| 33 | State of Palestine | 73.3% |
| 34 | Brunei Darussalam | 73.2% |
| 35 | Paraguay | 73.0% |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 72.5% |
| 37 | South Africa | 72.5% |
| 38 | Grenada | 72.4% |
| 39 | Honduras | 72.4% |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.3% |
| 41 | Bermuda | 72.3% |
| 42 | Peru | 72.3% |
| 43 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.1% |
| 44 | French Polynesia | 72.1% |
| 45 | Bahrain | 72.1% |
| 46 | El Salvador | 71.9% |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 71.2% |
| 48 | Eswatini | 71.1% |
| 49 | Ecuador | 70.3% |
| 50 | Jordan | 70.3% |
| 51 | United States of America | 69.9% |
| 52 | Bolivia | 69.8% |
| 53 | Suriname | 69.5% |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 69.0% |
| 55 | Libya | 68.8% |
| 56 | Oman | 68.6% |
| 57 | Guyana | 68.3% |
| 58 | Guatemala | 68.0% |
| 59 | Argentina | 66.9% |
| 60 | Uruguay | 66.6% |
| 61 | Brazil | 66.5% |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.9% |
| 63 | Mauritania | 65.9% |
| 64 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 65.0% |
| 65 | Algeria | 65.0% |
| 66 | New Zealand | 64.7% |
| 67 | Türkiye | 64.6% |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 64.5% |
| 69 | Colombia | 64.4% |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 64.2% |
| 71 | Morocco | 64.1% |
| 72 | Georgia | 63.6% |
| 73 | Greenland | 63.2% |
| 74 | Lebanon | 62.8% |
| 75 | Tunisia | 62.5% |
| 76 | Gabon | 61.2% |
| 77 | Ireland | 61.0% |
| 78 | Maldives | 60.9% |
| 79 | Mongolia | 60.5% |
| 80 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.4% |
| 81 | Cuba | 59.9% |
| 82 | Malaysia | 59.6% |
| 83 | Lesotho | 59.5% |
| 84 | Pakistan | 59.3% |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 58.8% |
| 86 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 58.6% |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 58.6% |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 58.5% |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 58.2% |
| 90 | Solomon Islands | 58.1% |
| 91 | Australia | 58.1% |
| 92 | Armenia | 57.8% |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 57.6% |
| 94 | Botswana | 57.6% |
| 95 | Mauritius | 57.5% |
| 96 | Albania | 57.4% |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.9% |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 56.3% |
| 99 | Comoros | 56.2% |
| 100 | Croatia | 56.1% |
| 101 | Malta | 55.9% |
| 102 | Bhutan | 55.7% |
| 103 | Finland | 55.6% |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.6% |
| 105 | Greece | 55.3% |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 55.2% |
| 107 | Venezuela | 53.7% |
| 108 | Moldova, Republic of | 53.6% |
| 109 | Romania | 53.5% |
| 110 | Ukraine | 53.4% |
| 111 | Ghana | 53.3% |
| 112 | Canada | 53.1% |
| 113 | Hungary | 51.9% |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 50.8% |
| 115 | Thailand | 50.7% |
| 116 | Iceland | 50.6% |
| 117 | Norway | 50.4% |
| 118 | Czech Republic | 50.0% |
| 119 | Latvia | 49.6% |
| 120 | Belarus | 49.3% |
| 121 | Cameroon | 49.1% |
| 122 | Somalia | 48.9% |
| 123 | Russian Federation | 48.6% |
| 124 | Israel | 48.5% |
| 125 | Indonesia | 48.5% |
| 126 | Belgium | 47.9% |
| 127 | Namibia | 47.5% |
| 128 | Slovakia | 47.3% |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 47.1% |
| 130 | Liberia | 47.0% |
| 131 | Estonia | 47.0% |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 46.9% |
| 133 | Portugal | 46.9% |
| 134 | Cyprus | 46.5% |
| 135 | Republic of The Gambia | 46.2% |
| 136 | Sudan | 45.9% |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.2% |
| 138 | Lithuania | 44.7% |
| 139 | Sweden | 44.6% |
| 140 | Germany | 44.3% |
| 141 | Nigeria | 44.0% |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 43.8% |
| 143 | Togo | 43.3% |
| 144 | Senegal | 43.1% |
| 145 | Poland | 42.9% |
| 146 | Angola | 42.8% |
| 147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 42.8% |
| 148 | Kenya | 42.8% |
| 149 | North Korea | 42.5% |
| 150 | Mali | 42.2% |
| 151 | Yemen | 41.9% |
| 152 | Haiti | 41.7% |
| 153 | Slovenia | 41.6% |
| 154 | Spain | 41.3% |
| 155 | Bulgaria | 40.9% |
| 156 | Montenegro | 40.7% |
| 157 | Philippines | 40.6% |
| 158 | Republic of the Congo | 40.6% |
| 159 | Netherlands | 40.4% |
| 160 | Singapore | 40.4% |
| 161 | United Republic of Tanzania | 39.9% |
| 162 | Andorra | 39.7% |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.7% |
| 164 | Zambia | 39.7% |
| 165 | Serbia | 39.2% |
| 166 | Benin | 38.9% |
| 167 | Denmark | 38.7% |
| 168 | Djibouti | 38.6% |
| 169 | Guinea | 37.7% |
| 170 | Italy | 37.4% |
| 171 | Bangladesh | 36.9% |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 36.8% |
| 173 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 36.5% |
| 174 | Nepal | 36.3% |
| 175 | Mozambique | 35.7% |
| 176 | Uganda | 35.4% |
| 177 | Malawi | 35.3% |
| 178 | Austria | 34.5% |
| 179 | Myanmar | 34.3% |
| 180 | France | 34.1% |
| 181 | India | 33.7% |
| 182 | People's Republic of China | 32.8% |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 32.4% |
| 184 | South Sudan | 30.8% |
| 185 | Cambodia | 30.5% |
| 186 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29.8% |
| 187 | Rwanda | 29.7% |
| 188 | Burkina Faso | 28.7% |
| 189 | Switzerland | 28.2% |
| 190 | South Korea | 25.3% |
| 191 | Niger | 23.9% |
| 192 | Chad | 22.7% |
| 193 | Timor-Leste | 20.9% |
| 194 | Vietnam | 19.0% |
| 195 | Madagascar | 18.4% |
| 196 | Eritrea | 16.0% |
| 197 | Japan | 15.5% |
| 198 | Ethiopia | 14.1% |
| 199 | Burundi | 12.1% |
Showing 199 of 199 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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