social2014
Overweight or Obese
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2014; countries can have different observation years.
Loading visualization...
Key Insights
Global Average
50.3%
Median: 51.5%
Countries Covered
198
with available data
Highest
Cook Islands
84.2%
Lowest
Japan
18.8%
Top 5 Countries
1Cook Islands84.2%
2American Samoa84.0%
3Niue83.4%
4Nauru83.0%
5Palau82.7%
By Region
North America61.4%(4 countries)
South America59.1%(7 countries)
Oceania58.6%(2 countries)
Other51.0%(117 countries)
Europe50.7%(32 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (18.8%)High (84.2%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 50.3%)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Other (117)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
Asia (27)
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 2014; 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 | Cook Islands | 84.2% |
| 2 | American Samoa | 84.0% |
| 3 | Niue | 83.4% |
| 4 | Nauru | 83.0% |
| 5 | Palau | 82.7% |
| 6 | Tonga | 82.5% |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 82.4% |
| 8 | Samoa | 82.3% |
| 9 | Tokelau | 80.4% |
| 10 | Marshall Islands | 80.1% |
| 11 | Tuvalu | 80.0% |
| 12 | Kiribati | 78.3% |
| 13 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 78.0% |
| 14 | Qatar | 75.1% |
| 15 | Kuwait | 73.8% |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 72.4% |
| 17 | Bermuda | 71.5% |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 70.8% |
| 19 | Egypt | 70.2% |
| 20 | Jordan | 70.1% |
| 21 | Bahrain | 69.4% |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | 68.9% |
| 23 | Libya | 68.4% |
| 24 | Türkiye | 68.4% |
| 25 | Fiji | 67.5% |
| 26 | Lebanon | 67.2% |
| 27 | Bahamas | 67.1% |
| 28 | Oman | 66.0% |
| 29 | Antigua and Barbuda | 65.8% |
| 30 | State of Palestine | 65.4% |
| 31 | Mexico | 65.2% |
| 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 64.5% |
| 33 | Tunisia | 64.3% |
| 34 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 64.2% |
| 35 | South Africa | 64.1% |
| 36 | Panama | 63.8% |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 63.8% |
| 38 | Iraq | 63.7% |
| 39 | Venezuela | 63.7% |
| 40 | Jamaica | 63.4% |
| 41 | Chile | 63.1% |
| 42 | United States of America | 62.9% |
| 43 | Barbados | 62.8% |
| 44 | Suriname | 62.6% |
| 45 | Grenada | 61.7% |
| 46 | Syrian Arab Republic | 61.7% |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 61.5% |
| 48 | Peru | 61.5% |
| 49 | Cuba | 61.4% |
| 50 | Dominica | 61.3% |
| 51 | Algeria | 61.3% |
| 52 | Vanuatu | 61.0% |
| 53 | Guyana | 60.9% |
| 54 | Uruguay | 60.6% |
| 55 | Saint Lucia | 60.5% |
| 56 | Canada | 59.9% |
| 57 | El Salvador | 59.8% |
| 58 | Morocco | 59.8% |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.8% |
| 60 | New Zealand | 59.6% |
| 61 | Argentina | 59.6% |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 59.0% |
| 63 | Belize | 59.0% |
| 64 | Malta | 58.5% |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 58.5% |
| 66 | Israel | 58.2% |
| 67 | Ecuador | 58.1% |
| 68 | Colombia | 58.0% |
| 69 | Andorra | 58.0% |
| 70 | Australia | 57.6% |
| 71 | Guatemala | 57.5% |
| 72 | Seychelles | 57.3% |
| 73 | Bolivia | 57.3% |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 57.2% |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 57.1% |
| 76 | Solomon Islands | 56.2% |
| 77 | Honduras | 56.1% |
| 78 | Lithuania | 56.0% |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 55.7% |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 55.5% |
| 81 | Cyprus | 55.4% |
| 82 | Botswana | 55.4% |
| 83 | Greece | 55.2% |
| 84 | Ireland | 55.0% |
| 85 | Russian Federation | 54.8% |
| 86 | Spain | 54.6% |
| 87 | Eswatini | 54.5% |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 53.7% |
| 89 | Georgia | 53.4% |
| 90 | Italy | 53.2% |
| 91 | Armenia | 53.2% |
| 92 | Belarus | 53.1% |
| 93 | Latvia | 53.1% |
| 94 | Brazil | 53.0% |
| 95 | Lesotho | 52.4% |
| 96 | Czech Republic | 52.1% |
| 97 | Norway | 52.1% |
| 98 | Poland | 52.1% |
| 99 | France | 51.5% |
| 100 | Ukraine | 51.5% |
| 101 | Paraguay | 51.3% |
| 102 | Greenland | 51.2% |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 50.7% |
| 104 | Namibia | 50.5% |
| 105 | Belgium | 50.5% |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 49.8% |
| 107 | Mauritius | 49.6% |
| 108 | Portugal | 49.6% |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 49.6% |
| 110 | Romania | 49.5% |
| 111 | Slovenia | 49.5% |
| 112 | Slovakia | 49.4% |
| 113 | Estonia | 49.2% |
| 114 | Yemen | 49.0% |
| 115 | Iceland | 48.9% |
| 116 | Sweden | 48.9% |
| 117 | Croatia | 48.7% |
| 118 | Finland | 48.6% |
| 119 | Germany | 48.6% |
| 120 | Mongolia | 48.6% |
| 121 | Hungary | 48.5% |
| 122 | Netherlands | 48.5% |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 48.1% |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 47.9% |
| 125 | Montenegro | 47.6% |
| 126 | Austria | 47.3% |
| 127 | Switzerland | 47.2% |
| 128 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 47.2% |
| 129 | Moldova, Republic of | 47.1% |
| 130 | Denmark | 46.7% |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 46.5% |
| 132 | Serbia | 45.6% |
| 133 | Gabon | 45.5% |
| 134 | Albania | 45.4% |
| 135 | Haiti | 45.3% |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 44.6% |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.1% |
| 138 | Brunei Darussalam | 44.1% |
| 139 | Ghana | 42.6% |
| 140 | Cameroon | 40.3% |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.1% |
| 142 | Nigeria | 39.6% |
| 143 | Malaysia | 39.1% |
| 144 | Cote d'Ivoire | 37.4% |
| 145 | Zambia | 37.0% |
| 146 | Republic of the Congo | 36.7% |
| 147 | Republic of The Gambia | 35.9% |
| 148 | Mauritania | 35.7% |
| 149 | Senegal | 35.3% |
| 150 | Benin | 35.2% |
| 151 | Djibouti | 35.1% |
| 152 | Angola | 34.6% |
| 153 | Hong Kong | 34.0% |
| 154 | Kenya | 34.0% |
| 155 | Maldives | 33.9% |
| 156 | Sudan | 33.9% |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 33.8% |
| 158 | Togo | 33.6% |
| 159 | Taiwan, Province of China | 33.4% |
| 160 | Liberia | 33.3% |
| 161 | People's Republic of China | 33.1% |
| 162 | Thailand | 33.1% |
| 163 | Comoros | 32.7% |
| 164 | United Republic of Tanzania | 32.1% |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.7% |
| 166 | Guinea | 31.5% |
| 167 | Mali | 31.1% |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 30.7% |
| 169 | Chad | 30.6% |
| 170 | South Korea | 30.2% |
| 171 | Malawi | 29.1% |
| 172 | Uganda | 28.5% |
| 173 | Bhutan | 28.5% |
| 174 | Indonesia | 28.3% |
| 175 | Singapore | 28.3% |
| 176 | Mozambique | 27.9% |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 27.8% |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27.7% |
| 179 | Madagascar | 27.7% |
| 180 | Rwanda | 27.1% |
| 181 | Philippines | 26.9% |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 26.7% |
| 183 | Pakistan | 26.0% |
| 184 | Niger | 25.7% |
| 185 | Eritrea | 25.3% |
| 186 | Somalia | 25.3% |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 24.2% |
| 188 | Burundi | 23.4% |
| 189 | Myanmar | 23.3% |
| 190 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.2% |
| 191 | Nepal | 22.2% |
| 192 | North Korea | 22.1% |
| 193 | India | 21.7% |
| 194 | Cambodia | 20.8% |
| 195 | Vietnam | 20.7% |
| 196 | Bangladesh | 20.4% |
| 197 | Afghanistan | 20.2% |
| 198 | Japan | 18.8% |
Showing 198 of 198 countries
Topics
Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2014).
View Original Source