Obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 18+ years of age: all countries and regions

Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method.

Countries

CountryLatest yearValue (%)
Afghanistan202418.774118
Albania202427.267296
Algeria202424.27218
American Samoa202475.81229
Andorra202419.546759
Angola202411.779685
Antigua and Barbuda202435.407063
Argentina202438.05664
Armenia202428.567013
Australia202432.365864
Austria202418.280964
Azerbaijan202429.259365
Bahamas202448.412167
Bahrain202435.539623
Bangladesh20245.73164
Barbados202439.637245
Belarus202426.100504
Belgium202422.877806
Belize202443.223587
Benin202410.914997
Bermuda202434.808853
Bhutan202413.037041
Bolivia202428.832285
Bosnia and Herzegovina202426.082817
Botswana202418.091343
Brazil202430.891365
Brunei202437.722565
Bulgaria202423.971733
Burkina Faso20246.9935656
Burundi20244.6996183
Cambodia20244.9309635
Cameroon202414.587797
Canada202427.114014
Cape Verde202416.530994
Central African Republic20248.858062
Chad20246.32354
Chile202441.095345
China20249.071113
Colombia202425.265074
Comoros202416.108927
Congo202411.525214
Cook Islands202472.41809
Costa Rica202433.371555
Cote d'Ivoire202411.999025
Croatia202436.46207
Cuba202424.951302
Cyprus202423.68733
Czechia202431.630459
Democratic Republic of Congo20245.856162
Denmark202415.22675
Djibouti202411.18856
Dominica202432.945557
Dominican Republic202430.681557
East Timor20243.2898133
Ecuador202428.725157
Egypt202442.83759
El Salvador202431.41292
Equatorial Guinea202418.801716
Eritrea20243.7152503
Estonia202425.049427
Eswatini202427.06063
Ethiopia20242.534389
Fiji202439.286118
Finland202426.24301
France202412.524594
French Polynesia202449.503017
Gabon202421.782225
Gambia202411.152413
Georgia202440.122147
Germany202424.485092
Ghana202413.796952
Greece202433.693115
Greenland202429.277344
Grenada202431.874004
Guatemala202426.683573
Guinea20249.371598
Guinea-Bissau202411.410214
Guyana202429.77462
Haiti202410.717843
Honduras202430.836645
Hungary202436.90997
Iceland202423.508463
India20247.9803705
Indonesia202412.031367
Iran202425.695902
Iraq202436.82938
Ireland202430.614647
Israel202423.252857
Italy202417.900866
Jamaica202435.688538
Japan20245.1900277
Jordan202433.215923
Kazakhstan202422.442575
Kenya202410.391328
Kiribati202445.300896
Kuwait202441.318832
Kyrgyzstan202421.54275
Laos20248.9831505
Latvia202427.86605
Lebanon202431.483232
Lesotho202420.241024
Liberia202416.71261
Libya202433.52539
Lithuania202426.120031
Luxembourg202420.874977
Madagascar20244.0713115
Malawi20246.6965714
Malaysia202423.608307
Maldives202418.14865
Mali202411.601271
Malta202433.296562
Marshall Islands202441.153957
Mauritania202422.10354
Mauritius202421.11496
Mexico202437.38528
Micronesia (country)202446.823303
Moldova202427.02022
Mongolia202425.520426
Montenegro202420.559843
Morocco202421.973063
Mozambique20249.360762
Myanmar20248.286294
Namibia202416.661446
Nauru202471.44844
Nepal20247.677125
Netherlands202416.934217
New Zealand202434.715584
Nicaragua202433.994064
Niger20246.011197
Nigeria202412.05652
Niue202466.24636
North Korea202412.056607
North Macedonia202431.203695
Norway202420.702349
Oman202429.405695
Pakistan202423.532778
Palau202442.07973
Palestine202433.228077
Panama202437.75628
Papua New Guinea202427.600113
Paraguay202434.20922
Peru202429.10633
Philippines20249.65545
Poland202425.89975
Portugal202422.98233
Puerto Rico202441.857464
Qatar202442.354057
Romania202437.675472
Russia202421.247751
Rwanda20245.2119927
Saint Kitts and Nevis202447.88135
Saint Lucia202435.351376
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202435.02251
Samoa202463.1695
Sao Tome and Principe202416.32399
Saudi Arabia202439.213272
Senegal202410.25071
Serbia202425.603771
Seychelles202434.854214
Sierra Leone20247.3197565
Singapore202416.75829
Slovakia202430.289087
Slovenia202422.79727
Solomon Islands202420.890738
Somalia202413.024004
South Africa202431.303993
South Korea20247.4981055
South Sudan20248.1711855
Spain202418.936174
Sri Lanka202411.192971
Sudan202416.126509
Suriname202430.766747
Sweden202418.67137
Switzerland202412.853226
Syria202429.933374
Tajikistan202421.027424
Tanzania202410.465865
Thailand202415.513173
Togo202412.202958
Tokelau202470.012
Tonga202472.26157
Trinidad and Tobago202431.96173
Tunisia202427.671036
Turkey202430.478456
Turkmenistan202421.215977
Tuvalu202464.66571
Uganda20248.16523
Ukraine202427.770618
United Arab Emirates202430.282091
United Kingdom202429.240763
United States202441.83032
Uruguay202436.310005
Uzbekistan202430.577135
Vanuatu202421.601685
Venezuela202422.970293
Vietnam20242.4911952
Yemen202411.570193
Zambia202410.053476
Zimbabwe202413.135694

Regions and groups

Aggregates as Our World in Data defines them.

Region or groupLatest yearValue (%)
Africa (WHO)202411.340358
Americas (WHO)202435.045616
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO)202427.73554
Europe (WHO)202423.923307
South-East Asia (WHO)20248.236611
Western Pacific (WHO)20249.565649
World202416.414158