Overweight prevalence adults by country

In 2022, around 39 percent of men and 29 percent of women in the United States self-reported that they were overweight. This statistic shows the percentage of adults in select countries worldwide that self-reported they were overweight as of 2022, or the latest year for which data was available.

Prevalence of overweight among adults in selected countries as of 2022, or latest year available, by gender

Characteristic	Men	Women
Greece	50.3%	35.6%
Chile*	47.1%	35.6%
Czechia***	46.8%	31.8%
Slovak Republic	46.2%	31%
Poland***	45.6%	31.3%
Iceland***	44.7%	30.5%
Germany*	43.8%	27.9%
Slovenia	43.7%	30.5%
Israel**	43.3%	32.1%
United Kingdom*	43.3%	32.5%
Lithuania	43.1%	34.2%
Finland	43%	30%
Portugal	43%	32.3%
Italy	42.7%	27.8%
Spain**	42.7%	28.4%
Norway	42%	30%
Austria***	41.4%	27.9%
Sweden	41.3%	30.4%
Denmark*	40.5%	27.8%
Türkiye	40.4%	30.9%
Hungary***	40.1%	29.2%
Luxembourg***	40.1%	23.8%
Ireland	40%	30%
United States	39.3%	28.8%
Australia	38.9%	27.5%
Switzerland	38.9%	22.8%
Netherlands	38.8%	29.4%
Estonia	38.7%	26.7%
Canada	38.6%	27.7%
Brazil*	37.9%	32.4%
France***	36.8%	25.5%
Korea	34%	18.8%

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Release date

December 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Release date represents date figures were accessed.

Self-reported overweight.

* Figures are from 2021 as figures for 2022 were not available.
** Figures are from 2020 as figures for 2022 were not available.
*** Figures are from 2019 as figures for 2022 were not available.

According to WHO classification, adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 30 are overweight, a BMI of over 30 is classed as obese. BMI is calculated as follows:
Weight (kg)/height (m)²

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