Overweight prevalence adults by country 2020

In 2019, 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 2020, or the latest year for which data was available.

Prevalence of overweight among adults in selected countries as of 2020, or latest year available, by gender*

Characteristic	Men	Women
Australia (2017)	34.9%	21.5%
Austria (2019)	41.4%	27.9%
Belgium (2018)	38.6%	28.4%
Brazil (2019)**	57.1%	53.9%
Canada (2019)	40.3%	28.6%
Czechia (2019)	46.8%	31.8%
Denmark (2017)	40.6%	27.8%
Estonia (2020)	39.7%	25.3%
Finland (2020)	43%	30%
France (2019)	36.8%	25.5%
Germany (2017)	44%	28.5%
Greece (2019)	49.2%	33.2%
Hungary (2019)	40.1%	29.2%
Iceland (2017)	45%	32.5%
Israel (2019)	43%	33.7%
Italy (2019)	43.3%	28.1%
Korea (2018)	33.2%	19.4%
Latvia (2017)	41%	31.1%
Lithuania (2019)	41.8%	32.5%
Luxemburg (2019)	40.1%	23.8%
Netherlands (2019)	40.3%	28.3%
Norway (2019)	41%	29%
Poland (2017)	47.3%	32.2%
Portugal (2019)	42.2%	31.8%
Slovak Republic (2019)	46.2%	31%
Slovenia (2019)	43.7%	30.5%
Spain (2020)	42.7%	28.4%
Sweden (2019)	40.9%	29.7%
Switzerland (2017)	38.6%	22.7%
Turkey (2019)	39.7%	30.4%
United Kingdom (2017)	40.6%	29.9%
United States (2019)	39.2%	29%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Release date represents date figures were accessed.

* Self-reported overweight.
** Non-OECD countries
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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