Personal weight perception of adults by country worldwide 2023

In 2023, a survey of adults from 39 countries worldwide found respondents in Indonesia and Vietnam were most likely to report their weight as very good/quite good, while respondents in Peru were least likely to report having good weight. This statistic shows the percentage of adults worldwide who stated their weight was good or poor, by country.

Percentage of adults worldwide who stated their weight was good as of 2023, by country

Characteristic	Very good/quite good	Quite poor/very poor
Indonesia	93.6%	6.4%
Vietnam	91.9%	8.1%
Pakistan	85.5%	13.8%
India	83.6%	16.3%
Philippines	82.4%	15.3%
Côte d'Ivoire	81.8%	16.8%
Paraguay	81.7%	18.3%
Mexico	81.3%	18.2%
Iran	77.9%	22.1%
Palestinian Territories	74.5%	25.3%
Turkey	68.5%	31.1%
Malaysia	67.9%	31.8%
Brazil	67.4%	30.8%
Belgium	67.2%	31.6%
Slovenia	66%	34%
Total	65.7%	32.8%
France	64.8%	33.6%
Spain	64.5%	33.7%
South Korea	64.4%	35.2%
Hong Kong	64.2%	34.2%
Netherlands	64.2%	33.3%
Ecuador	64.1%	28.9%
Serbia	63.8%	35%
United States	63.8%	33.4%
Sweden	63.6%	35.1%
Croatia	62.5%	36.7%
United Kingdom	62.3%	35.7%
Italy	61.9%	36.7%
Germany	60.6%	38.5%
Canada	60.2%	38.7%
Finland	60.1%	38.8%
Argentina	59.3%	35.8%
Greece	57.6%	41.6%
Poland	56.1%	41.1%
Japan	55.7%	39.5%
Ireland	55.5%	43.2%
Laos	54.5%	45.4%
Chile	50.4%	46.6%
Nigeria	50.4%	49.6%
Peru	35.2%	64.5%

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Release date

September 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

October to December, 2023

Number of respondents

33,866 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Respondents from 39 countries

Supplementary notes

Original question: "How would you rate each of the following aspects, when thinking of your overall health? - weight"
The percentages of Dk / Nr have not been plotted.
The source does not provide any information regarding missing percentage points to 100 percent.

Release date represents the date figures were accessed.

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