Adults with obesity in Iceland
21.7% of people aged 15 and over in Iceland had obesity in 2019.
Iceland, 2019
21.7%
Change from 2014
+3.6percentage points
European Union, 2019
16.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
17.8%
Position in 2019
5th of 30
Adults with obesity in Iceland over time
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% of people aged 15 and over. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21.7% | 16.0% |
| 2014 | 18.1% | 14.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 18.1% in 2014, a change of +3.6 percentage points.
- Among the 30 countries with data for 2019, Iceland has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 16.0%.
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