Adults with obesity in Netherlands
14.1% of people aged 15 and over in Netherlands had obesity in 2019.
Netherlands, 2019
14.1%
Change from 2014
+1.2percentage points
European Union, 2019
16.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2019
17.0%
Position in 2019
26th of 30
Adults with obesity in Netherlands 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 | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 14.1% | 16.0% |
| 2014 | 12.9% | 14.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 12.9% in 2014, a change of +1.2 percentage points.
- Among the 30 countries with data for 2019, Netherlands has the 26th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 16.0%.
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