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Adults with obesity

People aged 15 and over with a body mass index of 30 or more, based on self-reported height and weight in the European Health Interview Survey, which runs about every five years.

Unit: % of people aged 15 and over Frequency: Annual Coverage: 32 countries and 1 group 2014 to 2019 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2019 28.1% Malta Lowest in 2019 10.5% Romania
European Union, 2019 16.0% Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2019 30 Updated by the source on 3 January 2024

30 countries have a value for 2019, the latest period in the data.

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% of people aged 15 and over. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Adults with obesity (% of people aged 15 and over), 2014 to 2019
Period European UnionGermanyFranceSpain
2019 16.0% 18.5% 14.4% 15.4%
2014 14.9% 16.4% 14.7% 16.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 30 countries with a value for 2019, the highest is Malta (28.1%) and the lowest Romania (10.5%).
  • Half of the countries are above 17.0% and half below.
  • The figure for the European Union was 16.0% in 2019, against 14.9% in 2014 (+1.1 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
People aged 15 and over with a body mass index of 30 or more, based on self-reported height and weight in the European Health Interview Survey, which runs about every five years.
Population covered
People aged 15 and over in private households
Unit
% of people aged 15 and over
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Before comparing

  • Survey every five to six years; based on self-reported height and weight.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
hlth_ehis_bm1e · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A bmi=BMI_GE30 isced11=TOTAL age=TOTAL unit=PC
Observation period
2014 to 2019
Provider update
3 January 2024
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2019 Every value is for 2019, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Malta 28.1%
  2. 2 Hungary 23.9%
  3. 3 Croatia 22.6%
  4. 4 Latvia 22.3%
  5. 5 Iceland 21.7%
  6. 6 Estonia 21.1%
  7. 7 Türkiye 21.1%
  8. 8 Finland 20.3%
  9. 9 Slovenia 19.4%
  10. 10 Czechia 19.3%
  11. 11 Slovakia 19.3%
  12. 12 Germany 18.5%
  13. 13 Poland 18.5%
  14. 14 Lithuania 18.3%
  15. 15 Portugal 17.2%
  16. 16 Serbia 16.8%
  17. 17 Austria 16.7%
  18. 18 Greece 16.2%
  19. 19 Luxembourg 16.1%
  20. 20 Belgium 15.9%
  21. 21 Denmark 15.9%
  22. 22 Spain 15.4%
  23. 23 Sweden 14.7%
  24. 24 Cyprus 14.6%
  25. 25 France 14.4%
  26. 26 Netherlands 14.1%
  27. 27 Norway 13.8%
  28. 28 Bulgaria 13.2%
  29. 29 Italy 11.4%
  30. 30 Romania 10.5%
  31. European Union 16.0%
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Grey: no value for 2019. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.