Adults with obesity by country, 2019, OECD (38 countries)
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.
24 places ranked for 2019. Highest: Hungary (23.9%). Lowest: Italy (11.4%). The median is 17.8%.
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- 24. Italy 11.4%
- 23. Norway 13.8%
- 22. Netherlands 14.1%
- 21. France 14.4%
- 20. Sweden 14.7%
- 19. Spain 15.4%
- 18. Denmark 15.9%
- 17. Belgium 15.9%
- 16. Luxembourg 16.1%
- 15. Greece 16.2%
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Source: Eurostat.
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| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 23.9% | 2019 | |
| 2 | Latvia | 22.3% | 2019 | |
| 3 | Iceland | 21.7% | 2019 | |
| 4 | Estonia | 21.1% | 2019 | |
| 5 | Türkiye | 21.1% | 2019 | |
| 6 | Finland | 20.3% | 2019 | |
| 7 | Slovenia | 19.4% | 2019 | |
| 8 | Czechia | 19.3% | 2019 | |
| 9 | Slovakia | 19.3% | 2019 | |
| 10 | Germany | 18.5% | 2019 | |
| 11 | Poland | 18.5% | 2019 | |
| 12 | Lithuania | 18.3% | 2019 | |
| 13 | Portugal | 17.2% | 2019 | |
| 14 | Austria | 16.7% | 2019 | |
| 15 | Greece | 16.2% | 2019 | |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 16.1% | 2019 | |
| 17 | Belgium | 15.9% | 2019 | |
| 18 | Denmark | 15.9% | 2019 | |
| 19 | Spain | 15.4% | 2019 | |
| 20 | Sweden | 14.7% | 2019 | |
| 21 | France | 14.4% | 2019 | |
| 22 | Netherlands | 14.1% | 2019 | |
| 23 | Norway | 13.8% | 2019 | |
| 24 | Italy | 11.4% | 2019 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2019, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2019 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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