Body weight — Share of population who are obese by country
Unhealthy lifestyles and poor environments cause millions of people to die prematurely. Smoking, harmful alcohol use, physical inactivity and obesity are the root cause of many chronic conditions. This dataset presents the latest data for overweight and obesity (measured and self-reported data). Please refer to the...
What the numbers show
Body weight — Share of population who are obese is currently reported for 18 countries. The highest value is 40.8 Percentage of population in United States; the lowest is 4.3 Percentage of population in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 28.45 Percentage of population, and the mean is 24.89 Percentage of population.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Body weight — Share of population who are obese: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 40.8 Percentage of population | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 2 | Mexico | 36.4 Percentage of population | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 3 | Argentina | 36 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 4 | New Zealand | 34.2 Percentage of population | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 30.7 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 30.2 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 30 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 29.2 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 28.8 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 28.1 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 28 Percentage of population | 2019 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 25.7 Percentage of population | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 24.3 Percentage of population | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Thailand | 14.5 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 15 | Indonesia | 11.5 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 16 | China | 8.2 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 17 | India | 7.2 Percentage of population | 2022 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Japan | 4.3 Percentage of population | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
Unhealthy lifestyles and poor environments cause millions of people to die prematurely. Smoking, harmful alcohol use, physical inactivity and obesity are the root cause of many chronic conditions. This dataset presents the latest data for overweight and obesity (measured and self-reported data). Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.