Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value by country
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture...
Countries reporting
165
Highest
106.6 million No
China
Lowest
0.1 million No
Brunei Darussalam
Median
1.3 million No
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,234
What the numbers show
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 106.6 million No in China; the lowest is 0.1 million No in Brunei Darussalam.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.3 million No, and the mean is 4.76 million No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,066.
Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 25.0%).
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 106.6 million No | 2024 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 2 | India | 81.5 million No | 2024 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 48.7 million No | 2024 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 18.7 million No | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 35 million No | 2024 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Mexico | 34.4 million No | 2024 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 6 | Egypt | 31.9 million No | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 7 | Indonesia | 23.6 million No | 2024 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 20.2 million No | 2024 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 9 | Nigeria | 16.6 million No | 2024 | up 93.0% | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15 million No | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.5 million No | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Germany | 14.5 million No | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 12 | South Africa | 14 million No | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 12.5 million No | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 14 | Iraq | 10.4 million No | 2024 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 1.7 million No | 2024 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Colombia | 9.9 million No | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 9.8 million No | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 17 | Thailand | 9.6 million No | 2024 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 18 | Canada | 8.4 million No | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 7.8 million No | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 20 | Philippines | 7.4 million No | 2024 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 7.3 million No | 2024 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 22 | Algeria | 7.1 million No | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 7.1 million No | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 7.1 million No | 2024 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 22 | Ukraine | 7.1 million No | 2024 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 26 | Poland | 6.9 million No | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 6.6 million No | 2024 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Australia | 6.4 million No | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 29 | Chile | 6.3 million No | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 6.3 million No | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 6.2 million No | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 32 | Malaysia | 6.1 million No | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 33 | France | 5.9 million No | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 5.7 million No | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 5 million No | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 36 | Sudan | 4.7 million No | 2024 | up 104.3% | rising |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 4.4 million No | 2024 | up 144.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Republic of Korea | 3.8 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 39 | Ecuador | 3.7 million No | 2024 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 40 | Kenya | 3.6 million No | 2024 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 41 | Guatemala | 3.2 million No | 2024 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 42 | Myanmar | 3.1 million No | 2024 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 43 | Ghana | 2.9 million No | 2024 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 2.9 million No | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 2.8 million No | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 45 | Yemen | 2.8 million No | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Jordan | 2.6 million No | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 48 | Hungary | 2.5 million No | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 2.4 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Cameroon | 2.4 million No | 2024 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 2.4 million No | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 2.3 million No | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 52 | Greece | 2.3 million No | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 52 | Tunisia | 2.3 million No | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 52 | Uganda | 2.3 million No | 2024 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Honduras | 2.2 million No | 2024 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 56 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.2 million No | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 2.1 million No | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 58 | Cuba | 2.1 million No | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 58 | Ethiopia | 2.1 million No | 2024 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Belgium | 2 million No | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 1.9 million No | 2024 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Mozambique | 1.8 million No | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | 1.8 million No | 2024 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 65 | Libya | 1.7 million No | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 66 | Kuwait | 1.6 million No | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 66 | Portugal | 1.6 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Paraguay | 1.6 million No | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 69 | Belarus | 1.5 million No | 2024 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 69 | Mali | 1.5 million No | 2024 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 1.5 million No | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 69 | Nepal | 1.5 million No | 2024 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Sweden | 1.5 million No | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 74 | Israel | 1.4 million No | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 74 | New Zealand | 1.4 million No | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 74 | El Salvador | 1.4 million No | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 1.4 million No | 2024 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 78 | Austria | 1.3 million No | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 1.3 million No | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 78 | Somalia | 1.3 million No | 2024 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Zambia | 1.3 million No | 2024 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 1.3 million No | 2024 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 83 | Lebanon | 1.2 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Oman | 1.2 million No | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 1.2 million No | 2024 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 83 | Puerto Rico | 1.2 million No | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 83 | Senegal | 1.2 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 1.2 million No | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 83 | Slovakia | 1.2 million No | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 1.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Finland | 1.1 million No | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 90 | Ireland | 1.1 million No | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 90 | Palestine, State of | 1.1 million No | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 90 | Qatar | 1.1 million No | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 1.1 million No | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 1 million No | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 96 | Croatia | 1 million No | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 million No | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 99 | Benin | 0.9 million No | 2024 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 0.9 million No | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Malawi | 0.9 million No | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Norway | 0.9 million No | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 99 | Uruguay | 0.9 million No | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 104 | Switzerland | 0.8 million No | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 104 | Guinea | 0.8 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Haiti | 0.8 million No | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 104 | Jamaica | 0.8 million No | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 104 | Madagascar | 0.8 million No | 2024 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Niger | 0.8 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Singapore | 0.8 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Denmark | 0.7 million No | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 111 | Chad | 0.7 million No | 2024 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | 0.6 million No | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.6 million No | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 0.6 million No | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritania | 0.6 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 113 | South Sudan | 0.6 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Togo | 0.6 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Albania | 0.5 million No | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 119 | Liberia | 0.5 million No | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Lithuania | 0.5 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Mongolia | 0.5 million No | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 123 | Bahrain | 0.4 million No | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 123 | Congo | 0.4 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 0.4 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Rwanda | 0.4 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Sierra Leone | 0.4 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.4 million No | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 129 | Burundi | 0.3 million No | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Botswana | 0.3 million No | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Central African Republic | 0.3 million No | 2024 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 129 | Gabon | 0.3 million No | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Lesotho | 0.3 million No | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Latvia | 0.3 million No | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 129 | Namibia | 0.3 million No | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Slovenia | 0.3 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Bahamas | 0.2 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 137 | Cyprus | 0.2 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Estonia | 0.2 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Fiji | 0.2 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Gambia | 0.2 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 137 | Guyana | 0.2 million No | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 137 | Mauritius | 0.2 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Eswatini | 0.2 million No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Belize | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Barbados | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Bhutan | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Comoros | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Djibouti | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Eritrea | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Iceland | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Maldives | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Malta | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Montenegro | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | French Polynesia | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Suriname | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Samoa | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1 million No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 928.6 million No
- Asia 389.4 million No
- Upper-middle-income economies 361.7 million No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 56.2 million No
- High-income economies 282.3 million No
- Lower-middle-income economies 242.5 million No
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.5 million No
- Northern America and Europe 240.7 million No
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 12.5 million No
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 173 million No
- Middle Africa 10.2 million No
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 161.2 million No
- Syrian Arab Republic 5.2 million No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 151.4 million No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.5 million No
- Southern Asia 147.3 million No
- United Republic of Tanzania 4 million No
- Africa 136.4 million No
- Eastern Asia 120 million No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.4 million No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.4 million No
- Northern America 119.9 million No
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 119 million No
- Melanesia 2.2 million No
- Europe 118.4 million No
- United States of America 111.4 million No
- Republic of Moldova 0.5 million No
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5 million No
- South America 97.8 million No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 79 million No
- Polynesia 0.3 million No
- Western Asia 65.5 million No
- Micronesia 0.1 million No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 55.1 million No
- Northern Africa 53.5 million No
- South-Eastern Asia 53.1 million No
- Eastern Europe 48.3 million No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 46.1 million No
- Central America 45.4 million No
- Low-income economies 39.8 million No
About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.