Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) (percent) — 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
202
Highest
75.9 %
American Samoa
Lowest
2.9 %
Ethiopia
Median
22.65 %
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,023
What the numbers show
Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) (percent) — Value is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 75.9 % in American Samoa; the lowest is 2.9 % in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.65 %, and the mean is 25.03 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 184 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 140.0%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 21.5%).
Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 75.9 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 1 | Polynesia | 59.1 % | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 2 | Tonga | 73.8 % | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 2 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 48.6 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 72.4 % | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 3 | Micronesia | 46.8 % | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 4 | Naoero | 71.4 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33 % | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 5 | Tokelau | 70.7 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 29.7 % | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 6 | Niue | 66.9 % | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 28.8 % | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 7 | Tuvalu | 65.1 % | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 7 | Melanesia | 28.5 % | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 8 | Samoa | 64.3 % | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 49.2 % | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 24.6 % | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 48.3 % | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 10 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 23 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46.7 % | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 22.3 % | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 12 | Kiribati | 45.6 % | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 12 % | 2024 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 43.9 % | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 11.5 % | 2024 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 14 | Belize | 43.4 % | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 42.4 % | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 16 | Marshall Islands | 42 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 16 | Qatar | 42 % | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 16 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.2 % | 2024 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 40.5 % | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 18 | Palau | 40.5 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.7 % | 2024 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 3.6 % | 2024 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Kuwait | 40.4 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | Cabo Verde | 16.7 % | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 2.4 % | 2024 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 40.1 % | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 22 | Iraq | 39.7 % | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 23 | Barbados | 39.4 % | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 24 | Fiji | 39 % | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 37.7 % | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 37.4 % | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 26 | Palestine, State of | 37.4 % | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.8 % | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 28 | Argentina | 37.2 % | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 29 | Brunei Darussalam | 37.1 % | 2024 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 30 | Georgia | 35.7 % | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 31 | Jordan | 35.4 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 32 | Jamaica | 35.2 % | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 33 | Bahrain | 34.9 % | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 34.9 % | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 34.8 % | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 36 | Paraguay | 34.7 % | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 37 | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.6 % | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.6 % | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 39 | Bermuda | 34.1 % | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 40 | New Zealand | 34 % | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 41 | Seychelles | 33.9 % | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 42 | Libya | 33.7 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 33.7 % | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 32.7 % | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 45 | Dominica | 32.5 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 32.4 % | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 47 | El Salvador | 32.2 % | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 48 | Honduras | 31.8 % | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 31.8 % | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 31.6 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Grenada | 31.5 % | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 31.4 % | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 31.2 % | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 54 | Australia and New Zealand | 31.1 % | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 30.9 % | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 30.8 % | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 56 | Croatia | 30.8 % | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 56 | Suriname | 30.8 % | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 59 | Lebanon | 30.7 % | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 60 | Australia | 30.6 % | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 60 | Malta | 30.6 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 30.5 % | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 63 | Brazil | 30.1 % | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 63 | Guyana | 30.1 % | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 65 | Eswatini | 29.6 % | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 66 | Peru | 29.2 % | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 67 | Ecuador | 28.9 % | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 68 | Greenland | 28.1 % | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 28 % | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 28 % | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 71 | Ireland | 27.9 % | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 27.6 % | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 27.4 % | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 73 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 27.4 % | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 26.8 % | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 76 | Czechia | 26.3 % | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 77 | Slovakia | 26.1 % | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 77 | Tunisia | 26.1 % | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 79 | Canada | 26 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 80 | Mongolia | 25.1 % | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 25 % | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 82 | Colombia | 24.9 % | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 83 | Pakistan | 24.5 % | 2024 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 84 | Finland | 24.2 % | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 85 | Albania | 24.1 % | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritania | 24.1 % | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 87 | Algeria | 23.6 % | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 88 | Malaysia | 23.3 % | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 23.1 % | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 90 | Cuba | 23 % | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 91 | Ukraine | 22.8 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 92 | Gabon | 22.7 % | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 22.6 % | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 94 | Latvia | 22.3 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 95 | Iceland | 22.2 % | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 95 | Israel | 22.2 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Lesotho | 22.2 % | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 22.2 % | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 22 % | 2024 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 100 | Poland | 21.8 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 21.8 % | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 100 | Serbia | 21.8 % | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 103 | Cyprus | 21.6 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 103 | Morocco | 21.6 % | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 105 | Lithuania | 21.3 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 21.1 % | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 106 | Mauritius | 21.1 % | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 % | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 109 | Belgium | 20.8 % | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 110 | Afghanistan | 20.6 % | 2024 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 110 | Belarus | 20.6 % | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 110 | Germany | 20.6 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 20.3 % | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 113 | Estonia | 20.3 % | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 115 | Norway | 20.2 % | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 116 | Botswana | 19.8 % | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 116 | Slovenia | 19.8 % | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.2 % | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 19 % | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 120 | Namibia | 18.3 % | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 121 | Portugal | 18.1 % | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 122 | Maldives | 17.9 % | 2024 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.9 % | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 124 | Liberia | 17.8 % | 2024 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 124 | Sudan | 17.8 % | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 126 | Russian Federation | 17.6 % | 2024 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 127 | Sweden | 17.5 % | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 128 | Andorra | 17.1 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 128 | Montenegro | 17.1 % | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 130 | Singapore | 17 % | 2024 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 131 | Comoros | 16.8 % | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 132 | Austria | 16.5 % | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 133 | Thailand | 16.4 % | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 134 | Cameroon | 16 % | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 135 | Spain | 15.3 % | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 136 | Somalia | 14.9 % | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 14.7 % | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 137 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.7 % | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 139 | Ghana | 14.5 % | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 140 | Denmark | 14.3 % | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 141 | Italy | 14 % | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 142 | Nigeria | 13.7 % | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 143 | Togo | 13.4 % | 2024 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 144 | Mali | 13.3 % | 2024 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 144 | Yemen | 13.3 % | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 146 | Bhutan | 13.1 % | 2024 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 147 | Angola | 12.7 % | 2024 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.7 % | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 12.4 % | 2024 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 150 | Benin | 12.2 % | 2024 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 150 | Congo | 12.2 % | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 152 | Indonesia | 11.8 % | 2024 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 153 | Djibouti | 11.7 % | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 154 | Senegal | 11.6 % | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 154 | Zambia | 11.6 % | 2024 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 156 | Switzerland | 11.3 % | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 156 | Kenya | 11.3 % | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 158 | France | 11.2 % | 2024 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 11.2 % | 2024 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 160 | Haiti | 11.1 % | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 10.9 % | 2024 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea | 10.6 % | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 162 | Mozambique | 10.6 % | 2024 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 164 | Philippines | 9.6 % | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 165 | Uganda | 9.5 % | 2024 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 166 | China | 9.3 % | 2024 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 167 | South Sudan | 8.9 % | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 168 | Republic of Korea | 8.4 % | 2024 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 8.2 % | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 170 | Myanmar | 8.1 % | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 171 | India | 8 % | 2024 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 171 | Malawi | 8 % | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 171 | Nepal | 8 % | 2024 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | 7.7 % | 2024 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 175 | Chad | 7.4 % | 2024 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 176 | Niger | 6.8 % | 2024 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 177 | Japan | 5.9 % | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 5.8 % | 2024 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Rwanda | 5.6 % | 2024 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 180 | Burundi | 5.2 % | 2024 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 181 | Cambodia | 4.9 % | 2024 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 182 | Madagascar | 4.5 % | 2024 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 183 | Eritrea | 4.3 % | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 2.9 % | 2024 | up 81.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 41 %
- Northern America 39.4 %
- Central America 35.8 %
- Western Asia 31.6 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 31.6 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 31.5 %
- Northern Africa 31.5 %
- Oceania 31.2 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 24.9 %
- Southern Africa 30.7 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 30.7 %
- South America 30.2 %
- Northern America and Europe 26.5 %
- Central Asia 26 %
- Caribbean 25.6 %
- Asia 11.2 %
- Northern Europe 24.8 %
- Middle Africa 9.9 %
- High-income economies 24.7 %
- Eastern Europe 21.1 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8.6 %
- Europe 19.6 %
- Southern Europe 17 %
- Upper-middle-income economies 16.7 %
- Africa 16.6 %
- Western Europe 16.4 %
- World 16.2 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 14.1 %
- Western Africa 12.8 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 12.1 %
- Lower-middle-income economies 12 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 11.1 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 10.8 %
- South-Eastern Asia 10.7 %
- Southern Asia 10.5 %
- Low-income economies 10.1 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 9.5 %
- Eastern Asia 9.1 %
- Eastern Africa 8.1 %
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.