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Which Country Thinks it is the Most Obese?

Overweight Population, Self-Reported (As % of Total Population) (%), 2020 or latest
Health Care | August 5, 2021
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Based on a comparison of 24 countries in 2020, Brazil ranked the highest in overweight population as self-reported as a percentage of total population with 55.4% followed by Greece and Czech Republic. On the other end of the scale was South Korea with 26.3%, France with 30.9% and Estonia with 31.1%.

Data for more countries are available at Overweight Population, Self-Reported (As % of Total Population) indicator page.

Overweight Population, Self-Reported (As % of Total Population) Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Austria % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32.4% ... ... 35.0% ... ...
Brazil % ... ... ... ... ... 52.2% 52.3% 53.8% 54.0% 55.7% ...
Czechia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.7% ... ... ... ... ...
Finland % 33.8% 37.3% 37.0% 38.0% 35.0%
Greece % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 39.2% ... ... ... ... ...
Israel % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.7% ... 36.5% 35.4% ... ...
Italy % ... 36.2% 35.3% 35.5% 35.4% 35.4% ...
Lithuania % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.7% ... ... 38.8% ... ...
Norway % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34.0% ... ... ... ...
Portugal % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.4% ... ... 37.6% ... ...
Slovakia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 37.9% ... ... ... ... ...
Slovenia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.4% ... ... ... ... ...
Spain % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35.1% ... ... 36.2% ... ...
Sweden % 34.3% 36.0% 35.9% 35.1% 35.8% ...
Turkey % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33.7% ... 34.3% ... ... ...