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Adult overweight

SH.STA.OWAD.ZS ยท %

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Iraq, Bosnia, Mozambique. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Italy
49.15%2022
Period covered
1990 - 202233 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
73.25%Iraq, 2022
Lowest of the compared countries
27.16%Mozambique, 2022

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

025507519901998200620142022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Iraq73.25%2022
  • United States72.43%2022
  • Bosnia56.86%2022
  • Spain49.9%2022
  • Italy49.15%2022
  • Netherlands45.93%2022
  • China37.46%2022
  • Mozambique27.16%2022

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
ItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaIraqBosniaMozambique
202249.15%49.9%45.93%72.43%37.46%73.25%56.86%27.16%
202149.15%50.35%46.07%72.06%36.49%72.73%56.52%26.28%
202049.16%50.82%46.21%71.68%35.53%72.2%56.19%25.42%
201949.18%51.29%46.35%71.3%34.58%71.67%55.87%24.59%
201849.21%51.78%46.49%70.91%33.65%71.12%55.55%23.79%
201749.22%52.27%46.63%70.51%32.72%70.55%55.22%23%
201649.23%52.76%46.77%70.1%31.8%69.95%54.9%22.25%
201549.25%53.25%46.91%69.69%30.86%69.31%54.57%21.52%
201449.28%53.73%47.05%69.29%29.93%68.66%54.24%20.8%
201349.31%54.2%47.2%68.89%29.03%68%53.93%20.11%
201249.34%54.65%47.34%68.48%28.16%67.33%53.62%19.43%
201149.36%55.07%47.47%68.07%27.34%66.65%53.31%18.78%
201049.36%55.42%47.57%67.62%26.55%65.97%53%18.14%
200949.33%55.71%47.63%67.13%25.76%65.27%52.67%17.52%
200849.24%55.9%47.64%66.58%24.98%64.56%52.33%16.9%
200749.11%55.98%47.58%65.98%24.23%63.84%51.98%16.29%
200648.95%55.98%47.46%65.33%23.51%63.1%51.61%15.68%
200548.75%55.89%47.27%64.65%22.81%62.34%51.23%15.09%
200448.52%55.71%47.03%63.92%22.16%61.56%50.85%14.5%
200348.27%55.47%46.72%63.16%21.53%60.75%50.47%13.93%

World Bank definition

Prevalence of overweight (% of adults)

Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator SH.STA.OWAD.ZS, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

Source: World Bank, World Bank Open Data Annual series, fetched server side and cached for 24 hours. The World Bank is never called from your browser.