Which Country Thinks it is the Most Obese?

Overweight Population, Self-Reported (As % of Total Population) (%), 2022 or latest
Health Care | October 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 16 countries in 2022, Chile ranked the highest in overweight population as self-reported as a percentage of total population with 41.3% followed by United Kingdom and Israel. On the other end of the scale was Estonia with 31.7%, Canada with 33.8% and USA with 34.0%.

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 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Brazil % ... ... ... 34.9% 35.1% 35.9% 35.1% 35.9% ...
Canada % ... ... ... 33.4% 34.0% 34.0% 33.8% 33.4% ...
Chile % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Denmark % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34.2% ... ... ... ...
Finland % 37.0% 38.0% 35.0% 36.0% 37.0% ... ...
Germany % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.4% ... 33.6% ... ...
Ireland % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30.0% ... ...
Israel % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.5% 35.4% ... 38.3% 37.7% ... ...
Italy % ... 35.5% 35.4% 35.4% 35.4% 36.1% ...
Netherlands % 34.0% 33.9% 34.1% 34.3% 35.0% ...
Norway % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35.0% ... ...
Spain % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.2% ... ... 35.3% ... ...
Sweden % 35.9% 35.1% 35.8% 35.4% 35.6% ...
USA % 35.1% 34.7% 34.6% 34.0% 34.0% ...
United Kingdom % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35.2% ... ... ... ...