Share of overweight men vs women by country

Countries reporting
199
Highest
90.67
Naoero
Lowest
8.15
Ethiopia
Median
55.78
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,955

What the numbers show

Share of overweight men vs women is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 90.67 in Naoero; the lowest is 8.15 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 55.78, and the mean is 50.79.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 174 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Viet Nam (up 91.3%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (down 9.4%).

Share of overweight men vs women: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Naoero 90.67 2024 up 1.0% flat
1 Cook Islands 89.01 2024 up 3.1% rising
2 American Samoa 89.63 2024 down 0.4% rising
2 Tokelau 88.51 2024 up 1.5% rising
3 Tonga 86.88 2024 up 3.0% rising
3 Niue 86.82 2024 up 1.2% rising
4 Samoa 83.2 2024 up 2.5% rising
5 Tuvalu 82.5 2024 up 1.5% rising
6 Chile 79.81 2024 up 11.2% rising
7 Kuwait 77.47 2024 up 1.0% rising
8 Qatar 75.73 2024 up 3.3% rising
9 French Polynesia 75.15 2024 up 1.7% rising
10 Romania 73.69 2024 up 15.8% rising
11 Argentina 73.09 2024 up 9.5% rising
12 United States of America 72.96 2024 up 0.1% rising
13 Brunei Darussalam 72.43 2024 up 20.9% rising
14 Kiribati 72.39 2024 down 0.6% rising
15 Croatia 72.18 2024 up 7.5% rising
16 Mexico 71.77 2024 up 5.1% rising
17 Uruguay 71.68 2024 up 13.8% rising
18 Slovakia 71.66 2024 up 7.0% rising
19 Puerto Rico 71.1 2024 up 3.9% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 71.09 2024 up 3.3% rising
21 Hungary 70.95 2024 up 8.3% rising
22 New Zealand 70.83 2024 up 1.6% rising
23 United Arab Emirates 70.67 2024 down 0.6% rising
24 Australia 70.18 2024 up 2.8% rising
25 Bahamas 70.01 2024 up 4.4% rising
26 Paraguay 69.83 2024 up 13.4% rising
27 Lebanon 69.8 2024 up 2.2% rising
28 Georgia 69.65 2024 up 13.0% rising
29 Malta 69.45 2024 down 3.0% rising
30 Poland 69.24 2024 up 5.4% rising
31 Republic of Moldova 69.24 2024 up 15.6% rising
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.93 2024 up 5.9% rising
33 Panama 68.76 2024 up 14.3% rising
34 Ireland 68.48 2024 down 1.6% rising
35 Czechia 68.43 2024 up 4.0% rising
36 Peru 68.38 2024 up 21.6% rising
37 Palau 68.12 2024 down 2.9% rising
38 Syrian Arab Republic 67.98 2024 up 2.1% rising
39 Iraq 67.82 2024 up 5.7% rising
40 Serbia 67.55 2024 up 8.8% rising
41 North Macedonia 67.3 2024 up 7.0% rising
42 Latvia 67.04 2024 up 9.7% rising
43 Albania 66.83 2024 up 5.1% rising
44 Greece 66.77 2024 up 0.7% rising
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 66.46 2024 up 6.7% rising
46 Iceland 66.27 2024 up 3.1% rising
47 Slovenia 66.12 2024 up 4.1% rising
48 Belize 66.06 2024 up 7.7% rising
49 Norway 66.05 2024 up 2.8% rising
50 Ecuador 65.66 2024 up 14.3% rising
51 Estonia 65.38 2024 up 8.3% rising
52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 65.19 2024 down 0.2% rising
53 Bahrain 65.02 2024 up 3.0% rising
54 Micronesia, Federated States of 65 2024 up 2.9% rising
55 Oman 64.86 2024 up 10.3% rising
56 Finland 64.63 2024 up 4.0% rising
57 Jordan 64.22 2024 down 4.6% rising
58 Egypt 64.01 2024 up 2.3% rising
59 Russian Federation 64 2024 up 14.3% rising
60 Canada 63.73 2024 down 1.8% rising
61 Nicaragua 63.63 2024 up 7.5% rising
62 Brazil 63.42 2024 up 17.0% rising
63 Palestine, State of 63.19 2024 down 1.2% rising
64 Türkiye 63 2024 up 0.4% rising
65 Germany 62.75 2024 down 1.5% rising
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 62.61 2024 up 17.3% rising
67 Uzbekistan 62.53 2024 up 19.7% rising
68 Lithuania 62.22 2024 up 4.1% rising
69 Marshall Islands 62.12 2024 down 5.5% rising
70 Kazakhstan 61.89 2024 up 20.7% rising
71 Costa Rica 61.86 2024 up 4.6% rising
72 Sweden 61.64 2024 up 5.4% rising
73 Belarus 61.4 2024 up 7.6% rising
74 Guatemala 61.24 2024 up 20.0% rising
75 Bulgaria 61.06 2024 up 4.3% rising
76 El Salvador 60.81 2024 up 5.8% rising
77 Cyprus 60.75 2024 down 3.1% rising
78 Turkmenistan 60.72 2024 up 9.2% rising
79 Azerbaijan 60.59 2024 up 13.6% rising
80 Luxembourg 60.44 2024 down 0.6% rising
81 Israel 59.7 2024 down 2.4% rising
82 Honduras 58.98 2024 up 9.4% rising
83 Barbados 58.95 2024 up 6.8% rising
84 Spain 58.85 2024 down 8.8% rising
85 Mongolia 58.81 2024 up 22.6% rising
86 Fiji 58.77 2024 up 9.6% rising
87 Ukraine 58.53 2024 up 11.4% rising
88 Libya 58.47 2024 up 0.7% rising
89 Dominican Republic 58.29 2024 up 13.2% rising
90 Montenegro 58.24 2024 up 6.5% rising
91 Austria 57.81 2024 up 5.4% rising
92 Iran, Islamic Republic of 57.76 2024 up 13.1% rising
93 Greenland 57.73 2024 up 8.8% rising
94 Tajikistan 57.64 2024 up 10.1% rising
95 Colombia 57.47 2024 up 12.3% rising
96 Seychelles 56.34 2024 up 14.0% rising
97 Pakistan 55.78 2024 up 47.2% volatile
98 Portugal 55.74 2024 down 6.2% rising
99 Belgium 55.37 2024 down 3.2% rising
100 Andorra 55.23 2024 down 2.6% rising
101 Kyrgyzstan 55.22 2024 up 23.7% rising
102 Denmark 55.06 2024 up 1.1% rising
103 Bermuda 54.75 2024 up 10.0% rising
104 Antigua and Barbuda 54.71 2024 up 9.8% rising
105 Cuba 54.24 2024 up 18.0% rising
106 Singapore 54.19 2024 up 31.0% rising
107 Trinidad and Tobago 54.13 2024 up 3.2% rising
108 Italy 53.57 2024 down 7.1% rising
109 Armenia 53.5 2024 up 18.4% rising
110 Malaysia 53.23 2024 up 16.6% rising
111 Papua New Guinea 52.69 2024 up 5.3% rising
112 Netherlands 51.78 2024 down 3.3% rising
113 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 51.77 2024 down 9.4% rising
114 Tunisia 51.14 2024 up 10.1% rising
115 Maldives 50.67 2024 up 36.8% rising
116 Algeria 50.56 2024 up 15.6% rising
117 Solomon Islands 50.06 2024 up 9.9% rising
118 Grenada 49.95 2024 up 10.0% rising
119 Suriname 49.92 2024 up 10.4% rising
120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49.18 2024 up 9.9% rising
121 Saint Lucia 49.06 2024 up 8.1% rising
122 Mauritius 48.99 2024 up 9.6% rising
123 Jamaica 48.1 2024 up 14.7% rising
124 Switzerland 47.3 2024 down 3.8% rising
125 Republic of Korea 47.05 2024 up 22.8% rising
126 Guyana 46.27 2024 up 11.4% rising
127 Morocco 45.58 2024 up 6.0% rising
128 Afghanistan 45.48 2024 up 35.0% volatile
129 China 44.92 2024 up 38.2% volatile
130 Vanuatu 44.02 2024 up 1.0% rising
131 Dominica 43.71 2024 up 14.4% rising
132 Thailand 43.4 2024 up 41.1% rising
133 Eswatini 42.94 2024 up 26.8% rising
134 Bhutan 42.79 2024 up 35.2% rising
135 France 42.5 2024 down 9.0% flat
136 Cape Verde 37.84 2024 up 15.6% rising
137 South Africa 37.59 2024 down 2.5% rising
138 Gabon 36.49 2024 up 15.0% rising
139 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 35.67 2024 up 40.3% rising
140 Yemen 34.1 2024 up 15.1% rising
141 Philippines 33.84 2024 up 32.5% rising
142 Sudan 33.45 2024 up 25.4% rising
143 Sao Tome and Principe 33.08 2024 up 15.4% rising
144 Japan 33.03 2024 up 15.7% rising
145 Sri Lanka 32.77 2024 up 44.7% volatile
146 Cameroon 32.07 2024 up 6.7% rising
147 Comoros 31.99 2024 up 26.4% rising
148 Indonesia 31.45 2024 up 55.4% volatile
149 Liberia 30.89 2024 up 44.4% volatile
150 Côte d'Ivoire 30.24 2024 up 13.6% rising
151 India 29.9 2024 up 56.1% volatile
152 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.87 2024 up 41.2% rising
153 Nepal 28.6 2024 up 34.2% rising
154 Namibia 28.38 2024 up 19.7% rising
155 Botswana 28.17 2024 up 16.2% rising
156 Mauritania 27.95 2024 up 15.8% rising
157 Nigeria 27.71 2024 up 8.3% rising
158 Mali 25.91 2024 up 12.7% rising
159 Equatorial Guinea 25.83 2024 up 21.5% rising
160 Guinea-Bissau 25.33 2024 up 17.5% rising
161 Zimbabwe 24.29 2024 up 41.8% rising
162 Benin 23.64 2024 up 15.9% rising
163 Angola 23.61 2024 up 21.0% rising
164 Myanmar 23.33 2024 up 35.6% rising
165 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.13 2024 up 46.6% rising
166 Chad 22.59 2024 up 18.8% rising
167 Togo 22.51 2024 up 19.1% rising
168 Lesotho 22.39 2024 up 16.4% rising
169 Cambodia 22.37 2024 up 56.5% volatile
170 Burundi 22.24 2024 up 34.9% rising
171 Bangladesh 22.24 2024 up 58.6% volatile
172 Djibouti 22.22 2024 up 34.6% rising
173 Senegal 22.19 2024 up 35.7% volatile
174 Guinea 21.96 2024 up 19.6% rising
175 Zambia 21.84 2024 up 38.7% rising
176 Ghana 21.7 2024 up 5.3% rising
177 Congo 21.51 2024 up 24.0% rising
178 Somalia 21.45 2024 up 33.8% rising
179 Gambia 21.43 2024 up 10.8% volatile
180 Kenya 21.14 2024 up 26.6% rising
181 Mozambique 21.11 2024 up 39.1% rising
182 Viet Nam 20.65 2024 up 91.3% volatile
183 Haiti 20.18 2024 up 0.1% rising
184 Central African Republic 19.29 2024 up 29.5% rising
185 South Sudan 18.77 2024 up 33.2% rising
186 Burkina Faso 18.18 2024 up 29.0% volatile
187 Madagascar 17.76 2024 up 44.5% rising
188 Uganda 17.11 2024 up 66.4% volatile
189 Malawi 15.9 2024 up 19.4% rising
190 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15.28 2024 up 22.9% rising
191 Niger 14.53 2024 up 24.0% volatile
192 Timor-Leste 13.56 2024 up 67.7% volatile
193 Sierra Leone 13.36 2024 up 9.5% rising
194 Rwanda 12.8 2024 up 60.0% rising
195 Eritrea 12.4 2024 up 36.0% rising
196 Ethiopia 8.15 2024 up 46.4% rising

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Indicator
Share of overweight men vs women
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 8,955 data points, 1980–2024
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