Nutrition and Wellness Lifestyle and Preventive Health
European Obesity Rates by Country 2025
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5 Countries with the Highest Obesity Rate
Country | Obesity Rate (%)↓ | Female Obesity Rate | Male Obesity Rate | Data Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Russia | 30.3% | 31.4% | 27.5% | 2012-2014 |
 | Isle of Man | 29% | 27.7% | 31.4% | 2019 |
 | Gibraltar | 28.9% | 28.8% | 28.9% | 2021 |
 | Malta | 28.7% | 26.7% | 30.6% | 2019 |
 | Ukraine | 24.8% | 29.8% | 20.1% | 2019 |
 | Hungary | 23.8% | 22.7% | 25.1% | 2019 |
 | Croatia | 23% | 22.6% | 23.7% | 2019 |
 | Moldova | 22.7% | 24% | 21.4% | 2021 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.3% | 24.1% | 20.3% | 2012 |
 | Latvia | 22.3% | 25.1% | 18.9% | 2019 |
 | Iceland | 22.3% | 20.5% | 24.3% | 2019 |
 | Estonia | 21.8% | 23.6% | 19.7% | 2019 |
 | Albania | 21.3% | 24.4% | 18.1% | 2017-2018 |
 | Ireland | 21% | 20% | 23% | 2021-2022 |
 | Serbia | 20.8% | 20% | 21.7% | 2019 |
 | United Kingdom | 20.1% | 20.4% | 19.8% | 2014 |
 | Slovenia | 19.9% | 18.5% | 21.3% | 2019 |
 | Czech Republic | 19.8% | 18% | 21.8% | 2019 |
 | Slovakia | 19.1% | 18% | 20.2% | 2019 |
 | Germany | 19% | 19% | 19.1% | 2019 |
 | Poland | 19% | 18.1% | 20.1% | 2019 |
 | Belarus | 18.9% | 21.2% | 16.6% | 2020 |
 | Lithuania | 18.9% | 20.5% | 17% | 2019 |
 | Jersey | 18% | 19% | 17% | 2021 |
 | Austria | 17.1% | 15.7% | 18.6% | 2019 |
 | France | 17% | 17.4% | 16.7% | 2020 |
 | Portugal | 16.9% | 17.4% | 16.4% | 2019 |
 | Denmark | 16.5% | 16.6% | 16.3% | 2019 |
 | Luxembourg | 16.5% | 14.6% | 18.4% | 2019 |
 | Greece | 16.4% | 16.2% | 16.6% | 2019 |
 | Belgium | 16.3% | 15.6% | 17.2% | 2019 |
 | Sweden | 16% | 16% | 15% | 2020 |
 | Netherlands | 15.5% | 16.5% | 14.4% | 2022 |
 | Cyprus | 14.6% | 13.5% | 15.8% | 2019 |
 | Norway | 14% | 12% | 15% | 2019 |
 | Andorra | 13.6% | 14.4% | 13% | 2017-2018 |
 | Bulgaria | 13.3% | 11.6% | 15.1% | 2019-2020 |
 | Switzerland | 11% | 10.2% | 12.3% | 2017 |
 | Romania | 10.9% | 10.8% | 11.1% | 2019 |
 | North Macedonia | 10.5% | 9.9% | 11.1% | 2017 |
 | Italy | 10.4% | 9.7% | 11.1% | 2020-2021 |
 | Spain | 15.5% | 16.5% | 2019-2020 | |
 | Finland | 29.6% | 26.9% | 2023 |
- Listed rates define obesity as individuals with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kilograms per square meter of body area (BMI ≥30kg/m²)
