StatsNode The world in numbers

Share of obese adults

30 European countries compared for 2019, eu average 16.0 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

10.5 %

Romania

EU average

16.0 %

27 member states

Median country

17.0 %

half above, half below

Range

10.5 to 28.1

Romania - Malta

How to read it

Across 30 countries, the highest value is in Malta (28.1 %) and the lowest in Romania (10.5 %).

Half of the countries are above 17.0 % and half below.

The EU average is 16.0 %; 19 of 30 countries are above it.

Body mass index (BMI) by sex, age and income quintile
Percentage · Obese · Total · Total · Total

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Obesity over time

Add to chart: European Union

Ranking of countries

2019

In chart
Romania in chart	1	Romania	10.5	−5.5
Italy in chart	2	Italy	11.4	−4.6
Bulgaria in chart	3	Bulgaria	13.2	−2.8
Norway in chart	4	Norway non-EU	13.8	−2.2
Netherlands in chart	5	Netherlands	14.1	−1.9
France in chart	6	France	14.4	−1.6
Cyprus in chart	7	Cyprus	14.6	−1.4
Sweden in chart	8	Sweden	14.7	−1.3
Spain in chart	9	Spain	15.4	−0.6
Denmark in chart	10	Denmark	15.9	−0.1
Belgium in chart	11	Belgium	15.9	−0.1
Luxembourg in chart	12	Luxembourg	16.1	+0.1
Greece in chart	13	Greece	16.2	+0.2
Austria in chart	14	Austria	16.7	+0.7
Serbia in chart	15	Serbia non-EU	16.8	+0.8
Portugal in chart	16	Portugal	17.2	+1.2
Lithuania in chart	17	Lithuania	18.3	+2.3
Germany in chart	18	Germany	18.5	+2.5
Poland in chart	19	Poland	18.5	+2.5
Czechia in chart	20	Czechia	19.3	+3.3
Slovakia in chart	21	Slovakia	19.3	+3.3
Slovenia in chart	22	Slovenia	19.4	+3.4
Finland in chart	23	Finland	20.3	+4.3
Estonia in chart	24	Estonia	21.1	+5.1
Türkiye in chart	25	Türkiye non-EU	21.1	+5.1
Iceland in chart	26	Iceland non-EU	21.7	+5.7
Latvia in chart	27	Latvia	22.3	+6.3
Croatia in chart	28	Croatia	22.6	+6.6
Hungary in chart	29	Hungary	23.9	+7.9
Malta in chart	30	Malta	28.1	+12.1

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart, up to six at a time - a chart with more lines stops being readable. The ranking is for the latest period in which most countries have a value. EU and euro area aggregates do not take part in the ranking.