WHO region
Europe
52 countries. 20.9% of adults live with obesity, compared with 12.4% in 1980.
20.9%
of adults live with obesity (2024)
Source: WHO
178 million
adults with obesity across the region (estimated)
Sum of country estimates: WHO rate × UN population
Source: WHO; UN WPP 2024
8.0%
of children & teens (5–19) live with obesity (2024)
Source: WHO
Over time
Europe vs the world
What this meansEurope: 12.4% in 1980, 20.9% in 2024.
- Europe
- World
Age-standardized; shaded bands = 95% uncertainty.
Source: WHO Global Health Observatory.
Every country in Europe (2024)
- Georgia35.7%
- Romania32.4%
- Hungary31.4%
- Uzbekistan31.2%
- Croatia30.8%
- Malta30.6%
- Türkiye28.8%
- Greenland28.1%
- Ireland27.9%
- Azerbaijan27.6%
- Greece27.4%
- United Kingdom27.4%
- North Macedonia26.8%
- Czechia26.3%
- Slovakia26.1%
- Armenia25.0%
- Finland24.2%
- Albania24.1%
- Tajikistan23.1%
- Ukraine22.8%
- Latvia22.3%
- Moldova22.3%
- Iceland22.2%
- Israel22.2%
- Turkmenistan22.2%
- Kyrgyzstan22.0%
- Poland21.8%
- Serbia21.8%
- Cyprus21.6%
- Lithuania21.3%
- Kazakhstan21.1%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina21.0%
- Belgium20.8%
- Belarus20.6%
- Germany20.6%
- Bulgaria20.3%
- Estonia20.3%
- Norway20.2%
- Slovenia19.8%
- Luxembourg19.0%
- Portugal18.1%
- Russia17.6%
- Sweden17.5%
- Andorra17.1%
- Montenegro17.1%
- Austria16.5%
- Spain15.3%
- Netherlands14.7%
- Denmark14.3%
- Italy14.0%
- Switzerland11.3%
- France11.2%
Adults 18+, age-standardized. Source: WHO Global Health Observatory.
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