Obesity rates surpass one billion

Over 1 billion people globally are now living with obesity, as rates have more than doubled in adults and quadrupled among children and adolescents since 1990


ADULT OBESITY RATE 2022, % Obesity defined as Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥30kg/m2*
Age ≥20 years

15 30 45 60 75	No data

*BMI measured as person’s weight in kg divided by height in metres squared

American Samoa
Nauru 
Tonga

Highest rates: Tonga and American Samoa for women and American Samoa and Nauru for men, with some 70-80% of adults obese


OBESITY WORLDWIDE Selected countries, Age ≥20 years†

Women	% of population
S. Arabia	48.3
S. Africa 	47.3
U.S. 		43.8
Turkey 		42.6
Mexico 		41.3
Brazil 		32.6
Australia 	30.0
UK 		28.3
Canada 		25.3
Russia 		25.1
Italy 		17.6
Indonesia 	16.6
India 		9.8
France 		9.8
Germany 	9.0
China		7.8
S. Korea	5.7
Japan        	3.6

Men	% of population
U.S.		41.6
S. Arabia	38.1
Mexico		32.2	
Australia	32.1
Canada		28.2
UK		26.9
Turkey		26.2
Brazil		25.0
Russia		24.3
Germany		23.1
Italy		18.0
S. Africa	14.5
France		10.2
China		8.9
S. Korea 	8.8
Japan		7.6
Indonesia	6.5
India		5.4
         
† Standardised by age 


Findings based on data from more than 220 million people in more than 190 countries
Sources: The Lancet, NCD Risk Factor Collaboration 
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