Countries with the Highest Proportion of Overweight Adults 2024
About This Dataset
Countries with the Highest Proportion of Overweight Adults 2024
Countries ranked by the percentage of adults classified as overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 25) in 2024 according to WHO Global Health Observatory data. Pacific island nations and several Middle Eastern countries record the highest proportions of overweight adults globally. AI-assisted data.
Analysis
Nauru heads the table on 94.5, ahead of Cook Islands (90.9) and Palau (85.3) in Overweight Adults (%) in 2024. 22.7 separates the highest figure (94.5) from the lowest (71.8) in Overweight Adults (%). First and second are separated by 3.60, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 85.3 to 71.8 Overweight Adults (%).
Source:
World Health Organization
Key Findings
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Nauru leads in Overweight Adults (%) with 94.50 in 2024.
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Average Overweight Adults (%) in 2024: 82 · median: 83.
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Gap in 2024: Nauru is 1.3× larger than Kuwait.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Health Organization
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Overweight Adults (%)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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