Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
Share of adults with a body mass index of 30 or more. Eurostat EHIS, 2014–2019.
Source: Eurostat — EHIS Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat reuse policy) Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗
Avg (2019)
16.6%
+1.3pp vs 2014
Improving
25
of 32 tracked
Declining
5
period over period
Stable
1
±0.5pp band
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
Interactive — choose a period, search a country, switch between bars, table and map.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 16.8% | +16.8pp |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | 22.6% | +4.6pp |
| 🇮🇸 Iceland | 21.7% | +3.6pp |
| 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 19.3% | +3.4pp |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 23.9% | +3.3pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 0% | -19.8pp |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 0% | -18.2pp |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 13.2% | -1.2pp |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 15.4% | -0.80pp |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 16.2% | -0.70pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Europe +1.3pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 30 | 17.7% | +1.3pp |
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 28.1% | +2.9pp |
| 2 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 23.9% | +3.3pp |
| 3 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 22.6% | +4.6pp |
| 4 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 22.3% | +1.5pp |
| 5 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 21.7% | +3.6pp |
| 6 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 21.1% | +1.4pp |
| 7 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 21.1% | +1.2pp |
| 8 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 20.3% | +2.5pp |
| 9 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 19.4% | +0.80pp |
| 10 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 19.3% | +0.60pp |
| 11 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 19.3% | +3.4pp |
| 12 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 18.5% | +2.1pp |
| 13 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 18.5% | +1.8pp |
| 14 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 18.3% | +1.7pp |
| 15 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 17.2% | +1.1pp |
| 16 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 16.8% | — |
| 17 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 16.7% | +2.4pp |
| 18 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 16.2% | -0.70pp |
| 19 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 16.1% | +1.0pp |
| 20 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 15.9% | +2.2pp |
| 21 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 15.9% | +1.5pp |
| 22 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 15.4% | -0.80pp |
| 23 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 14.7% | +1.3pp |
| 24 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 14.6% | +0.70pp |
| 25 | 🇫🇷 France | 14.4% | -0.30pp |
| 26 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 14.1% | +1.2pp |
| 27 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 13.8% | +1.2pp |
| 28 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 13.2% | -1.2pp |
| 29 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 11.4% | +0.90pp |
| 30 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 10.5% | +1.4pp |