Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Czechia

Obesity in adults in Czechia in 2024 — 26.3%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 5.7 pp.

2024 26.3% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 120of 199
Period maximum 26.3%2024
Period minimum 19%1997

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Czechia, 1980–202418202224262819801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 20.6%1981: 20.5%1982: 20.5%1983: 20.4%1984: 20.3%1985: 20.2%1986: 20.1%1987: 20%1988: 19.8%1989: 19.7%1990: 19.6%1991: 19.4%1992: 19.3%1993: 19.2%1994: 19.1%1995: 19%1996: 19%1997: 19%1998: 19%1999: 19%2000: 19.1%2001: 19.2%2002: 19.4%2003: 19.5%2004: 19.7%2005: 19.9%2006: 20.1%2007: 20.4%2008: 20.7%2009: 21%2010: 21.4%2011: 21.7%2012: 22%2013: 22.4%2014: 22.8%2015: 23.1%2016: 23.5%2017: 23.8%2018: 24.2%2019: 24.5%2020: 24.9%2021: 25.2%2022: 25.6%2023: 25.9%2024: 26.3%
Change over the period: +5.7 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Czechia

Czechia 26.3%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Eastern Europe computed 21%
High-income countries computed 24.8%
Obesity in adults — Czechia, by year Czechia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 26.3 +0.4 pp
2023 25.9 +0.4 pp
2022 25.6 +0.4 pp
2021 25.2 +0.4 pp
2020 24.9 +0.3 pp
2019 24.5 +0.3 pp
2018 24.2 +0.3 pp
2017 23.8 +0.4 pp
2016 23.5 +0.4 pp
2015 23.1 +0.4 pp
2014 22.8 +0.4 pp
2013 22.4 +0.4 pp
2012 22 +0.3 pp
2011 21.7 +0.3 pp
2010 21.4 +0.3 pp
2009 21 +0.3 pp
2008 20.7 +0.3 pp
2007 20.4 +0.3 pp
2006 20.1 +0.2 pp
2005 19.9 +0.2 pp
2004 19.7 +0.2 pp
2003 19.5 +0.2 pp
2002 19.4 +0.1 pp
2001 19.2 +0.1 pp
2000 19.1 +0.1 pp
1999 19 +0.1 pp
1998 19 +0 pp
1997 19 −0 pp
1996 19 −0 pp
1995 19 −0.1 pp
1994 19.1 −0.1 pp
1993 19.2 −0.1 pp
1992 19.3 −0.1 pp
1991 19.4 −0.1 pp
1990 19.6 −0.1 pp
1989 19.7 −0.1 pp
1988 19.8 −0.1 pp
1987 20 −0.1 pp
1986 20.1 −0.1 pp
1985 20.2 −0.1 pp
1984 20.3 −0.1 pp
1983 20.4 −0.1 pp
1982 20.5 −0.1 pp
1981 20.5 −0.1 pp
1980 20.6

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index of 30 kg/m² and above. The series has been kept since 1980 and shows one of the fastest changes in the health of populations in the whole history of observation: in most countries the share has grown two- to threefold. The top of the ranking is held not by rich countries, as one might expect, but by the islands of Oceania and the Persian Gulf, where the shift to purchased food happened within one generation.

Important: The aggregate by country group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one: the share of adults differs between countries by a factor of about 1.5, so young countries get a slightly larger weight than they should.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.