Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Lithuania

Obesity in adults in Lithuania in 2024 — 21.3%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 0.7 pp.

2024 21.3% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 88of 199
Period maximum 22%2014
Period minimum 19.7%1995

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Lithuania, 1980–2024192021222319801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 22%1981: 21.8%1982: 21.7%1983: 21.5%1984: 21.3%1985: 21.1%1986: 20.9%1987: 20.7%1988: 20.5%1989: 20.4%1990: 20.2%1991: 20.1%1992: 19.9%1993: 19.8%1994: 19.8%1995: 19.7%1996: 19.7%1997: 19.8%1998: 19.8%1999: 20%2000: 20.1%2001: 20.2%2002: 20.4%2003: 20.6%2004: 20.8%2005: 21%2006: 21.2%2007: 21.4%2008: 21.5%2009: 21.7%2010: 21.8%2011: 21.9%2012: 22%2013: 22%2014: 22%2015: 22%2016: 22%2017: 22%2018: 21.9%2019: 21.8%2020: 21.7%2021: 21.6%2022: 21.5%2023: 21.4%2024: 21.3%
Change over the period: −0.7 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Lithuania 21.3%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Northern Europe computed 24.8%
High-income countries computed 24.8%
Obesity in adults — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.3 −0.1 pp
2023 21.4 −0.1 pp
2022 21.5 −0.1 pp
2021 21.6 −0.1 pp
2020 21.7 −0.1 pp
2019 21.8 −0.1 pp
2018 21.9 −0.1 pp
2017 22 −0 pp
2016 22 −0 pp
2015 22 −0 pp
2014 22 +0 pp
2013 22 +0 pp
2012 22 +0.1 pp
2011 21.9 +0.1 pp
2010 21.8 +0.1 pp
2009 21.7 +0.1 pp
2008 21.5 +0.2 pp
2007 21.4 +0.2 pp
2006 21.2 +0.2 pp
2005 21 +0.2 pp
2004 20.8 +0.2 pp
2003 20.6 +0.2 pp
2002 20.4 +0.2 pp
2001 20.2 +0.2 pp
2000 20.1 +0.1 pp
1999 20 +0.1 pp
1998 19.8 +0.1 pp
1997 19.8 +0 pp
1996 19.7 +0 pp
1995 19.7 −0 pp
1994 19.8 −0.1 pp
1993 19.8 −0.1 pp
1992 19.9 −0.1 pp
1991 20.1 −0.2 pp
1990 20.2 −0.2 pp
1989 20.4 −0.2 pp
1988 20.5 −0.2 pp
1987 20.7 −0.2 pp
1986 20.9 −0.2 pp
1985 21.1 −0.2 pp
1984 21.3 −0.2 pp
1983 21.5 −0.2 pp
1982 21.7 −0.2 pp
1981 21.8 −0.2 pp
1980 22

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.