Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Slovakia

Obesity in adults in Slovakia in 2024 — 26.1%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 14.4 pp.

2024 26.1% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 118of 199
Period maximum 26.1%2024
Period minimum 11.7%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Slovakia, 1980–2024101520253019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 11.7%1981: 11.8%1982: 11.9%1983: 12%1984: 12.2%1985: 12.3%1986: 12.4%1987: 12.5%1988: 12.7%1989: 12.8%1990: 12.9%1991: 13.1%1992: 13.2%1993: 13.4%1994: 13.6%1995: 13.8%1996: 14%1997: 14.3%1998: 14.6%1999: 14.9%2000: 15.3%2001: 15.6%2002: 16%2003: 16.4%2004: 16.9%2005: 17.3%2006: 17.7%2007: 18.2%2008: 18.7%2009: 19.2%2010: 19.7%2011: 20.1%2012: 20.6%2013: 21.1%2014: 21.6%2015: 22%2016: 22.5%2017: 22.9%2018: 23.4%2019: 23.8%2020: 24.2%2021: 24.7%2022: 25.1%2023: 25.6%2024: 26.1%
Change over the period: +14.4 pp Annual average: 0.33 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Slovakia 26.1%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Eastern Europe computed 21%
High-income countries computed 24.8%
Obesity in adults — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 26.1 +0.5 pp
2023 25.6 +0.5 pp
2022 25.1 +0.5 pp
2021 24.7 +0.4 pp
2020 24.2 +0.4 pp
2019 23.8 +0.4 pp
2018 23.4 +0.4 pp
2017 22.9 +0.4 pp
2016 22.5 +0.5 pp
2015 22 +0.5 pp
2014 21.6 +0.5 pp
2013 21.1 +0.5 pp
2012 20.6 +0.5 pp
2011 20.1 +0.5 pp
2010 19.7 +0.5 pp
2009 19.2 +0.5 pp
2008 18.7 +0.5 pp
2007 18.2 +0.5 pp
2006 17.7 +0.5 pp
2005 17.3 +0.4 pp
2004 16.9 +0.4 pp
2003 16.4 +0.4 pp
2002 16 +0.4 pp
2001 15.6 +0.4 pp
2000 15.3 +0.4 pp
1999 14.9 +0.3 pp
1998 14.6 +0.3 pp
1997 14.3 +0.3 pp
1996 14 +0.2 pp
1995 13.8 +0.2 pp
1994 13.6 +0.2 pp
1993 13.4 +0.2 pp
1992 13.2 +0.2 pp
1991 13.1 +0.1 pp
1990 12.9 +0.1 pp
1989 12.8 +0.1 pp
1988 12.7 +0.1 pp
1987 12.5 +0.1 pp
1986 12.4 +0.1 pp
1985 12.3 +0.1 pp
1984 12.2 +0.1 pp
1983 12 +0.1 pp
1982 11.9 +0.1 pp
1981 11.8 +0.1 pp
1980 11.7

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.