Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Switzerland

Obesity in adults in Switzerland in 2024 — 11.3%. Ranked 33 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 3.5 pp.

2024 11.3% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 33of 199
Period maximum 11.3%2024
Period minimum 7.7%1988

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Switzerland, 1980–202478910111219801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 7.8%1981: 7.8%1982: 7.8%1983: 7.8%1984: 7.7%1985: 7.7%1986: 7.7%1987: 7.7%1988: 7.7%1989: 7.7%1990: 7.7%1991: 7.7%1992: 7.8%1993: 7.8%1994: 7.9%1995: 7.9%1996: 8%1997: 8.1%1998: 8.2%1999: 8.3%2000: 8.5%2001: 8.6%2002: 8.8%2003: 9%2004: 9.2%2005: 9.3%2006: 9.5%2007: 9.6%2008: 9.8%2009: 9.9%2010: 10%2011: 10.1%2012: 10.1%2013: 10.2%2014: 10.3%2015: 10.3%2016: 10.4%2017: 10.5%2018: 10.6%2019: 10.7%2020: 10.8%2021: 10.9%2022: 11%2023: 11.2%2024: 11.3%
Change over the period: +3.5 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Switzerland 11.3%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Western Europe computed 16.3%
High-income countries computed 24.8%
Obesity in adults — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.3 +0.1 pp
2023 11.2 +0.1 pp
2022 11 +0.1 pp
2021 10.9 +0.1 pp
2020 10.8 +0.1 pp
2019 10.7 +0.1 pp
2018 10.6 +0.1 pp
2017 10.5 +0.1 pp
2016 10.4 +0.1 pp
2015 10.3 +0.1 pp
2014 10.3 +0.1 pp
2013 10.2 +0.1 pp
2012 10.1 +0.1 pp
2011 10.1 +0.1 pp
2010 10 +0.1 pp
2009 9.9 +0.1 pp
2008 9.8 +0.1 pp
2007 9.6 +0.2 pp
2006 9.5 +0.2 pp
2005 9.3 +0.2 pp
2004 9.2 +0.2 pp
2003 9 +0.2 pp
2002 8.8 +0.2 pp
2001 8.6 +0.2 pp
2000 8.5 +0.1 pp
1999 8.3 +0.1 pp
1998 8.2 +0.1 pp
1997 8.1 +0.1 pp
1996 8 +0.1 pp
1995 7.9 +0.1 pp
1994 7.9 +0.1 pp
1993 7.8 +0 pp
1992 7.8 +0 pp
1991 7.7 +0 pp
1990 7.7 +0 pp
1989 7.7 +0 pp
1988 7.7 −0 pp
1987 7.7 −0 pp
1986 7.7 −0 pp
1985 7.7 −0 pp
1984 7.7 −0 pp
1983 7.8 −0 pp
1982 7.8 −0 pp
1981 7.8 −0 pp
1980 7.8

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.