Overweight in adults — all countries

Overweight in adults — Western Europe

Overweight in adults in Western Europe in 2024 — 46.5%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 5.8 pp.

2024 46.5% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 48.5%2008
Period minimum 40.7%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Overweight in adults — Western Europe, 1980–202440424446485019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 40.7%1981: 41%1982: 41.2%1983: 41.4%1984: 41.7%1985: 42%1986: 42.3%1987: 42.5%1988: 42.8%1989: 43.2%1990: 43.5%1991: 43.8%1992: 44.1%1993: 44.5%1994: 44.8%1995: 45.1%1996: 45.5%1997: 45.8%1998: 46.2%1999: 46.5%2000: 46.8%2001: 47.1%2002: 47.4%2003: 47.7%2004: 47.9%2005: 48.1%2006: 48.3%2007: 48.4%2008: 48.5%2009: 48.4%2010: 48.4%2011: 48.2%2012: 48.1%2013: 48%2014: 47.9%2015: 47.8%2016: 47.7%2017: 47.5%2018: 47.4%2019: 47.2%2020: 47%2021: 46.9%2022: 46.7%2023: 46.6%2024: 46.5%
Change over the period: +5.8 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 46.5%
World computed 43.7%
Overweight in adults — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 46.5 −0.1 pp
2023 46.6 −0.1 pp
2022 46.7 −0.2 pp
2021 46.9 −0.2 pp
2020 47 −0.2 pp
2019 47.2 −0.2 pp
2018 47.4 −0.2 pp
2017 47.5 −0.1 pp
2016 47.7 −0.1 pp
2015 47.8 −0.1 pp
2014 47.9 −0.1 pp
2013 48 −0.1 pp
2012 48.1 −0.1 pp
2011 48.2 −0.1 pp
2010 48.4 −0.1 pp
2009 48.4 −0 pp
2008 48.5 +0.1 pp
2007 48.4 +0.1 pp
2006 48.3 +0.2 pp
2005 48.1 +0.2 pp
2004 47.9 +0.2 pp
2003 47.7 +0.3 pp
2002 47.4 +0.3 pp
2001 47.1 +0.3 pp
2000 46.8 +0.3 pp
1999 46.5 +0.3 pp
1998 46.2 +0.3 pp
1997 45.8 +0.3 pp
1996 45.5 +0.3 pp
1995 45.1 +0.3 pp
1994 44.8 +0.3 pp
1993 44.5 +0.3 pp
1992 44.1 +0.3 pp
1991 43.8 +0.3 pp
1990 43.5 +0.3 pp
1989 43.2 +0.3 pp
1988 42.8 +0.3 pp
1987 42.5 +0.3 pp
1986 42.3 +0.3 pp
1985 42 +0.3 pp
1984 41.7 +0.3 pp
1983 41.4 +0.2 pp
1982 41.2 +0.2 pp
1981 41 +0.2 pp
1980 40.7

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index of 25 kg/m² and above. The threshold of 25 separates normal weight from excess weight, and this indicator includes everyone who is obese as well — that is, it is always larger than the obesity indicator rather than complementing it. The difference between the two series is the share of people with excess weight but without obesity.

Important: It includes obesity, so the two indicators cannot be added. The aggregate by group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one.

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