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Obese · Latest available · 2014–2019Share of adults with a body mass index of 30 or more, from the European health interview survey. Countries with a figure: 27 of 27. Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year. Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not 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EU countriesObeseLatest available · 2014–2019Sweden: 14.7% · 2019Spain: 15.4% · 2019Slovakia: 19.3% · 2019Slovenia: 19.4% · 2019Romania: 10.5% · 2019Portugal: 17.2% · 2019Poland: 18.5% · 2019the Netherlands: 14.1% · 2019Malta: 28.1% · 2019Luxembourg: 16.1% · 2019Lithuania: 18.3% · 2019Latvia: 22.3% · 2019Italy: 11.4% · 2019Ireland: 18.2% · 2014Hungary: 23.9% · 2019Greece: 16.2% · 2019Germany: 18.5% · 2019France: 14.4% · 2019Finland: 20.3% · 2019Estonia: 21.1% · 2019Denmark: 15.9% · 2019Czechia: 19.3% · 2019Cyprus: 14.6% · 2019Croatia: 22.6% · 2019Bulgaria: 13.2% · 2019Belgium: 15.9% · 2019Austria: 16.7% · 201910.5%14.02%17.54%21.06%24.58%28.1%No data / outside the EUCountries with a figure: 27 of 27.Share of adults with a body mass index of 30 or more, from the European health interviewsurvey.Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. Thelatest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.Eurostat · Obese · Latest available · 2014–2019Natural Earth · Eurostat · averageperson.eu
10.5% – 14.02%
> 14.02% – 17.54%
> 17.54% – 21.06%
> 21.06% – 24.58%
> 24.58% – 28.1%
No data / outside the EU

Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not shown.

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Share of adults with a body mass index of 30 or more, from the European health interview survey.

Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.

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