High income OECD countries Compared by People > Obesity > Adult obesity rate
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DEFINITION:
This entry gives the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater to or equal to 30.0. BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight in kg and dividing it by the person's squared height in meters.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | United States | 33% | 2008 | ||
2 | Czech Republic | 32.7% | 2008 | ||
3 | Chile | 29.4% | 2008 | ||
4 | Slovenia | 28.6% | 2008 | ||
5 | New Zealand | 28.3% | 2008 | ||
6 | United Kingdom | 26.9% | 2008 | ||
7 | Australia | 26.8% | 2008 | ||
8 | Spain | 26.6% | 2008 | ||
=9 | Canada | 26.2% | 2008 | ||
=9 | Israel | 26.2% | 2008 | ||
11 | Luxembourg | 26% | 2008 | ||
12 | Slovakia | 25.4% | 2008 | ||
13 | Poland | 25.3% | 2008 | ||
14 | Ireland | 25.2% | 2008 | ||
15 | Germany | 25.1% | 2008 | ||
16 | Portugal | 24% | 2008 | ||
17 | Iceland | 23.2% | 2008 | ||
18 | Finland | 23% | 2008 | ||
19 | Belgium | 22.1% | 2008 | ||
20 | Austria | 20.9% | 2008 | ||
21 | Estonia | 20.6% | 2008 | ||
22 | Greece | 20.1% | 2008 | ||
23 | Italy | 19.8% | 2008 | ||
24 | Netherlands | 18.8% | 2008 | ||
=25 | France | 18.2% | 2008 | ||
=25 | Denmark | 18.2% | 2008 | ||
27 | Switzerland | 17.5% | 2008 | ||
28 | Sweden | 12% | 2009 | ||
29 | Norway | 10% | 2009 | ||
30 | South Korea | 7.7% | 2008 | ||
31 | Japan | 5% | 2008 |