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Share of adults who are overweight (age-standardized) - Sex: male - Age group: 18+ years of age

Name: Share of adults who are overweight (age-standardized) - Sex: male - Age group: 18+ years of age by country, 2024
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Share of adults who are overweight (age-standardized) - Sex: male - Age group: 18+ years of age league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Naoero	90.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
2	American Samoa	89.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
3	Tonga	86.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
4	Samoa	83.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Tuvalu	82.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Chile	79.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
7	Kuwait	77.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
8	Qatar	75.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
9	French Polynesia	75.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
10	Romania	73.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Argentina	73.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	United States	73%	North America	High income
13	Brunei Darussalam	72.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	Kiribati	72.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
15	Croatia	72.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Mexico	71.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
17	Uruguay	71.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
18	Slovak Republic	71.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Puerto Rico (US)	71.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Saudi Arabia	71.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
21	Hungary	71%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	New Zealand	70.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
23	United Arab Emirates	70.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
24	Australia	70.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
25	Bahamas, The	70%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
26	Paraguay	69.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Lebanon	69.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
28	Georgia	69.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
29	Malta	69.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
30	Poland	69.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Moldova	69.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
32	St. Kitts and Nevis	68.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
33	Panama	68.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
34	Ireland	68.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Czechia	68.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Peru	68.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Palau	68.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
38	Syrian Arab Republic	68%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
39	Iraq	67.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
40	Serbia	67.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
41	North Macedonia	67.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	Latvia	67%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Albania	66.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
44	Greece	66.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	66.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
46	Iceland	66.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Slovenia	66.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Belize	66.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Norway	66.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Ecuador	65.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Estonia	65.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	United Kingdom	65.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Bahrain	65%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
54	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	65%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
55	Oman	64.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
56	Finland	64.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Jordan	64.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
58	Egypt, Arab Rep.	64%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
59	Russian Federation	64%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Canada	63.7%	North America	High income
61	Nicaragua	63.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
62	Brazil	63.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	West Bank and Gaza	63.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
64	Turkiye	63%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
65	Germany	62.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Bolivia	62.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
67	Uzbekistan	62.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
68	Lithuania	62.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Marshall Islands	62.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
70	Kazakhstan	61.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
71	Costa Rica	61.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
72	Sweden	61.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Belarus	61.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
74	Guatemala	61.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Bulgaria	61.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
76	El Salvador	60.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Cyprus	60.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Turkmenistan	60.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Azerbaijan	60.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
80	Luxembourg	60.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Israel	59.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
82	Honduras	59%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
83	Barbados	59%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Spain	58.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	Mongolia	58.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
86	Fiji	58.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Ukraine	58.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	Libya	58.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
89	Dominican Republic	58.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Montenegro	58.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Austria	57.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Iran, Islamic Rep.	57.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
93	Greenland	57.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Tajikistan	57.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
95	Colombia	57.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	Seychelles	56.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
97	Pakistan	55.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
98	Portugal	55.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Belgium	55.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Andorra	55.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Kyrgyz Republic	55.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
102	Denmark	55.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Bermuda	54.8%	North America	High income
104	Antigua and Barbuda	54.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Cuba	54.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
106	Singapore	54.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
107	Trinidad and Tobago	54.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
108	Italy	53.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Armenia	53.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Malaysia	53.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Papua New Guinea	52.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
112	Netherlands	51.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Venezuela, RB	51.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
114	Tunisia	51.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
115	Maldives	50.7%	South Asia	Upper middle income
116	Algeria	50.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
117	Solomon Islands	50.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
118	Grenada	50%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
119	Suriname	49.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
120	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
121	St. Lucia	49.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	Mauritius	49%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
123	Jamaica	48.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Switzerland	47.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Korea, Rep.	47%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
126	Guyana	46.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
127	Morocco	45.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
128	Afghanistan	45.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
129	China	44.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	Vanuatu	44%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
131	Dominica	43.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	Thailand	43.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
133	Eswatini	42.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Bhutan	42.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
135	France	42.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Cabo Verde	37.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
137	South Africa	37.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
138	Gabon	36.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
139	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	35.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
140	Yemen, Rep.	34.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
141	Philippines	33.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
142	Sudan	33.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Sao Tome and Principe	33.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Japan	33%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
145	Sri Lanka	32.8%	South Asia	Upper middle income
146	Cameroon	32.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Comoros	32%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
148	Indonesia	31.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
149	Liberia	30.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
150	Cote d'Ivoire	30.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	India	29.9%	South Asia	Lower middle income
152	Lao PDR	29.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
153	Nepal	28.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
154	Namibia	28.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Botswana	28.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
156	Mauritania	28%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Nigeria	27.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
158	Mali	25.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Equatorial Guinea	25.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
160	Guinea-Bissau	25.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Zimbabwe	24.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Benin	23.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
163	Angola	23.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
164	Myanmar	23.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
165	Tanzania	23.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
166	Chad	22.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Togo	22.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
168	Lesotho	22.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
169	Cambodia	22.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
170	Burundi	22.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Bangladesh	22.2%	South Asia	Lower middle income
172	Djibouti	22.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
173	Senegal	22.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
174	Guinea	22%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Zambia	21.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
176	Ghana	21.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Congo, Rep.	21.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	Gambia, The	21.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
180	Kenya	21.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
181	Mozambique	21.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Viet Nam	20.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
183	Haiti	20.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
184	Central African Republic	19.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
185	South Sudan	18.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
186	Burkina Faso	18.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
187	Madagascar	17.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
188	Uganda	17.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
189	Malawi	15.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Congo, Dem. Rep.	15.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
191	Niger	14.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
192	Timor-Leste	13.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
193	Sierra Leone	13.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
194	Rwanda	12.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
195	Eritrea	12.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
196	Ethiopia	8.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Share of adults who are overweight (age-standardized) - Sex: male - Age group: 18+ years of age