Overweight adults in Belgium
51.1%
% of adults (BMI ≥ 25) · 2022
120th highest of 196 countries
In 2012: 51.0%
Nearby in the ranking
- Papua New Guinea 51.4%
- Vanuatu 51.3%
- Mauritius 51.1%
- Belgium 51.1%
- Sweden 50.6%
- Montenegro 50.0%
- Spain 49.9%
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About the data
Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
- Unit
- % of adults (BMI ≥ 25)
- Years
- 1990–2022
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (SH.STA.OWAD.ZS), CC BY 4.0