Table 1.
Estimated (2016)* and projected (2060) age-standardized obesity prevalence (%; ages 20–84 years) in the 18 European countries and the USA, by sex
| Country | Age-standardized obesity prevalence (%; ages 20–84 years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| estimated (2016)* |
projected (2060) and 95% projection intervals |
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| men | women | men | women | |
| Austria | 24.0 | 21.2 | 25.8 (21.8; 31.6) | 20.6 (18.1; 24.3) |
| Belgium | 25.7 | 24.4 | 27.3 (24.0; 31.9) | 23.2 (21.2; 26.3) |
| Denmark | 24.6 | 19.8 | 29.4 (26.2; 33.5) | 21.1 (19.5; 23.3) |
| Finland | 26.4 | 24.8 | 30.0 (25.3; 36.5) | 24.3 (21.5; 28.5) |
| France | 24.5 | 24.1 | 24.3 (21.4; 28.4) | 21.3 (19.7; 23.6) |
| Germany | 27.2 | 25.3 | 31.0 (27.1; 36.2) | 26.2 (23.7; 29.6) |
| Greece | 26.5 | 29.2 | 33.3 (31.1; 36.0) | 28.2 (27.1; 29.6) |
| Iceland | 26.0 | 21.6 | 27.3 (23.3; 33.0) | 19.6 (17.6; 22.5) |
| Ireland | 27.3 | 28.2 | 26.6 (22.6; 32.3) | 24.3 (21.3; 28.5) |
| Italy | 23.1 | 23.9 | 21.1 (18.6; 24.6) | 21.4 (19.8; 23.8) |
| Luxembourg | 26.8 | 23.2 | 26.1 (23.4; 29.6) | 19.8 (18.4; 21.7) |
| The Netherlands | 23.3 | 23.8 | 13.2 (11.8; 15.1) | 13.3 (12.5; 14.5) |
| Norway | 25.9 | 25.5 | 22.0 (18.3; 27.8) | 19.9 (17.6; 23.4) |
| Portugal | 22.7 | 24.9 | 18.0 (15.0; 22.4) | 17.7 (15.8; 20.3) |
| Spain | 27.5 | 27.2 | 30.0 (27.4; 33.3) | 27.0 (25.2; 29.3) |
| Sweden | 25.0 | 20.8 | 25.3 (21.5; 30.7) | 19.8 (17.7; 23.0) |
| Switzerland | 24.4 | 19.5 | 37.0 (33.6; 41.2) | 26.8 (24.4; 29.9) |
| UK | 29.3 | 31.3 | 24.1 (21.6; 27.7) | 25.7 (23.4; 28.9) |
| USA | 37.5 | 39.5 | 26.9 (22.6; 33.7) | 29.1 (25.4; 35.1) |
*
Source data: NCD-RisC 2017. This data source relies on the available national measured height and weight data, supplemented with estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model based on information from other years and related countries. We converted the data into data by single year of age (20–84 years), and applied age-standardization using the country- and sex-specific population age structure in 2010.