In 2025, 16.3% of adults in the European Union were obese. This means that their body mass index (BMI) was 30 or more.
Malta had the highest number of obese people (26.6%). It was followed by Latvia (24.6%), Finland (23.2%), Ireland (22.1%), and Estonia (22.0%).
Italy had the fewest obese people (7.0%). Greece and Romania had slightly more obese people (12.8% and 12.9%).
35.4% of the European population was overweight. Their BMI was 25–30. More than half of the European population was overweight or obese.
46.4% of European adults had a normal body weight. More women (52.5%) than men (39.8%) had a normal body weight.
Men were more often overweight than women. The obesity rate among men was 17.4%, while among women it was 15.3%.
41.9% of men were overweight, compared to 29.3% of women. More women (2.9%) than men (1.0%) had problems with underweight.
The obesity rate is calculated using the body mass index (BMI). To calculate BMI, body weight in kilograms is divided by height in meters squared.
Novaator wrote that more than 60% of adults in Estonia were overweight. Of these, 26% were obese. Obesity and overweight create problems for both individuals and society.