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Body weight

Unhealthy lifestyles and poor environments cause millions of people to die prematurely. Smoking, harmful alcohol use, physical inactivity and obesity are the root cause of many chronic conditions. <p />This dataset presents the latest data for overweight and obesity (measured and self-reported data). <p />Please refer to the <a target="_blank" href="https://webfs-els.oecd.org/files/Health-Statistics/HEALTH_LVNG_Risk-Factors-for-Health/5_Overweight-or-obese-population_Self-reported-and-Measured-data.pdf">Sources and Methods</a> for detailed country-specific information.

oecd-sdmx:DSD_HEALTH_LVNG@DF_HEALTH_LVNG_BW

Body weight

OECD.ELS.HD

Publisher
OECD.ELS.HD
Source
OECD Data Explorer (oecd-sdmx)
Status
Active
Formats
SDMX-JSON
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (Data) · open
Standard
SDMX 2.1
Countries
50 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
oecd-sdmx:DSD_HEALTH_LVNG@DF_HEALTH_LVNG_BW
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Body weight carries observations for 50 countries and areas:

Argentina · Australia · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Brazil · Canada · Switzerland · Chile · China (People’s Republic of) · Colombia · Czechia · Germany · Denmark · Spain · Estonia · Finland · France · United Kingdom · Greece · Croatia · Hungary · Indonesia · India · Ireland · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Japan · Korea · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Mexico · Netherlands · Norway · New Zealand · Peru · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Thailand · Türkiye · Ukraine · United States · South Africa