European Health Survey  
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Body Mass Index of the adult population by sex, age group, and educational level. Population aged 18 years old and over.
Units: thousands of persons

	TOTAL	Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2)	Normal weight (18.5 kg/m2 <= BMI < 25 kg/m2)	Overweight (25 kg/m2 <= BMI < 30 kg/m2)	Obesity (BMI >= 30 kg/m2)	No data recorded	
Both sexes	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	37,599.0	795.5	16,352.9	12,941.9	6,121.7	1,387.0	
        Basic and lower	19,567.7	287.2	6,701.1	7,308.9	4,213.6	1,057.0	
        Medium	7,761.1	257.4	3,812.3	2,604.6	937.5	149.3	
        Upper	10,270.1	250.9	5,839.5	3,028.4	970.6	180.8	
    From 18 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	3,109.6	237.1	2,039.2	596.9	134.1	102.2	
        Basic and lower	1,231.2	88.5	734.5	307.4	43.9	56.8	
        Medium	1,337.5	113.5	927.5	221.6	46.2	28.7	
        Upper	540.9	35.1	377.2	67.9	44.0	16.7	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	26,269.0	454.2	12,043.6	8,933.3	4,197.2	640.7	
        Basic and lower	11,592.8	132.5	4,241.7	4,276.8	2,536.7	405.1	
        Medium	5,804.1	127.1	2,672.1	2,085.3	821.5	98.1	
        Upper	8,872.2	194.6	5,129.8	2,571.2	839.1	137.5	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	8,220.3	104.1	2,270.0	3,411.7	1,790.4	644.1	
        Basic and lower	6,743.8	66.1	1,724.9	2,724.6	1,633.1	595.1	
        Medium	619.5	16.8	212.7	297.7	69.9	22.4	
        Upper	857.0	21.2	332.4	389.4	87.4	26.6	
Men	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	18,318.2	169.3	6,863.1	7,808.4	3,068.6	408.7	
        Basic and lower	9,498.6	96.9	2,980.9	4,179.1	1,956.4	285.3	
        Medium	3,941.1	48.6	1,673.2	1,616.7	536.7	65.8	
        Upper	4,878.5	23.8	2,209.0	2,012.5	575.5	57.7	
    From 18 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	1,595.1	71.5	1,028.7	375.6	69.7	49.6	
        Basic and lower	762.5	36.5	452.3	216.2	24.5	33.0	
        Medium	620.0	29.6	432.2	122.6	20.1	15.4	
        Upper	212.6	5.4	144.2	36.8	25.1	1.1	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	13,148.0	71.0	4,932.3	5,667.3	2,269.5	207.8	
        Basic and lower	6,040.4	43.4	1,916.6	2,653.7	1,309.7	117.1	
        Medium	2,988.8	15.8	1,135.9	1,320.4	469.4	47.3	
        Upper	4,118.8	11.8	1,879.8	1,693.2	490.4	43.5	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	3,575.1	26.9	902.1	1,765.4	729.4	151.3	
        Basic and lower	2,695.7	17.1	611.9	1,309.3	622.2	135.2	
        Medium	332.3	3.2	105.1	173.7	47.2	3.1	
        Upper	547.1	6.6	185.0	282.5	59.9	13.0	
Women	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	19,280.8	626.1	9,489.8	5,133.5	3,053.1	978.3	
        Basic and lower	10,069.2	190.3	3,720.2	3,129.8	2,257.2	771.7	
        Medium	3,820.0	208.8	2,139.1	987.9	400.8	83.5	
        Upper	5,391.6	227.0	3,630.5	1,015.9	395.1	123.1	
    From 18 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	1,514.5	165.6	1,010.5	221.3	64.4	52.6	
        Basic and lower	468.7	52.0	282.3	91.3	19.3	23.8	
        Medium	717.5	83.9	495.2	98.9	26.1	13.3	
        Upper	328.3	29.7	233.0	31.1	18.9	15.5	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	13,121.1	383.2	7,111.3	3,266.0	1,927.7	432.8	
        Basic and lower	5,552.4	89.2	2,325.1	1,623.1	1,227.0	288.0	
        Medium	2,815.3	111.3	1,536.2	764.9	352.0	50.8	
        Upper	4,753.4	182.7	3,250.0	878.0	348.7	94.0	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	4,645.3	77.3	1,368.0	1,646.2	1,061.0	492.8	
        Basic and lower	4,048.1	49.1	1,112.9	1,415.4	1,010.9	459.9	
        Medium	287.2	13.6	107.6	124.0	22.6	19.3	
        Upper	309.9	14.6	147.4	106.9	27.5	13.6	
Notes:
1) Body Mass Index = [weight(kg) / height(m) squared]

 The symbol '.'  shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for that classification of the table
 The data corresponding to cells with less than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error
Source: National Statistics Institute