#Country% obesity
1Nauru59.85
2American Samoa58.75
3Cook Islands53.97
4Palau53.15
5Marshall Islands49.85
6French Polynesia48.89
7Tuvalu48.47
8Niue46.17
9Kiribati42.87
10Tonga42.72
11Federated States of Micronesia41.48
12Tokelau41.40
13Samoa41.28
14United States36.47
15Kuwait34.28
16Qatar33.46
17Saudi Arabia31.73
18New Zealand31.07
19Australia30.57
20Canada30.47
21Malta30.11
22Bermuda29.91
23Jordan29.17
24Hungary29.12
25Puerto Rico29.05
26United Arab Emirates28.44
27Lebanon28.38
28Argentina28.23
29United Kingdom27.88
30Czechia27.32
31Palestine27.17
32Israel26.82
33Andorra26.75
34Bahrain26.46
35Bulgaria26.37
36Ireland25.97
37Fiji25.95
38Libya25.85
39Uruguay25.79
40Chile25.73
41Spain25.49
42Luxembourg25.38
43Bahamas25.30
44Turkey25.29
45Mexico25.12
46Iceland25.11
47Germany25.04
48Greece25.04
49Lithuania25.01
50Croatia24.98
51Greenland24.66
52Poland24.63
53Finland24.62
54Norway24.49
55Iraq24.30
56Romania24.22
57Montenegro24.11
58Belgium23.99
59Sweden23.89
60Oman23.77
61Egypt23.50
62North Macedonia23.44
63Venezuela23.21
64Denmark23.15
65Switzerland23.00
66Belarus22.91
67France22.86
68Ukraine22.76
69Cyprus22.65
70Austria22.65
71Latvia22.38
72Albania22.37
73Serbia21.86
74Costa Rica21.83
75Dominican Republic21.77
76Slovakia21.75
77Syrian Arab Republic21.64
78Netherlands21.57
79Estonia21.13
80Portugal21.12
81Vanuatu20.96
82Italy20.94
83Dominica20.69
84Algeria20.67
85Morocco20.17
86Slovenia20.12
87Iran19.98
88Georgia19.91
89Tunisia19.87
90Cuba19.67
91Suriname19.64
92El Salvador19.60
93Kazakhstan19.57
94Brazil19.24
95Russian Federation18.88
96Haiti18.63
97Nicaragua18.61
98Solomon Islands18.61
99Panama18.48
100Colombia18.28
101Mongolia18.24
102Bosnia and Herzegovina17.82
103Paraguay17.80
104Armenia17.75
105Papua New Guinea17.26
106Saint Vincent and the Grenadines17.20
107Belize17.12
108Moldova16.80
109Turkmenistan16.49
110Azerbaijan16.47
111Honduras16.24
112South Africa15.98
113Saint Kitts and Nevis15.92
114Jamaica15.89
115Peru15.77
116Guatemala15.67
117Ecuador15.45
118Barbados15.27
119Bolivia15.07
120Kyrgyzstan14.60
121Uzbekistan14.37
122Grenada13.88
123Malaysia13.44
124Guyana13.20
125Brunei Darussalam13.00
126Saint Lucia12.49
127Yemen12.46
128Antigua and Barbuda12.09
129Tajikistan12.05
130Hong Kong11.38
131Trinidad and Tobago11.23
132Gabon10.04
133Djibouti8.98
134Botswana8.50
135Seychelles7.90
136Namibia7.85
137Sao Tome and Principe7.51
138Taiwan7.27
139Thailand7.26
140Cabo Verde7.19
141Mauritania6.92
142Cameroon6.39
143North Korea6.34
144Pakistan6.26
145China6.11
146Maldives6.08
147Singapore6.07
148Cote d'Ivoire6.07
149Gambia5.87
150Mauritius5.83
151Congo5.77
152Liberia5.73
153Eswatini5.63
154Philippines5.47
155Guinea-Bissau5.25
156Indonesia4.98
157Japan4.97
158Zimbabwe4.93
159Bhutan4.92
160Benin4.90
161Lesotho4.86
162Nigeria4.82
163Mali4.76
164Ghana4.75
165South Korea4.57
166Angola4.23
167Myanmar4.21
168Tanzania4.16
169Senegal4.15
170Somalia4.12
171Togo4.03
172Sierra Leone3.98
173Equatorial Guinea3.95
174Sudan3.95
175Laos3.90
176Guinea3.87
177Central African Republic3.86
178Democratic Republic of Congo3.73
179Zambia3.72
180Comoros3.44
181Mozambique3.42
182Afghanistan3.36
183Chad3.23
184Madagascar3.11
185Sri Lanka2.98
186Kenya2.97
187India2.87
188Cambodia2.84
189Nepal2.80
190Timor-Leste2.76
191Burkina Faso2.70
192Niger2.58
193Bangladesh2.37
194Malawi2.31
195Burundi2.20
196Eritrea2.13
197Rwanda2.01
198Ethiopia1.98
199Uganda1.92
200Vietnam1.67

Prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²)

Source: NCD ris C estimates

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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2017;390(10113):2627‐2642. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32129-3

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