Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	% fedme
1	Amerikansk Samoa	High income	76,84
2	Tonga	Upper-middle income	75,08
3	Cook-øerne		73,59
4	Nauru	High income	72,99
5	Tokelau		72,12
6	Niue		68,13
7	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	66,43
8	Samoa	Upper-middle income	65,90
9	French Polynesia	High income	50,24
10	Mikronesiens Forenede Stater	Upper-middle income	49,96
11	Bahamas	High income	49,37
12	Saint Kitts og Nevis	High income	47,81
13	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	46,94
14	Egypten	Lower-middle income	45,40
15	Belize	Upper-middle income	44,46
16	Marshalløerne	Upper-middle income	43,43
17	Puerto Rico	High income	43,43
18	Qatar	High income	42,28
19	USA	High income	41,73
20	Palau	High income	41,62
21	Chile	High income	41,28
22	Saudi-Arabien	High income	41,25
23	Kuwait	High income	41,22
24	Irak	Upper-middle income	40,76
25	Barbados	High income	40,54
26	Fiji	Upper-middle income	40,24
27	Panama	High income	38,85
28	Palæstina	Lower-middle income	38,55
29	Argentina	Upper-middle income	38,29
30	Mexico	Upper-middle income	38,26
31	Brunei Darussalam	High income	37,39
32	Georgien	Upper-middle income	36,60
33	Jordan	Upper-middle income	36,58
34	Jamaica	Upper-middle income	36,13
35	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	35,94
36	Uruguay	High income	35,92
37	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	35,72
38	Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	35,62
39	Antigua og Barbuda	High income	35,59
40	Bahrain	High income	35,55
41	Saint Vincent og Grenadinerne	Upper-middle income	35,52
42	Bermuda	High income	35,26
43	New Zealand	High income	34,70
44	Libyen	Upper-middle income	34,65
45	Seychellerne	High income	34,60
46	Syriske Arabiske Republik	Low income	33,85
47	Costa Rica	High income	33,70
48	Dominica	Upper-middle income	33,37
49	Rumænien	High income	33,37
50	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	32,94
51	Sydafrika	Upper-middle income	32,85
52	Honduras	Lower-middle income	32,70
53	Grenada	Upper-middle income	32,54
54	Uzbekistan	Lower-middle income	32,33
55	Ungarn	High income	32,13
56	Forenede Arabiske Emirater	High income	32,00
57	Trinidad og Tobago	High income	31,81
58	Den Dominikanske Republik	Upper-middle income	31,78
59	Surinam	Upper-middle income	31,75
60	Libanon	Lower-middle income	31,56
61	Kroatien	High income	31,55
62	Australien	High income	31,36
63	Malta	High income	31,15
64	Brasilien	Upper-middle income	30,98
65	Oman	High income	30,97
66	Guyana	High income	30,90
67	Bolivia	Lower-middle income	30,74
68	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	30,38
69	Peru	Upper-middle income	30,10
70	Ecuador	Upper-middle income	29,94
71	Tyrkiet	Upper-middle income	29,85
72	Papua Ny Guinea	Lower-middle income	28,89
73	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	28,87
74	Irland	High income	28,78
75	Aserbajdsjan	Upper-middle income	28,67
76	Grønland	High income	28,57
77	Grækenland	High income	28,24
78	Storbritannien	High income	28,21
79	Nordlige Makedonien	Upper-middle income	27,70
80	Tjekkiet	High income	27,16
81	Tunesien	Lower-middle income	27,01
82	Slovakiet	High income	26,75
83	Canada	High income	26,50
84	Mongoliet	Upper-middle income	25,87
85	Armenien	Upper-middle income	25,85
86	Colombia	Upper-middle income	25,73
87	Iran	Upper-middle income	25,38
88	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	25,24
89	Albania	Upper-middle income	25,05
90	Mauritania	Lower-middle income	24,81
91	Finland	High income	24,76
92	Algeriet	Upper-middle income	24,32
93	Tadsjikistan	Lower-middle income	23,90
94	Cuba	Upper-middle income	23,86
95	Venezuela	Lower-middle income	23,69
96	Ukraine	Upper-middle income	23,66
97	Malaysia	Upper-middle income	23,63
98	Gabon	Upper-middle income	23,54
99	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	23,53
100	Moldova	Upper-middle income	23,05
101	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	22,95
102	Israel	High income	22,90
103	Kyrgyzstan	Lower-middle income	22,90
104	Letland	High income	22,79
105	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	22,79
106	Island	High income	22,74
107	Salomonøerne	Lower-middle income	22,65
108	Serbien	Upper-middle income	22,40
109	Marokko	Lower-middle income	22,35
110	Polen	High income	22,31
111	Cypern	High income	22,15
112	Litauen	High income	21,85
113	Kazakhstan	Upper-middle income	21,80
114	Bosnien og Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	21,63
115	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	21,48
116	Belgien	High income	21,34
117	Hviderusland	Upper-middle income	21,32
118	Tyskland	High income	21,20
119	Afghanistan	Low income	21,05
120	Bulgarien	High income	20,90
121	Estland	High income	20,90
122	Norge	High income	20,57
123	Botswana	Upper-middle income	20,46
124	Slovenien	High income	20,22
125	Ækvatorialguinea	Upper-middle income	19,75
126	Luxembourg	High income	19,63
127	Namibia	Lower-middle income	18,97
128	Portugal	High income	18,73
129	Sao Tome And Principe	Lower-middle income	18,69
130	Sudan	Low income	18,37
131	Liberia	Low income	18,33
132	Den Russiske Føderation	High income	18,13
133	Maldiverne	Upper-middle income	18,02
134	Sverige	High income	17,87
135	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	17,69
136	Andorra	High income	17,59
137	Kap Verde	Upper-middle income	17,45
138	Comorerne	Lower-middle income	17,36
139	Singapore	High income	17,05
140	Østrig	High income	16,79
141	Cameroun	Lower-middle income	16,71
142	Thailand	Upper-middle income	16,50
143	Spanien	High income	15,72
144	Somalia	Low income	15,36
145	Holland	High income	15,13
146	Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	15,09
147	Ghana	Lower-middle income	15,07
148	Danmark	High income	14,60
149	Italien	High income	14,38
150	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	14,22
151	Mali	Low income	13,81
152	Yemen	Low income	13,77
153	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	13,53
154	Togo	Lower-middle income	13,45
155	Elfenbenskysten	Lower-middle income	13,30
156	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	13,13
157	Angola	Lower-middle income	13,12
158	Gambia	Low income	12,85
159	Benin	Lower-middle income	12,68
160	Congo	Lower-middle income	12,67
161	Nordkorea	Low income	12,26
162	Indonesien	Upper-middle income	12,14
163	Chinese Taipei	High income	12,13
164	Senegal	Lower-middle income	12,07
165	Djibouti	Lower-middle income	12,06
166	Tanzania	Lower-middle income	11,87
167	Zambia	Lower-middle income	11,87
168	Kenya	Lower-middle income	11,72
169	Haiti	Lower-middle income	11,58
170	Schweiz	High income	11,58
171	Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	11,56
172	Frankrig	High income	11,54
173	Den Centralafrikanske Republik	Low income	11,22
174	Guinea	Lower-middle income	10,96
175	Mozambique	Low income	10,80
176	Filippinerne	Upper-middle income	9,88
177	Uganda	Low income	9,77
178	Laos	Lower-middle income	9,47
179	Kina	Upper-middle income	9,36
180	Sydsudan	Low income	9,17
181	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	8,46
182	Sierra Leone	Low income	8,46
183	Indien	Lower-middle income	8,28
184	Malawi	Low income	8,25
185	Nepal	Lower-middle income	8,25
186	Sydkorea	High income	8,22
187	Burkina Faso	Low income	7,94
188	Chad	Low income	7,74
189	Niger	Low income	7,04
190	Den Demokratiske Republik Congo	Low income	6,96
191	Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	5,95
192	Japan	High income	5,92
193	Rwanda	Low income	5,78
194	Burundi	Low income	5,42
195	Cambodia	Lower-middle income	5,09
196	Madagascar	Low income	4,70
197	Eritrea	Low income	4,47
198	Østtimor	Lower-middle income	3,73
199	Etiopien	Low income	3,02
200	Vietnam	Upper-middle income	2,41

Prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²)

Source: NCD ris C estimates

These figures are estimates of age-standardised prevalence of obesity produced by NCD RisC, based on an analysis of 4050 population-based studies with 232 million participants that measured height and weight in representative samples of the general population.

Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations. Nature 653, 510–518 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10383-0

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Rangering (% fedme efter land)

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