Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	Adipositas %
1	Nauru	High income	72,73
2	Cookinseln		71,80
3	Amerikanisch-Samoa	High income	71,57
4	Tokelau		68,10
5	Tonga	Upper-middle income	65,16
6	Niue		64,40
7	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	58,83
8	Samoa	Upper-middle income	53,39
9	French Polynesia	High income	48,55
10	Föderierte Staaten von Mikronesien	Upper-middle income	40,71
11	Vereinigte Staaten	High income	40,35
12	Bahamas	High income	39,85
13	Katar	High income	39,28
14	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	38,26
15	St. Kitts und Nevis	High income	38,10
16	Saudi-Arabien	High income	37,33
17	Kuwait	High income	37,22
18	Argentinien	Upper-middle income	37,12
19	Palau	High income	37,06
20	Puerto Rico	High income	36,84
21	Rumänien	High income	35,74
22	Ungarn	High income	35,73
23	Kroatien	High income	35,35
24	Georgien	Upper-middle income	35,22
25	Chile	High income	35,14
26	Belize	Upper-middle income	34,27
27	Malta	High income	33,79
28	Brunei Darussalam	High income	33,61
29	Mexiko	Upper-middle income	33,46
30	Marshallinseln	Upper-middle income	33,34
31	Neuseeland	High income	33,04
32	Uruguay	High income	32,76
33	Australien	High income	32,29
34	Irak	Upper-middle income	32,29
35	Ägypten	Lower-middle income	31,76
36	Tschechische Republik	High income	31,71
37	Bahrain	High income	31,64
38	Panama	High income	31,28
39	Slowakei	High income	31,04
40	Jordanien	Upper-middle income	30,20
41	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	30,18
42	Libanon	Lower-middle income	30,16
43	Fidschi	Upper-middle income	29,82
44	Irland	High income	29,80
45	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	29,69
46	Usbekistan	Lower-middle income	29,42
47	Palästina	Lower-middle income	29,23
48	Barbados	High income	28,70
49	Griechenland	High income	28,60
50	Nordmazedonien	Upper-middle income	28,49
51	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	High income	28,20
52	Kanada	High income	28,16
53	Brasilien	Upper-middle income	26,82
54	Slowenien	High income	26,76
55	Vereinigtes Königreich	High income	26,70
56	Polen	High income	26,64
57	Serbien	Upper-middle income	26,44
58	Costa Rica	High income	26,32
59	Oman	High income	26,15
60	Libyen	Upper-middle income	26,13
61	Syrien	Low income	25,88
62	Peru	Upper-middle income	25,72
63	Seychellen	High income	25,61
64	Trinidad und Tobago	High income	25,45
65	Papua-Neuguinea	Lower-middle income	25,31
66	Bermuda	High income	25,24
67	Antigua und Barbuda	High income	25,13
68	Grönland	High income	25,10
69	Dominikanische Republik	Upper-middle income	24,96
70	Honduras	Lower-middle income	24,70
71	Ecuador	Upper-middle income	24,59
72	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	24,46
73	Bolivien	Lower-middle income	24,20
74	Finnland	High income	24,19
75	Albanien	Upper-middle income	24,18
76	Bulgarien	High income	24,18
77	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	24,09
78	Island	High income	23,96
79	Zypern	High income	23,80
80	Litauen	High income	23,65
81	Mongolei	Upper-middle income	23,62
82	Lettland	High income	23,59
83	Israel	High income	22,94
84	Deutschland	High income	22,86
85	Türkei	Upper-middle income	22,79
86	Bosnien und Herzegowina	Upper-middle income	22,62
87	Aserbaidschan	Upper-middle income	21,74
88	Moldawien	Upper-middle income	21,71
89	St. Lucia	Upper-middle income	21,70
90	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	21,58
91	Norwegen	High income	21,53
92	Kasachstan	Upper-middle income	21,37
93	Luxemburg	High income	21,21
94	Estland	High income	20,99
95	Suriname	Upper-middle income	20,97
96	Venezuela	Lower-middle income	20,86
97	Armenien	Upper-middle income	20,77
98	Kuba	Upper-middle income	20,40
99	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	20,38
100	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	20,36
101	Belgien	High income	20,35
102	St. Vincent und die Grenadinen	Upper-middle income	20,24
103	Ukraine	Upper-middle income	20,22
104	Österreich	High income	20,11
105	Jamaika	Upper-middle income	19,95
106	Grenada	Upper-middle income	19,94
107	Weißrussland	Upper-middle income	19,60
108	Kolumbien	Upper-middle income	19,38
109	Andorra	High income	19,36
110	Dominica	Upper-middle income	19,31
111	Tunesien	Lower-middle income	19,31
112	Iran	Upper-middle income	19,29
113	Guyana	High income	19,20
114	Schweden	High income	18,95
115	Kirgisistan	Lower-middle income	18,79
116	Tadschikistan	Lower-middle income	18,54
117	Malaysia	Upper-middle income	18,37
118	Singapur	High income	18,32
119	Spanien	High income	18,13
120	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	18,13
121	Portugal	High income	17,57
122	Russische Föderation	High income	17,25
123	Salomonen	Lower-middle income	16,91
124	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	16,10
125	Algerien	Upper-middle income	16,03
126	Dänemark	High income	15,79
127	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	15,64
128	Südafrika	Upper-middle income	15,09
129	Afghanistan	Low income	15,05
130	Italien	High income	14,95
131	Niederlande	High income	14,70
132	Chinese Taipei	High income	14,68
133	Schweiz	High income	13,95
134	Liberia	Low income	13,74
135	Malediven	Upper-middle income	13,67
136	Marokko	Lower-middle income	13,62
137	Thailand	Upper-middle income	12,84
138	Sudan	Low income	12,53
139	Gabon	Upper-middle income	12,24
140	Namibia	Lower-middle income	11,23
141	Frankreich	High income	11,10
142	Sao Tome und Principe	Lower-middle income	10,69
143	Jemen	Low income	10,64
144	Südkorea	High income	10,41
145	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	10,16
146	China	Upper-middle income	10,10
147	Kamerun	Lower-middle income	9,98
148	Mauretanien	Lower-middle income	9,40
149	Mali	Low income	9,37
150	Nordkorea	Low income	9,31
151	Kap Verde	Upper-middle income	9,19
152	Botswana	Upper-middle income	9,04
153	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	8,83
154	Äquatorialguinea	Upper-middle income	8,79
155	Elfenbeinküste	Lower-middle income	8,46
156	Komoren	Lower-middle income	8,37
157	Japan	High income	8,20
158	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	8,08
159	Tschad	Low income	7,96
160	Benin	Lower-middle income	7,72
161	Philippinen	Upper-middle income	7,68
162	Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	7,25
163	Indonesien	Upper-middle income	7,13
164	Angola	Lower-middle income	7,06
165	Zentralafrikanische Republik	Low income	6,94
166	Laos	Lower-middle income	6,84
167	Tansania	Lower-middle income	6,64
168	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	6,54
169	Kongo	Lower-middle income	6,52
170	Dschibuti	Lower-middle income	6,49
171	Guinea	Lower-middle income	6,45
172	Togo	Lower-middle income	6,41
173	Burundi	Low income	6,38
174	Simbabwe	Lower-middle income	6,34
175	Somalia	Low income	6,25
176	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	6,03
177	Indien	Lower-middle income	5,92
178	Mosambik	Low income	5,92
179	Kenia	Lower-middle income	5,82
180	Sambia	Lower-middle income	5,79
181	Haiti	Lower-middle income	5,74
182	Gambia	Low income	5,61
183	Südsudan	Low income	5,47
184	Nepal	Lower-middle income	5,31
185	Niger	Low income	5,03
186	Ghana	Lower-middle income	5,01
187	Senegal	Lower-middle income	4,89
188	Madagaskar	Low income	4,87
189	Uganda	Low income	4,65
190	Burkina Faso	Low income	4,59
191	Demokratische Republik Kongo	Low income	4,32
192	Kambodscha	Lower-middle income	3,67
193	Malawi	Low income	3,42
194	Sierra Leone	Low income	3,14
195	Bangladesch	Lower-middle income	2,78
196	Eritrea	Low income	2,76
197	Vietnam	Upper-middle income	2,32
198	Ruanda	Low income	2,13
199	Timor-Leste	Lower-middle income	1,75
200	Äthiopien	Low income	1,45

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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Rangliste (Adipositas nach Land in %)

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