Ranking (% obesity by country)
# | Country | % obesity |
---|---|---|
1 | American Samoa | 70.29 |
2 | Nauru | 69.65 |
3 | Tokelau | 67.05 |
4 | Cook Islands | 66.05 |
5 | Niue | 63.71 |
6 | Tonga | 63.37 |
7 | Tuvalu | 57.73 |
8 | Samoa | 52.83 |
9 | French Polynesia | 47.02 |
10 | United States | 41.64 |
11 | Qatar | 40.79 |
12 | Bahamas | 39.78 |
13 | Palau | 39.10 |
14 | Federated States of Micronesia | 39.02 |
15 | Kuwait | 38.88 |
16 | Romania | 38.34 |
17 | Saudi Arabia | 38.13 |
18 | Marshall Islands | 38.09 |
19 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 37.59 |
20 | Puerto Rico | 36.46 |
21 | Hungary | 36.43 |
22 | Kiribati | 36.08 |
23 | Malta | 36.02 |
24 | Argentina | 35.53 |
25 | Croatia | 34.80 |
26 | Georgia | 34.34 |
27 | Jordan | 34.20 |
28 | Chile | 34.10 |
29 | Belize | 33.62 |
30 | Iraq | 33.35 |
31 | New Zealand | 32.99 |
32 | Bahrain | 32.91 |
33 | Egypt | 32.48 |
34 | Mexico | 32.22 |
35 | Poland | 32.19 |
36 | Australia | 32.05 |
37 | Uruguay | 31.64 |
38 | Slovakia | 31.42 |
39 | Paraguay | 30.76 |
40 | Czechia | 30.72 |
41 | Ireland | 30.70 |
42 | Brunei Darussalam | 30.22 |
43 | Greece | 30.06 |
44 | Panama | 29.88 |
45 | Palestine | 29.77 |
46 | Lebanon | 29.53 |
47 | North Macedonia | 29.11 |
48 | United Arab Emirates | 29.02 |
49 | Nicaragua | 28.68 |
50 | Canada | 28.16 |
51 | Libya | 28.08 |
52 | Uzbekistan | 27.88 |
53 | Lithuania | 27.87 |
54 | Barbados | 27.78 |
55 | United Kingdom | 26.94 |
56 | Oman | 26.79 |
57 | Syrian Arab Republic | 26.71 |
58 | Fiji | 26.62 |
59 | Serbia | 26.44 |
60 | Turkey | 26.22 |
61 | Cyprus | 26.18 |
62 | Latvia | 25.72 |
63 | Slovenia | 25.66 |
64 | Costa Rica | 25.55 |
65 | Brazil | 25.05 |
66 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.96 |
67 | Bermuda | 24.47 |
68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.40 |
69 | Greenland | 24.37 |
70 | Russian Federation | 24.34 |
71 | Bulgaria | 24.08 |
72 | Dominican Republic | 24.02 |
73 | Israel | 23.81 |
74 | Iceland | 23.64 |
75 | Peru | 23.62 |
76 | Honduras | 23.59 |
77 | El Salvador | 23.44 |
78 | Bolivia | 23.41 |
79 | Estonia | 23.37 |
80 | Germany | 23.08 |
81 | Ecuador | 23.06 |
82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.99 |
83 | Guatemala | 22.62 |
84 | Mongolia | 22.46 |
85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.41 |
86 | Albania | 22.27 |
87 | Moldova | 22.01 |
88 | Portugal | 21.97 |
89 | Finland | 21.88 |
90 | Montenegro | 21.35 |
91 | Andorra | 21.06 |
92 | Luxembourg | 20.99 |
93 | Norway | 20.93 |
94 | Saint Lucia | 20.87 |
95 | Venezuela | 20.82 |
96 | Ukraine | 20.77 |
97 | Seychelles | 20.58 |
98 | Tajikistan | 20.57 |
99 | Pakistan | 20.49 |
100 | Azerbaijan | 20.39 |
101 | Belarus | 20.13 |
102 | Tunisia | 19.92 |
103 | Armenia | 19.81 |
104 | Belgium | 19.79 |
105 | Suriname | 19.67 |
106 | Turkmenistan | 19.60 |
107 | Spain | 19.39 |
108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.23 |
109 | Jamaica | 19.21 |
110 | Cuba | 19.19 |
111 | Kazakhstan | 19.07 |
112 | Grenada | 19.06 |
113 | Austria | 18.81 |
114 | Colombia | 18.58 |
115 | Dominica | 18.38 |
116 | Iran | 18.26 |
117 | Solomon Islands | 18.13 |
118 | Guyana | 18.10 |
119 | Italy | 17.97 |
120 | Malaysia | 17.70 |
121 | Sweden | 17.18 |
122 | Vanuatu | 17.04 |
123 | Papua New Guinea | 16.61 |
124 | Singapore | 16.09 |
125 | Algeria | 16.03 |
126 | Denmark | 15.70 |
127 | Eswatini | 15.62 |
128 | Switzerland | 15.07 |
129 | Netherlands | 15.05 |
130 | Afghanistan | 14.88 |
131 | South Africa | 14.50 |
132 | Morocco | 13.79 |
133 | Maldives | 13.23 |
134 | Mauritius | 13.07 |
135 | Liberia | 13.05 |
136 | Taiwan | 12.44 |
137 | Thailand | 12.10 |
138 | Sudan | 11.74 |
139 | Gabon | 11.41 |
140 | Namibia | 10.65 |
141 | Yemen | 10.49 |
142 | Mali | 10.24 |
143 | France | 10.18 |
144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.06 |
145 | Gambia | 9.77 |
146 | Cameroon | 9.69 |
147 | Bhutan | 9.61 |
148 | Mauritania | 9.25 |
149 | China | 8.94 |
150 | South Korea | 8.82 |
151 | Lesotho | 8.82 |
152 | Cabo Verde | 8.79 |
153 | Botswana | 8.76 |
154 | North Korea | 8.65 |
155 | Nigeria | 8.52 |
156 | Comoros | 8.31 |
157 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.08 |
158 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.95 |
159 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.86 |
160 | Chad | 7.71 |
161 | Japan | 7.63 |
162 | Benin | 7.41 |
163 | Philippines | 7.34 |
164 | Sri Lanka | 6.76 |
165 | Haiti | 6.73 |
166 | Tanzania | 6.73 |
167 | Angola | 6.53 |
168 | Indonesia | 6.53 |
169 | Mozambique | 6.50 |
170 | Burundi | 6.36 |
171 | Djibouti | 6.35 |
172 | Central African Republic | 6.33 |
173 | Kenya | 6.32 |
174 | Guinea | 6.16 |
175 | Somalia | 6.07 |
176 | Laos | 6.06 |
177 | Togo | 5.88 |
178 | Zimbabwe | 5.73 |
179 | Myanmar | 5.67 |
180 | India | 5.38 |
181 | Ghana | 5.37 |
182 | Zambia | 5.34 |
183 | South Sudan | 5.32 |
184 | Nepal | 4.97 |
185 | Madagascar | 4.63 |
186 | Niger | 4.51 |
187 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.38 |
188 | Congo | 4.38 |
189 | Uganda | 4.25 |
190 | Burkina Faso | 4.17 |
191 | Senegal | 4.06 |
192 | Malawi | 3.21 |
193 | Cambodia | 3.12 |
194 | Bangladesh | 2.97 |
195 | Eritrea | 2.93 |
196 | Sierra Leone | 2.79 |
197 | Vietnam | 1.97 |
198 | Rwanda | 1.84 |
199 | Timor-Leste | 1.58 |
200 | Ethiopia | 1.10 |
Prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²)
Source: NCD ris C estimates
NCD RisC Collaboration. Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2
Data downloaded and reproduced with permission:
- Adult http://ncdrisc.org/data-downloads-adiposity.html
- Child & Adolescent http://ncdrisc.org/data-downloads-adiposity-ado.html