Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Pajjiż	World Bank income level	% obeżità
1	Tonga	Upper-middle income	82.79
2	Is-Samoa Amerikana	High income	82.21
3	Samoa	Upper-middle income	78.05
4	Tokelau		75.77
5	Il-Gżejjer Cook		75.21
6	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	74.04
7	Nauru	High income	73.24
8	Niue		71.49
9	L-Eġittu	Lower-middle income	59.04
10	L-Istati Federati tal-Mikroneżja	Upper-middle income	58.71
11	Il-Baħamas	High income	57.76
12	San Kitts u Nevis	High income	56.56
13	Il-Beliże	Upper-middle income	54.69
14	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	54.65
15	Il-Gżejjer Marshall	Upper-middle income	53.80
16	French Polynesia	High income	51.94
17	Il-Qatar	High income	51.74
18	Il-Ġamajka	Upper-middle income	51.62
19	Saint Vincent u l-Grenadini	Upper-middle income	51.35
20	Barbados	High income	51.06
21	Il-Fiji	Upper-middle income	50.28
22	L-Afrika ta' Isfel	Upper-middle income	49.14
23	Puerto Rico	High income	49.08
24	L-Iraq	Upper-middle income	48.99
25	Santa Luċija	Upper-middle income	48.93
26	l-Għarabja Sawdita	High income	48.47
27	Il-Kuwajt	High income	48.42
28	Dominika	Upper-middle income	47.48
29	Il-Palestina	Lower-middle income	47.38
30	Iċ-Ċili	High income	47.25
31	Palau	High income	47.11
32	Is-Seychelles	High income	46.33
33	Il-Panama	High income	46.23
34	Grenada	Upper-middle income	45.04
35	Antigua u Barbuda	High income	44.71
36	Bermuda	High income	44.62
37	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	44.10
38	Il-Ġordan	Upper-middle income	43.53
39	Il-Libja	Upper-middle income	43.35
40	L-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika	High income	43.11
41	Il-Baħrejn	High income	43.00
42	Il-Messiku	Upper-middle income	42.57
43	Is-Surinam	Upper-middle income	42.32
44	In-Nikaragwa	Lower-middle income	41.76
45	Brunej Darussalam	High income	41.74
46	Ir-Repubblika Għarbija Sirjana	Low income	41.59
47	il-Gujana	High income	41.44
48	Il-Paragwaj	Upper-middle income	41.16
49	L-Oman	High income	40.81
50	Il-Kosta Rika	High income	40.75
51	Il-Ħonduras	Lower-middle income	40.63
52	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	40.02
53	L-Emirati Għarab Magħquda	High income	39.81
54	L-Arġentina	Upper-middle income	39.41
55	L-Urugwaj	High income	38.79
56	Il-Mawritanja	Lower-middle income	38.68
57	Ir-Repubblika Dominikana	Upper-middle income	38.35
58	It-Trinidad u Tobago	High income	37.92
59	Il-Ġeorġja	Upper-middle income	37.72
60	Il-Lesoto	Lower-middle income	37.48
61	Il-Bolivja	Lower-middle income	37.18
62	It-Turkija	Upper-middle income	36.77
63	In-New Zealand	High income	36.30
64	Il-Gabon	Upper-middle income	35.39
65	L-Użbekistan	Lower-middle income	35.19
66	L-Ekwador	Upper-middle income	35.14
67	Ażerbajġan	Upper-middle income	34.95
68	Il-Brażil	Upper-middle income	34.91
69	Il-Peru	Upper-middle income	34.35
70	It-Tuneżija	Lower-middle income	34.25
71	Il-Gwatemala	Upper-middle income	33.43
72	Il-Ginea Ekwatorjali	Upper-middle income	32.99
73	l-Alġerija	Upper-middle income	32.94
74	Il-Libanu	Lower-middle income	32.82
75	il-Papwa Ginea Ġdida	Lower-middle income	32.61
76	Il-Groenlandja	High income	32.49
77	Kolombja	Upper-middle income	31.75
78	Il-Botswana	Upper-middle income	31.64
79	L-Iran	Upper-middle income	31.61
80	Ir-Rumanija	High income	31.20
81	Il-Marokk	Lower-middle income	31.08
82	L-Awstralja	High income	30.47
83	L-Armenja	Upper-middle income	29.94
84	Ir-Renju Unit	High income	29.64
85	Il-Malasja	Upper-middle income	29.48
86	Il-Pakistan	Lower-middle income	28.96
87	L-Ungerija	High income	28.92
88	Taġikistan	Lower-middle income	28.87
89	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	28.82
90	Il-Gżejjer Solomon	Lower-middle income	28.55
91	Malta	High income	28.31
92	Il-Kroazja	High income	28.13
93	Il-Mongolja	Upper-middle income	28.01
94	Il-Ġreċja	High income	27.91
95	L-Irlanda	High income	27.81
96	Kuba	Upper-middle income	27.16
97	l-Afganistan	Low income	26.99
98	Il-Maċedonja tat-Tramuntana	Upper-middle income	26.97
99	Il-Mawrizju	Upper-middle income	26.86
100	Il-Kirgistan	Lower-middle income	26.71
101	L-Ukraina	Upper-middle income	26.51
102	Sao Tome u Principe	Lower-middle income	26.45
103	Il-Venezwela	Lower-middle income	26.34
104	Il-Komoros	Lower-middle income	26.28
105	Il-Maldives	Upper-middle income	26.10
106	In-Namibja	Lower-middle income	26.10
107	Cabo Verde	Upper-middle income	25.88
108	L-Albanija	Upper-middle income	25.87
109	It-Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	25.31
110	Il-Finlandja	High income	25.30
111	Il-Kanada	High income	24.89
112	Il-Gana	Lower-middle income	24.89
113	Is-Somalja	Low income	24.22
114	Il-Moldova	Upper-middle income	24.11
115	Is-Sudan	Low income	23.87
116	Il-Kamerun	Lower-middle income	23.26
117	l-Iżrael	High income	22.86
118	Ir-Repubblika Ċeka	High income	22.82
119	Il-Liberja	Low income	22.78
120	Is-Slovakkja	High income	22.77
121	Belarus	Upper-middle income	22.74
122	Il-Belġju	High income	22.29
123	Il-Każakistan	Upper-middle income	22.19
124	Iż-Żimbabwe	Lower-middle income	22.19
125	Il-Latvja	High income	22.14
126	l-Islanda	High income	21.46
127	L-Estonja	High income	20.82
128	Il-Bożnija-Ħerzegovina	Upper-middle income	20.76
129	It-Togo	Lower-middle income	20.53
130	Ċipru	High income	20.49
131	Il-Litwanja	High income	20.30
132	It-Tajlandja	Upper-middle income	19.88
133	Il-Gambja	Low income	19.82
134	Il-Portugall	High income	19.76
135	In-Niġerja	Lower-middle income	19.69
136	Il-Ġermanja	High income	19.62
137	In-Norveġja	High income	19.60
138	Is-Senegal	Lower-middle income	19.21
139	Is-Serbja	Upper-middle income	18.86
140	Il-Federazzjoni Russa	High income	18.85
141	L-Angola	Lower-middle income	18.84
142	Il-Kongo	Lower-middle income	18.72
143	Il-Kosta tal-Avorju	Lower-middle income	18.36
144	Il-Polonja	High income	18.36
145	Il-Mali	Low income	18.31
146	Il-Lussemburgu	High income	18.04
147	Il-Bulgarija	High income	17.92
148	il-Ginea-Bissau	Low income	17.85
149	Iż-Żambja	Lower-middle income	17.72
150	Il-Benin	Lower-middle income	17.55
151	Il-Butan	Lower-middle income	17.50
152	Il-Kenja	Lower-middle income	17.43
153	Ġibuti	Lower-middle income	17.40
154	Il-Ħaiti	Lower-middle income	17.16
155	L-Indoneżja	Upper-middle income	17.10
156	Il-Jemen	Low income	16.91
157	It-Tanzanija	Lower-middle income	16.81
158	L-Isvezja	High income	16.79
159	l-Andorra	High income	15.75
160	Singapor	High income	15.69
161	Il-Pajjiżi l-Baxxi	High income	15.55
162	Is-Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	15.43
163	Il-Montenegro	Upper-middle income	15.31
164	Il-Ginea	Lower-middle income	15.14
165	Il-Korea ta' fuq	Low income	15.07
166	Il-Możambik	Low income	15.04
167	L-Uganda	Low income	14.64
168	Ir-Repubblika tal-Afrika Ċentrali	Low income	14.63
169	L-Italja	High income	13.85
170	Is-Slovenja	High income	13.67
171	Is-Sierra Leone	Low income	13.66
172	L-Awstrija	High income	13.64
173	Spanja	High income	13.44
174	Id-Danimarka	High income	13.43
175	Il-Malawi	Low income	12.62
176	Is-Sudan ta' Isfel	Low income	12.55
177	Il-Laos	Lower-middle income	12.07
178	Il-Filippini	Upper-middle income	12.01
179	Franza	High income	11.94
180	Il-Burkina Faso	Low income	11.12
181	Il-Mjanmar	Lower-middle income	10.79
182	L-Indja	Lower-middle income	10.77
183	In-Nepal	Lower-middle income	10.73
184	Chinese Taipei	High income	9.66
185	Ir-Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo	Low income	9.50
186	L-Isvizzera	High income	9.28
187	In-Niġer	Low income	9.11
188	Ir-Rwanda	Low income	9.07
189	Il-Bangladexx	Lower-middle income	8.86
190	Iċ-Ċina	Upper-middle income	8.61
191	Iċ-Ċad	Low income	7.52
192	Il-Kambodja	Lower-middle income	6.39
193	L-Eritrea	Low income	6.07
194	Il-Korea ta' Isfel	High income	6.06
195	Timor-Leste	Lower-middle income	5.71
196	L-Etjopja	Low income	4.55
197	Madagaskar	Low income	4.54
198	Il-Burundi	Low income	4.50
199	Il-Ġappun	High income	3.79
200	Il-Vjetnam	Upper-middle income	2.49

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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