Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Pajjiż	World Bank income level	% obeżità
1	Nauru	High income	72.73
2	Il-Gżejjer Cook		71.80
3	Is-Samoa Amerikana	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	L-Istati Federati tal-Mikroneżja	Upper-middle income	40.71
11	L-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika	High income	40.35
12	Il-Baħamas	High income	39.85
13	Il-Qatar	High income	39.28
14	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	38.26
15	San Kitts u Nevis	High income	38.10
16	l-Għarabja Sawdita	High income	37.33
17	Il-Kuwajt	High income	37.22
18	L-Arġentina	Upper-middle income	37.12
19	Palau	High income	37.06
20	Puerto Rico	High income	36.84
21	Ir-Rumanija	High income	35.74
22	L-Ungerija	High income	35.73
23	Il-Kroazja	High income	35.35
24	Il-Ġeorġja	Upper-middle income	35.22
25	Iċ-Ċili	High income	35.14
26	Il-Beliże	Upper-middle income	34.27
27	Malta	High income	33.79
28	Brunej Darussalam	High income	33.61
29	Il-Messiku	Upper-middle income	33.46
30	Il-Gżejjer Marshall	Upper-middle income	33.34
31	In-New Zealand	High income	33.04
32	L-Urugwaj	High income	32.76
33	L-Awstralja	High income	32.29
34	L-Iraq	Upper-middle income	32.29
35	L-Eġittu	Lower-middle income	31.76
36	Ir-Repubblika Ċeka	High income	31.71
37	Il-Baħrejn	High income	31.64
38	Il-Panama	High income	31.28
39	Is-Slovakkja	High income	31.04
40	Il-Ġordan	Upper-middle income	30.20
41	Il-Paragwaj	Upper-middle income	30.18
42	Il-Libanu	Lower-middle income	30.16
43	Il-Fiji	Upper-middle income	29.82
44	L-Irlanda	High income	29.80
45	In-Nikaragwa	Lower-middle income	29.69
46	L-Użbekistan	Lower-middle income	29.42
47	Il-Palestina	Lower-middle income	29.23
48	Barbados	High income	28.70
49	Il-Ġreċja	High income	28.60
50	Il-Maċedonja tat-Tramuntana	Upper-middle income	28.49
51	L-Emirati Għarab Magħquda	High income	28.20
52	Il-Kanada	High income	28.16
53	Il-Brażil	Upper-middle income	26.82
54	Is-Slovenja	High income	26.76
55	Ir-Renju Unit	High income	26.70
56	Il-Polonja	High income	26.64
57	Is-Serbja	Upper-middle income	26.44
58	Il-Kosta Rika	High income	26.32
59	L-Oman	High income	26.15
60	Il-Libja	Upper-middle income	26.13
61	Ir-Repubblika Għarbija Sirjana	Low income	25.88
62	Il-Peru	Upper-middle income	25.72
63	Is-Seychelles	High income	25.61
64	It-Trinidad u Tobago	High income	25.45
65	il-Papwa Ginea Ġdida	Lower-middle income	25.31
66	Bermuda	High income	25.24
67	Antigua u Barbuda	High income	25.13
68	Il-Groenlandja	High income	25.10
69	Ir-Repubblika Dominikana	Upper-middle income	24.96
70	Il-Ħonduras	Lower-middle income	24.70
71	L-Ekwador	Upper-middle income	24.59
72	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	24.46
73	Il-Bolivja	Lower-middle income	24.20
74	Il-Finlandja	High income	24.19
75	L-Albanija	Upper-middle income	24.18
76	Il-Bulgarija	High income	24.18
77	Il-Gwatemala	Upper-middle income	24.09
78	l-Islanda	High income	23.96
79	Ċipru	High income	23.80
80	Il-Litwanja	High income	23.65
81	Il-Mongolja	Upper-middle income	23.62
82	Il-Latvja	High income	23.59
83	l-Iżrael	High income	22.94
84	Il-Ġermanja	High income	22.86
85	It-Turkija	Upper-middle income	22.79
86	Il-Bożnija-Ħerzegovina	Upper-middle income	22.62
87	Ażerbajġan	Upper-middle income	21.74
88	Il-Moldova	Upper-middle income	21.71
89	Santa Luċija	Upper-middle income	21.70
90	Il-Pakistan	Lower-middle income	21.58
91	In-Norveġja	High income	21.53
92	Il-Każakistan	Upper-middle income	21.37
93	Il-Lussemburgu	High income	21.21
94	L-Estonja	High income	20.99
95	Is-Surinam	Upper-middle income	20.97
96	Il-Venezwela	Lower-middle income	20.86
97	L-Armenja	Upper-middle income	20.77
98	Kuba	Upper-middle income	20.40
99	Il-Montenegro	Upper-middle income	20.38
100	It-Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	20.36
101	Il-Belġju	High income	20.35
102	Saint Vincent u l-Grenadini	Upper-middle income	20.24
103	L-Ukraina	Upper-middle income	20.22
104	L-Awstrija	High income	20.11
105	Il-Ġamajka	Upper-middle income	19.95
106	Grenada	Upper-middle income	19.94
107	Belarus	Upper-middle income	19.60
108	Kolombja	Upper-middle income	19.38
109	l-Andorra	High income	19.36
110	Dominika	Upper-middle income	19.31
111	It-Tuneżija	Lower-middle income	19.31
112	L-Iran	Upper-middle income	19.29
113	il-Gujana	High income	19.20
114	L-Isvezja	High income	18.95
115	Il-Kirgistan	Lower-middle income	18.79
116	Taġikistan	Lower-middle income	18.54
117	Il-Malasja	Upper-middle income	18.37
118	Singapor	High income	18.32
119	Spanja	High income	18.13
120	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	18.13
121	Il-Portugall	High income	17.57
122	Il-Federazzjoni Russa	High income	17.25
123	Il-Gżejjer Solomon	Lower-middle income	16.91
124	Il-Mawrizju	Upper-middle income	16.10
125	l-Alġerija	Upper-middle income	16.03
126	Id-Danimarka	High income	15.79
127	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	15.64
128	L-Afrika ta' Isfel	Upper-middle income	15.09
129	l-Afganistan	Low income	15.05
130	L-Italja	High income	14.95
131	Il-Pajjiżi l-Baxxi	High income	14.70
132	Chinese Taipei	High income	14.68
133	L-Isvizzera	High income	13.95
134	Il-Liberja	Low income	13.74
135	Il-Maldives	Upper-middle income	13.67
136	Il-Marokk	Lower-middle income	13.62
137	It-Tajlandja	Upper-middle income	12.84
138	Is-Sudan	Low income	12.53
139	Il-Gabon	Upper-middle income	12.24
140	In-Namibja	Lower-middle income	11.23
141	Franza	High income	11.10
142	Sao Tome u Principe	Lower-middle income	10.69
143	Il-Jemen	Low income	10.64
144	Il-Korea ta' Isfel	High income	10.41
145	Il-Butan	Lower-middle income	10.16
146	Iċ-Ċina	Upper-middle income	10.10
147	Il-Kamerun	Lower-middle income	9.98
148	Il-Mawritanja	Lower-middle income	9.40
149	Il-Mali	Low income	9.37
150	Il-Korea ta' fuq	Low income	9.31
151	Cabo Verde	Upper-middle income	9.19
152	Il-Botswana	Upper-middle income	9.04
153	In-Niġerja	Lower-middle income	8.83
154	Il-Ginea Ekwatorjali	Upper-middle income	8.79
155	Il-Kosta tal-Avorju	Lower-middle income	8.46
156	Il-Komoros	Lower-middle income	8.37
157	Il-Ġappun	High income	8.20
158	il-Ginea-Bissau	Low income	8.08
159	Iċ-Ċad	Low income	7.96
160	Il-Benin	Lower-middle income	7.72
161	Il-Filippini	Upper-middle income	7.68
162	Is-Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	7.25
163	L-Indoneżja	Upper-middle income	7.13
164	L-Angola	Lower-middle income	7.06
165	Ir-Repubblika tal-Afrika Ċentrali	Low income	6.94
166	Il-Laos	Lower-middle income	6.84
167	It-Tanzanija	Lower-middle income	6.64
168	Il-Lesoto	Lower-middle income	6.54
169	Il-Kongo	Lower-middle income	6.52
170	Ġibuti	Lower-middle income	6.49
171	Il-Ginea	Lower-middle income	6.45
172	It-Togo	Lower-middle income	6.41
173	Il-Burundi	Low income	6.38
174	Iż-Żimbabwe	Lower-middle income	6.34
175	Is-Somalja	Low income	6.25
176	Il-Mjanmar	Lower-middle income	6.03
177	L-Indja	Lower-middle income	5.92
178	Il-Możambik	Low income	5.92
179	Il-Kenja	Lower-middle income	5.82
180	Iż-Żambja	Lower-middle income	5.79
181	Il-Ħaiti	Lower-middle income	5.74
182	Il-Gambja	Low income	5.61
183	Is-Sudan ta' Isfel	Low income	5.47
184	In-Nepal	Lower-middle income	5.31
185	In-Niġer	Low income	5.03
186	Il-Gana	Lower-middle income	5.01
187	Is-Senegal	Lower-middle income	4.89
188	Madagaskar	Low income	4.87
189	L-Uganda	Low income	4.65
190	Il-Burkina Faso	Low income	4.59
191	Ir-Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo	Low income	4.32
192	Il-Kambodja	Lower-middle income	3.67
193	Il-Malawi	Low income	3.42
194	Is-Sierra Leone	Low income	3.14
195	Il-Bangladexx	Lower-middle income	2.78
196	L-Eritrea	Low income	2.76
197	Il-Vjetnam	Upper-middle income	2.32
198	Ir-Rwanda	Low income	2.13
199	Timor-Leste	Lower-middle income	1.75
200	L-Etjopja	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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