Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Pajjiż	World Bank income level	% obeżità
1	Is-Samoa Amerikana	High income	76.84
2	Tonga	Upper-middle income	75.08
3	Il-Gżejjer Cook		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	L-Istati Federati tal-Mikroneżja	Upper-middle income	49.96
11	Il-Baħamas	High income	49.37
12	San Kitts u Nevis	High income	47.81
13	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	46.94
14	L-Eġittu	Lower-middle income	45.40
15	Il-Beliże	Upper-middle income	44.46
16	Il-Gżejjer Marshall	Upper-middle income	43.43
17	Puerto Rico	High income	43.43
18	Il-Qatar	High income	42.28
19	L-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika	High income	41.73
20	Palau	High income	41.62
21	Iċ-Ċili	High income	41.28
22	l-Għarabja Sawdita	High income	41.25
23	Il-Kuwajt	High income	41.22
24	L-Iraq	Upper-middle income	40.76
25	Barbados	High income	40.54
26	Il-Fiji	Upper-middle income	40.24
27	Il-Panama	High income	38.85
28	Il-Palestina	Lower-middle income	38.55
29	L-Arġentina	Upper-middle income	38.29
30	Il-Messiku	Upper-middle income	38.26
31	Brunej Darussalam	High income	37.39
32	Il-Ġeorġja	Upper-middle income	36.60
33	Il-Ġordan	Upper-middle income	36.58
34	Il-Ġamajka	Upper-middle income	36.13
35	In-Nikaragwa	Lower-middle income	35.94
36	L-Urugwaj	High income	35.92
37	Il-Paragwaj	Upper-middle income	35.72
38	Santa Luċija	Upper-middle income	35.62
39	Antigua u Barbuda	High income	35.59
40	Il-Baħrejn	High income	35.55
41	Saint Vincent u l-Grenadini	Upper-middle income	35.52
42	Bermuda	High income	35.26
43	In-New Zealand	High income	34.70
44	Il-Libja	Upper-middle income	34.65
45	Is-Seychelles	High income	34.60
46	Ir-Repubblika Għarbija Sirjana	Low income	33.85
47	Il-Kosta Rika	High income	33.70
48	Dominika	Upper-middle income	33.37
49	Ir-Rumanija	High income	33.37
50	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	32.94
51	L-Afrika ta' Isfel	Upper-middle income	32.85
52	Il-Ħonduras	Lower-middle income	32.70
53	Grenada	Upper-middle income	32.54
54	L-Użbekistan	Lower-middle income	32.33
55	L-Ungerija	High income	32.13
56	L-Emirati Għarab Magħquda	High income	32.00
57	It-Trinidad u Tobago	High income	31.81
58	Ir-Repubblika Dominikana	Upper-middle income	31.78
59	Is-Surinam	Upper-middle income	31.75
60	Il-Libanu	Lower-middle income	31.56
61	Il-Kroazja	High income	31.55
62	L-Awstralja	High income	31.36
63	Malta	High income	31.15
64	Il-Brażil	Upper-middle income	30.98
65	L-Oman	High income	30.97
66	il-Gujana	High income	30.90
67	Il-Bolivja	Lower-middle income	30.74
68	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	30.38
69	Il-Peru	Upper-middle income	30.10
70	L-Ekwador	Upper-middle income	29.94
71	It-Turkija	Upper-middle income	29.85
72	il-Papwa Ginea Ġdida	Lower-middle income	28.89
73	Il-Gwatemala	Upper-middle income	28.87
74	L-Irlanda	High income	28.78
75	Ażerbajġan	Upper-middle income	28.67
76	Il-Groenlandja	High income	28.57
77	Il-Ġreċja	High income	28.24
78	Ir-Renju Unit	High income	28.21
79	Il-Maċedonja tat-Tramuntana	Upper-middle income	27.70
80	Ir-Repubblika Ċeka	High income	27.16
81	It-Tuneżija	Lower-middle income	27.01
82	Is-Slovakkja	High income	26.75
83	Il-Kanada	High income	26.50
84	Il-Mongolja	Upper-middle income	25.87
85	L-Armenja	Upper-middle income	25.85
86	Kolombja	Upper-middle income	25.73
87	L-Iran	Upper-middle income	25.38
88	Il-Pakistan	Lower-middle income	25.24
89	L-Albanija	Upper-middle income	25.05
90	Il-Mawritanja	Lower-middle income	24.81
91	Il-Finlandja	High income	24.76
92	l-Alġerija	Upper-middle income	24.32
93	Taġikistan	Lower-middle income	23.90
94	Kuba	Upper-middle income	23.86
95	Il-Venezwela	Lower-middle income	23.69
96	L-Ukraina	Upper-middle income	23.66
97	Il-Malasja	Upper-middle income	23.63
98	Il-Gabon	Upper-middle income	23.54
99	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	23.53
100	Il-Moldova	Upper-middle income	23.05
101	It-Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	22.95
102	l-Iżrael	High income	22.90
103	Il-Kirgistan	Lower-middle income	22.90
104	Il-Latvja	High income	22.79
105	Il-Lesoto	Lower-middle income	22.79
106	l-Islanda	High income	22.74
107	Il-Gżejjer Solomon	Lower-middle income	22.65
108	Is-Serbja	Upper-middle income	22.40
109	Il-Marokk	Lower-middle income	22.35
110	Il-Polonja	High income	22.31
111	Ċipru	High income	22.15
112	Il-Litwanja	High income	21.85
113	Il-Każakistan	Upper-middle income	21.80
114	Il-Bożnija-Ħerzegovina	Upper-middle income	21.63
115	Il-Mawrizju	Upper-middle income	21.48
116	Il-Belġju	High income	21.34
117	Belarus	Upper-middle income	21.32
118	Il-Ġermanja	High income	21.20
119	l-Afganistan	Low income	21.05
120	Il-Bulgarija	High income	20.90
121	L-Estonja	High income	20.90
122	In-Norveġja	High income	20.57
123	Il-Botswana	Upper-middle income	20.46
124	Is-Slovenja	High income	20.22
125	Il-Ginea Ekwatorjali	Upper-middle income	19.75
126	Il-Lussemburgu	High income	19.63
127	In-Namibja	Lower-middle income	18.97
128	Il-Portugall	High income	18.73
129	Sao Tome u Principe	Lower-middle income	18.69
130	Is-Sudan	Low income	18.37
131	Il-Liberja	Low income	18.33
132	Il-Federazzjoni Russa	High income	18.13
133	Il-Maldives	Upper-middle income	18.02
134	L-Isvezja	High income	17.87
135	Il-Montenegro	Upper-middle income	17.69
136	l-Andorra	High income	17.59
137	Cabo Verde	Upper-middle income	17.45
138	Il-Komoros	Lower-middle income	17.36
139	Singapor	High income	17.05
140	L-Awstrija	High income	16.79
141	Il-Kamerun	Lower-middle income	16.71
142	It-Tajlandja	Upper-middle income	16.50
143	Spanja	High income	15.72
144	Is-Somalja	Low income	15.36
145	Il-Pajjiżi l-Baxxi	High income	15.13
146	Iż-Żimbabwe	Lower-middle income	15.09
147	Il-Gana	Lower-middle income	15.07
148	Id-Danimarka	High income	14.60
149	L-Italja	High income	14.38
150	In-Niġerja	Lower-middle income	14.22
151	Il-Mali	Low income	13.81
152	Il-Jemen	Low income	13.77
153	Il-Butan	Lower-middle income	13.53
154	It-Togo	Lower-middle income	13.45
155	Il-Kosta tal-Avorju	Lower-middle income	13.30
156	il-Ginea-Bissau	Low income	13.13
157	L-Angola	Lower-middle income	13.12
158	Il-Gambja	Low income	12.85
159	Il-Benin	Lower-middle income	12.68
160	Il-Kongo	Lower-middle income	12.67
161	Il-Korea ta' fuq	Low income	12.26
162	L-Indoneżja	Upper-middle income	12.14
163	Chinese Taipei	High income	12.13
164	Is-Senegal	Lower-middle income	12.07
165	Ġibuti	Lower-middle income	12.06
166	It-Tanzanija	Lower-middle income	11.87
167	Iż-Żambja	Lower-middle income	11.87
168	Il-Kenja	Lower-middle income	11.72
169	Il-Ħaiti	Lower-middle income	11.58
170	L-Isvizzera	High income	11.58
171	Is-Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	11.56
172	Franza	High income	11.54
173	Ir-Repubblika tal-Afrika Ċentrali	Low income	11.22
174	Il-Ginea	Lower-middle income	10.96
175	Il-Możambik	Low income	10.80
176	Il-Filippini	Upper-middle income	9.88
177	L-Uganda	Low income	9.77
178	Il-Laos	Lower-middle income	9.47
179	Iċ-Ċina	Upper-middle income	9.36
180	Is-Sudan ta' Isfel	Low income	9.17
181	Il-Mjanmar	Lower-middle income	8.46
182	Is-Sierra Leone	Low income	8.46
183	L-Indja	Lower-middle income	8.28
184	Il-Malawi	Low income	8.25
185	In-Nepal	Lower-middle income	8.25
186	Il-Korea ta' Isfel	High income	8.22
187	Il-Burkina Faso	Low income	7.94
188	Iċ-Ċad	Low income	7.74
189	In-Niġer	Low income	7.04
190	Ir-Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo	Low income	6.96
191	Il-Bangladexx	Lower-middle income	5.95
192	Il-Ġappun	High income	5.92
193	Ir-Rwanda	Low income	5.78
194	Il-Burundi	Low income	5.42
195	Il-Kambodja	Lower-middle income	5.09
196	Madagaskar	Low income	4.70
197	L-Eritrea	Low income	4.47
198	Timor-Leste	Lower-middle income	3.73
199	L-Etjopja	Low income	3.02
200	Il-Vjetnam	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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