Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	% Obesitas
1	Nauru	High income	72,73
2	Cookeilanden		71,80
3	Amerikaans 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	De Federale Staten Van Micronesië	Upper-middle income	40,71
11	Verenigde Staten	High income	40,35
12	Bahama's	High income	39,85
13	Qatar	High income	39,28
14	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	38,26
15	Saint Kitts en Nevis	High income	38,10
16	Saoedi-Arabië	High income	37,33
17	Koeweit	High income	37,22
18	Argentinië	Upper-middle income	37,12
19	Palau	High income	37,06
20	Puerto Rico	High income	36,84
21	Roemenië	High income	35,74
22	Hongarije	High income	35,73
23	Kroatië	High income	35,35
24	Georgië	Upper-middle income	35,22
25	Chili	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	Mexico	Upper-middle income	33,46
30	Marshalleilanden	Upper-middle income	33,34
31	Nieuw-Zeeland	High income	33,04
32	Uruguay	High income	32,76
33	Australië	High income	32,29
34	Irak	Upper-middle income	32,29
35	Egypte	Lower-middle income	31,76
36	Tsjechische Republiek	High income	31,71
37	Bahrein	High income	31,64
38	Panama	High income	31,28
39	Slowakije	High income	31,04
40	Jordanië	Upper-middle income	30,20
41	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	30,18
42	Libanon	Lower-middle income	30,16
43	Fiji	Upper-middle income	29,82
44	Ierland	High income	29,80
45	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	29,69
46	Oezbekistan	Lower-middle income	29,42
47	Palestina	Lower-middle income	29,23
48	Barbados	High income	28,70
49	Griekenland	High income	28,60
50	Noord-Macedonië	Upper-middle income	28,49
51	Verenigde Arabische Emiraten	High income	28,20
52	Canada	High income	28,16
53	Brazilië	Upper-middle income	26,82
54	Slovenië	High income	26,76
55	Verenigd Koninkrijk	High income	26,70
56	Polen	High income	26,64
57	Servië	Upper-middle income	26,44
58	Costa Rica	High income	26,32
59	Trends op lange termijn	High income	26,15
60	Libië	Upper-middle income	26,13
61	Arabische Republiek Syrië	Low income	25,88
62	Peru	Upper-middle income	25,72
63	Seychelles	High income	25,61
64	Trinidad en Tobago	High income	25,45
65	Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea	Lower-middle income	25,31
66	Bermuda	High income	25,24
67	Antigua en Barbuda	High income	25,13
68	Groenland	High income	25,10
69	Dominicaanse Republiek	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	Bolivia	Lower-middle income	24,20
74	Finland	High income	24,19
75	Albanië	Upper-middle income	24,18
76	Bulgarije	High income	24,18
77	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	24,09
78	IJsland	High income	23,96
79	Cyprus	High income	23,80
80	Litouwen	High income	23,65
81	Mongolië	Upper-middle income	23,62
82	Letland	High income	23,59
83	Israël	High income	22,94
84	Duitsland	High income	22,86
85	Turkije	Upper-middle income	22,79
86	Bosnië en Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	22,62
87	Azerbeidzjan	Upper-middle income	21,74
88	Moldavië	Upper-middle income	21,71
89	Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	21,70
90	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	21,58
91	Noorwegen	High income	21,53
92	Kazachstan	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	Armenië	Upper-middle income	20,77
98	Cuba	Upper-middle income	20,40
99	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	20,38
100	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	20,36
101	België	High income	20,35
102	Saint Vincent en de Grenadines	Upper-middle income	20,24
103	Oekraïne	Upper-middle income	20,22
104	Oostenrijk	High income	20,11
105	Jamaica	Upper-middle income	19,95
106	Granada	Upper-middle income	19,94
107	Wit-Rusland	Upper-middle income	19,60
108	Colombia	Upper-middle income	19,38
109	Andorra	High income	19,36
110	Dominica	Upper-middle income	19,31
111	Tunesië	Lower-middle income	19,31
112	Iran	Upper-middle income	19,29
113	Guyana	High income	19,20
114	Zweden	High income	18,95
115	Kirgizië	Lower-middle income	18,79
116	Tadzjikistan	Lower-middle income	18,54
117	Maleisië	Upper-middle income	18,37
118	Singapore	High income	18,32
119	Spanje	High income	18,13
120	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	18,13
121	Portugal	High income	17,57
122	Russische Federatie	High income	17,25
123	Salomoneilanden	Lower-middle income	16,91
124	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	16,10
125	Algerije	Upper-middle income	16,03
126	Denemarken	High income	15,79
127	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	15,64
128	Zuid-Afrika	Upper-middle income	15,09
129	Afghanistan	Low income	15,05
130	Italië	High income	14,95
131	Nederland	High income	14,70
132	Chinese Taipei	High income	14,68
133	Zwitserland	High income	13,95
134	Liberia	Low income	13,74
135	Maldiven	Upper-middle income	13,67
136	Marokko	Lower-middle income	13,62
137	Thailand	Upper-middle income	12,84
138	Soedan	Low income	12,53
139	Gabon	Upper-middle income	12,24
140	Namibië	Lower-middle income	11,23
141	Frankrijk	High income	11,10
142	Sao Tomé en Principe	Lower-middle income	10,69
143	Jemen	Low income	10,64
144	Zuid-Korea	High income	10,41
145	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	10,16
146	China	Upper-middle income	10,10
147	Kameroen	Lower-middle income	9,98
148	Mauritanië	Lower-middle income	9,40
149	Mali	Low income	9,37
150	Noord-Korea	Low income	9,31
151	Kaapverdië	Upper-middle income	9,19
152	Botswana	Upper-middle income	9,04
153	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	8,83
154	Equatoriaal-Guinea	Upper-middle income	8,79
155	Ivoorkust	Lower-middle income	8,46
156	Comoren	Lower-middle income	8,37
157	Japan	High income	8,20
158	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	8,08
159	Tsjaad	Low income	7,96
160	Benin	Lower-middle income	7,72
161	Filipijnen	Upper-middle income	7,68
162	Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	7,25
163	Indonesië	Upper-middle income	7,13
164	Angola	Lower-middle income	7,06
165	Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek	Low income	6,94
166	Laos	Lower-middle income	6,84
167	Tanzania	Lower-middle income	6,64
168	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	6,54
169	Congo	Lower-middle income	6,52
170	Djibouti	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	Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	6,34
175	Somalië	Low income	6,25
176	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	6,03
177	India	Lower-middle income	5,92
178	Mozambique	Low income	5,92
179	Kenia	Lower-middle income	5,82
180	Zambia	Lower-middle income	5,79
181	Haïti	Lower-middle income	5,74
182	Gambia	Low income	5,61
183	Zuid-Soedan	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	Oeganda	Low income	4,65
190	Burkina Faso	Low income	4,59
191	Democratische Republiek Congo	Low income	4,32
192	Cambodja	Lower-middle income	3,67
193	Malawi	Low income	3,42
194	Sierra Leone	Low income	3,14
195	Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	2,78
196	Eritrea	Low income	2,76
197	Viëtnam	Upper-middle income	2,32
198	Rwanda	Low income	2,13
199	Oost-Timor	Lower-middle income	1,75
200	Ethiopië	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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Ranglijst (% obesitas per land)

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