Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	% Obesitas
1	Amerikaans Samoa	High income	76,84
2	Tonga	Upper-middle income	75,08
3	Cookeilanden		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	De Federale Staten Van Micronesië	Upper-middle income	49,96
11	Bahama's	High income	49,37
12	Saint Kitts en Nevis	High income	47,81
13	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	46,94
14	Egypte	Lower-middle income	45,40
15	Belize	Upper-middle income	44,46
16	Marshalleilanden	Upper-middle income	43,43
17	Puerto Rico	High income	43,43
18	Qatar	High income	42,28
19	Verenigde Staten	High income	41,73
20	Palau	High income	41,62
21	Chili	High income	41,28
22	Saoedi-Arabië	High income	41,25
23	Koeweit	High income	41,22
24	Irak	Upper-middle income	40,76
25	Barbados	High income	40,54
26	Fiji	Upper-middle income	40,24
27	Panama	High income	38,85
28	Palestina	Lower-middle income	38,55
29	Argentinië	Upper-middle income	38,29
30	Mexico	Upper-middle income	38,26
31	Brunei Darussalam	High income	37,39
32	Georgië	Upper-middle income	36,60
33	Jordanië	Upper-middle income	36,58
34	Jamaica	Upper-middle income	36,13
35	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	35,94
36	Uruguay	High income	35,92
37	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	35,72
38	Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	35,62
39	Antigua en Barbuda	High income	35,59
40	Bahrein	High income	35,55
41	Saint Vincent en de Grenadines	Upper-middle income	35,52
42	Bermuda	High income	35,26
43	Nieuw-Zeeland	High income	34,70
44	Libië	Upper-middle income	34,65
45	Seychelles	High income	34,60
46	Arabische Republiek Syrië	Low income	33,85
47	Costa Rica	High income	33,70
48	Dominica	Upper-middle income	33,37
49	Roemenië	High income	33,37
50	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	32,94
51	Zuid-Afrika	Upper-middle income	32,85
52	Honduras	Lower-middle income	32,70
53	Granada	Upper-middle income	32,54
54	Oezbekistan	Lower-middle income	32,33
55	Hongarije	High income	32,13
56	Verenigde Arabische Emiraten	High income	32,00
57	Trinidad en Tobago	High income	31,81
58	Dominicaanse Republiek	Upper-middle income	31,78
59	Suriname	Upper-middle income	31,75
60	Libanon	Lower-middle income	31,56
61	Kroatië	High income	31,55
62	Australië	High income	31,36
63	Malta	High income	31,15
64	Brazilië	Upper-middle income	30,98
65	Trends op lange termijn	High income	30,97
66	Guyana	High income	30,90
67	Bolivia	Lower-middle income	30,74
68	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	30,38
69	Peru	Upper-middle income	30,10
70	Ecuador	Upper-middle income	29,94
71	Turkije	Upper-middle income	29,85
72	Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea	Lower-middle income	28,89
73	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	28,87
74	Ierland	High income	28,78
75	Azerbeidzjan	Upper-middle income	28,67
76	Groenland	High income	28,57
77	Griekenland	High income	28,24
78	Verenigd Koninkrijk	High income	28,21
79	Noord-Macedonië	Upper-middle income	27,70
80	Tsjechische Republiek	High income	27,16
81	Tunesië	Lower-middle income	27,01
82	Slowakije	High income	26,75
83	Canada	High income	26,50
84	Mongolië	Upper-middle income	25,87
85	Armenië	Upper-middle income	25,85
86	Colombia	Upper-middle income	25,73
87	Iran	Upper-middle income	25,38
88	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	25,24
89	Albanië	Upper-middle income	25,05
90	Mauritanië	Lower-middle income	24,81
91	Finland	High income	24,76
92	Algerije	Upper-middle income	24,32
93	Tadzjikistan	Lower-middle income	23,90
94	Cuba	Upper-middle income	23,86
95	Venezuela	Lower-middle income	23,69
96	Oekraïne	Upper-middle income	23,66
97	Maleisië	Upper-middle income	23,63
98	Gabon	Upper-middle income	23,54
99	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	23,53
100	Moldavië	Upper-middle income	23,05
101	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	22,95
102	Israël	High income	22,90
103	Kirgizië	Lower-middle income	22,90
104	Letland	High income	22,79
105	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	22,79
106	IJsland	High income	22,74
107	Salomoneilanden	Lower-middle income	22,65
108	Servië	Upper-middle income	22,40
109	Marokko	Lower-middle income	22,35
110	Polen	High income	22,31
111	Cyprus	High income	22,15
112	Litouwen	High income	21,85
113	Kazachstan	Upper-middle income	21,80
114	Bosnië en Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	21,63
115	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	21,48
116	België	High income	21,34
117	Wit-Rusland	Upper-middle income	21,32
118	Duitsland	High income	21,20
119	Afghanistan	Low income	21,05
120	Bulgarije	High income	20,90
121	Estland	High income	20,90
122	Noorwegen	High income	20,57
123	Botswana	Upper-middle income	20,46
124	Slovenië	High income	20,22
125	Equatoriaal-Guinea	Upper-middle income	19,75
126	Luxemburg	High income	19,63
127	Namibië	Lower-middle income	18,97
128	Portugal	High income	18,73
129	Sao Tomé en Principe	Lower-middle income	18,69
130	Soedan	Low income	18,37
131	Liberia	Low income	18,33
132	Russische Federatie	High income	18,13
133	Maldiven	Upper-middle income	18,02
134	Zweden	High income	17,87
135	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	17,69
136	Andorra	High income	17,59
137	Kaapverdië	Upper-middle income	17,45
138	Comoren	Lower-middle income	17,36
139	Singapore	High income	17,05
140	Oostenrijk	High income	16,79
141	Kameroen	Lower-middle income	16,71
142	Thailand	Upper-middle income	16,50
143	Spanje	High income	15,72
144	Somalië	Low income	15,36
145	Nederland	High income	15,13
146	Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	15,09
147	Ghana	Lower-middle income	15,07
148	Denemarken	High income	14,60
149	Italië	High income	14,38
150	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	14,22
151	Mali	Low income	13,81
152	Jemen	Low income	13,77
153	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	13,53
154	Togo	Lower-middle income	13,45
155	Ivoorkust	Lower-middle income	13,30
156	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	13,13
157	Angola	Lower-middle income	13,12
158	Gambia	Low income	12,85
159	Benin	Lower-middle income	12,68
160	Congo	Lower-middle income	12,67
161	Noord-Korea	Low income	12,26
162	Indonesië	Upper-middle income	12,14
163	Chinese Taipei	High income	12,13
164	Senegal	Lower-middle income	12,07
165	Djibouti	Lower-middle income	12,06
166	Tanzania	Lower-middle income	11,87
167	Zambia	Lower-middle income	11,87
168	Kenia	Lower-middle income	11,72
169	Haïti	Lower-middle income	11,58
170	Zwitserland	High income	11,58
171	Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	11,56
172	Frankrijk	High income	11,54
173	Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek	Low income	11,22
174	Guinea	Lower-middle income	10,96
175	Mozambique	Low income	10,80
176	Filipijnen	Upper-middle income	9,88
177	Oeganda	Low income	9,77
178	Laos	Lower-middle income	9,47
179	China	Upper-middle income	9,36
180	Zuid-Soedan	Low income	9,17
181	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	8,46
182	Sierra Leone	Low income	8,46
183	India	Lower-middle income	8,28
184	Malawi	Low income	8,25
185	Nepal	Lower-middle income	8,25
186	Zuid-Korea	High income	8,22
187	Burkina Faso	Low income	7,94
188	Tsjaad	Low income	7,74
189	Niger	Low income	7,04
190	Democratische Republiek Congo	Low income	6,96
191	Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	5,95
192	Japan	High income	5,92
193	Rwanda	Low income	5,78
194	Burundi	Low income	5,42
195	Cambodja	Lower-middle income	5,09
196	Madagaskar	Low income	4,70
197	Eritrea	Low income	4,47
198	Oost-Timor	Lower-middle income	3,73
199	Ethiopië	Low income	3,02
200	Viëtnam	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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Ranglijst (% obesitas per land)

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