#Country% obesity
1American Samoa65.32
2Nauru64.81
3Cook Islands60.85
4Palau60.48
5Marshall Islands59.02
6Tuvalu57.85
7French Polynesia56.90
8Niue56.77
9Samoa56.62
10Tonga56.06
11Federated States of Micronesia53.17
12Tokelau52.18
13Kiribati51.96
14Kuwait47.08
15Qatar44.60
16Jordan44.60
17Saudi Arabia43.74
18Bermuda43.17
19Egypt42.48
20United Arab Emirates42.46
21Puerto Rico41.55
22Libya41.08
23South Africa40.99
24Turkey40.71
25Palestine40.22
26Bahamas39.48
27Lebanon38.44
28Iraq38.33
29Bahrain38.19
30United States38.16
31Dominica36.91
32Fiji36.50
33Algeria36.22
34Syrian Arab Republic36.09
35Tunisia35.62
36Dominican Republic35.42
37Suriname34.99
38Oman34.97
39Jamaica34.72
40Mexico33.98
41Iran33.47
42Morocco33.43
43Belize32.72
44Barbados32.58
45New Zealand32.58
46Saint Vincent and the Grenadines32.27
47Chile32.13
48Uruguay31.80
49Cuba31.58
50Costa Rica31.53
51Saint Kitts and Nevis31.33
52Vanuatu31.21
53Botswana30.50
54Canada30.44
55Grenada30.22
56Argentina30.14
57Nicaragua30.08
58El Salvador30.03
59Venezuela29.75
60United Kingdom29.71
61Malta29.63
62Australia29.51
63Lithuania28.94
64Panama28.69
65Guyana28.19
66Solomon Islands28.13
67Russian Federation28.11
68Saint Lucia28.08
69Haiti28.07
70Honduras27.91
71Lesotho27.73
72Colombia27.70
73Guatemala27.45
74Belarus27.34
75Israel27.30
76Eswatini27.22
77Trinidad and Tobago27.10
78Antigua and Barbuda26.97
79Papua New Guinea26.79
80Ukraine26.72
81Bolivia26.56
82Ireland26.55
83Czechia26.50
84Namibia26.48
85Greece26.44
86Brazil26.44
87Andorra26.34
88Zimbabwe26.32
89Latvia26.17
90Ecuador25.64
91Hungary25.64
92Croatia25.57
93Bulgaria25.27
94Peru25.14
95Georgia24.77
96Azerbaijan24.55
97Paraguay24.39
98Mongolia24.22
99Montenegro24.10
100Armenia24.02
101Spain23.78
102Kazakhstan23.65
103Norway23.48
104Poland23.22
105North Macedonia23.00
106Yemen22.97
107Serbia22.79
108Estonia22.74
109Greenland22.72
110Albania22.72
111Romania22.55
112Cyprus22.52
113Portugal22.12
114Moldova22.03
115France21.97
116Slovenia21.87
117Belgium21.87
118Turkmenistan21.84
119Luxembourg21.57
120Finland21.50
121Seychelles21.39
122Germany21.33
123Gabon21.17
124Netherlands20.86
125Slovakia20.80
126Italy20.41
127Iceland20.24
128Uzbekistan19.86
129Kyrgyzstan19.47
130Mauritania19.26
131Bosnia and Herzegovina19.25
132Djibouti19.11
133Austria19.10
134Sweden18.83
135Malaysia18.64
136Denmark17.71
137Sao Tome and Principe17.66
138Switzerland17.59
139Tajikistan17.41
140Ghana17.34
141Cameroon17.17
142Cabo Verde17.03
143Brunei Darussalam16.43
144Mauritius16.35
145Cote d'Ivoire15.84
146Gambia15.46
147Benin14.84
148Liberia14.82
149Guinea-Bissau14.28
150Congo14.11
151Sierra Leone13.88
152Nigeria13.65
153Senegal13.50
154Thailand13.25
155Tanzania13.22
156Equatorial Guinea13.17
157Togo13.06
158Zambia12.99
159Sudan12.93
160Mali12.92
161Somalia12.82
162Comoros12.71
163Angola12.61
164Guinea12.01
165Maldives11.88
166Pakistan11.75
167Kenya11.61
168Central African Republic11.41
169Mozambique11.00
170Hong Kong10.74
171Democratic Republic of Congo10.12
172Rwanda9.74
173Malawi9.56
174Chad9.34
175Indonesia9.28
176Niger9.10
177Uganda9.00
178Burundi9.00
179Bhutan8.90
180Taiwan8.63
181Burkina Faso8.49
182Afghanistan8.00
183Eritrea7.91
184Madagascar7.89
185Philippines7.86
186Myanmar7.61
187Sri Lanka7.59
188North Korea7.59
189Ethiopia7.25
190Laos7.02
191China6.83
192Singapore6.63
193Nepal5.64
194India5.31
195Bangladesh5.19
196Timor-Leste5.15
197Cambodia5.06
198South Korea5.03
199Japan3.86
200Vietnam2.71

Prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²)

Source: NCD ris C estimates

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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2017;390(10113):2627‐2642. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32129-3

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