Ranking (% obesity by country)
# | Country | % obesity |
---|---|---|
1 | Tonga | 81.46 |
2 | American Samoa | 81.42 |
3 | Samoa | 74.93 |
4 | Tokelau | 74.90 |
5 | Tuvalu | 73.17 |
6 | Cook Islands | 73.11 |
7 | Nauru | 72.52 |
8 | Niue | 70.90 |
9 | Egypt | 58.99 |
10 | Federated States of Micronesia | 57.45 |
11 | Kiribati | 57.16 |
12 | Marshall Islands | 56.52 |
13 | Bahamas | 55.81 |
14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.10 |
15 | Belize | 53.07 |
16 | Qatar | 52.46 |
17 | French Polynesia | 51.03 |
18 | Kuwait | 49.94 |
19 | Jamaica | 49.63 |
20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.55 |
21 | Iraq | 49.50 |
22 | Barbados | 49.15 |
23 | Saudi Arabia | 48.34 |
24 | Libya | 47.67 |
25 | South Africa | 47.35 |
26 | Palestine | 47.24 |
27 | Saint Lucia | 47.15 |
28 | Puerto Rico | 47.05 |
29 | Jordan | 46.10 |
30 | Dominica | 45.77 |
31 | Eswatini | 45.43 |
32 | Palau | 45.30 |
33 | Chile | 45.17 |
34 | Bahrain | 44.32 |
35 | Panama | 44.23 |
36 | United States | 43.82 |
37 | Fiji | 43.22 |
38 | Grenada | 43.17 |
39 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42.81 |
40 | Bermuda | 42.79 |
41 | Syrian Arab Republic | 42.70 |
42 | Turkey | 42.62 |
43 | Mexico | 41.28 |
44 | Oman | 41.21 |
45 | Seychelles | 40.88 |
46 | United Arab Emirates | 40.80 |
47 | Nicaragua | 40.24 |
48 | Suriname | 39.85 |
49 | Guyana | 39.38 |
50 | Costa Rica | 39.04 |
51 | El Salvador | 38.46 |
52 | Argentina | 37.24 |
53 | Honduras | 37.17 |
54 | Paraguay | 37.15 |
55 | Uruguay | 36.66 |
56 | Dominican Republic | 36.52 |
57 | Georgia | 36.47 |
58 | Mauritania | 36.15 |
59 | Bolivia | 35.58 |
60 | New Zealand | 35.55 |
61 | Tunisia | 35.30 |
62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.64 |
63 | Uzbekistan | 34.16 |
64 | Brunei Darussalam | 34.10 |
65 | Azerbaijan | 34.10 |
66 | Lesotho | 33.91 |
67 | Ecuador | 33.49 |
68 | Algeria | 33.40 |
69 | Gabon | 32.87 |
70 | Brazil | 32.60 |
71 | Peru | 32.53 |
72 | Guatemala | 32.42 |
73 | Iran | 32.04 |
74 | Romania | 31.95 |
75 | Lebanon | 31.76 |
76 | Morocco | 31.40 |
77 | Greenland | 31.14 |
78 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.40 |
79 | Australia | 30.00 |
80 | Colombia | 29.92 |
81 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.75 |
82 | Malta | 29.38 |
83 | Armenia | 29.36 |
84 | Hungary | 28.94 |
85 | Tajikistan | 28.76 |
86 | Solomon Islands | 28.69 |
87 | United Kingdom | 28.30 |
88 | Croatia | 28.26 |
89 | Botswana | 28.25 |
90 | Ireland | 27.86 |
91 | North Macedonia | 27.72 |
92 | Greece | 27.69 |
93 | Ukraine | 27.50 |
94 | Malaysia | 27.34 |
95 | Mongolia | 27.15 |
96 | Vanuatu | 27.12 |
97 | Pakistan | 26.94 |
98 | Albania | 26.34 |
99 | Papua New Guinea | 25.99 |
100 | Mauritius | 25.93 |
101 | Cuba | 25.87 |
102 | Venezuela | 25.77 |
103 | Comoros | 25.39 |
104 | Canada | 25.32 |
105 | Moldova | 25.21 |
106 | Russian Federation | 25.14 |
107 | Turkmenistan | 24.66 |
108 | Poland | 24.62 |
109 | Afghanistan | 24.39 |
110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 24.22 |
111 | Maldives | 24.22 |
112 | Lithuania | 24.12 |
113 | Latvia | 23.98 |
114 | Slovakia | 23.90 |
115 | Somalia | 23.84 |
116 | Namibia | 23.83 |
117 | Cabo Verde | 23.82 |
118 | Belarus | 23.70 |
119 | Sudan | 23.16 |
120 | Czechia | 23.10 |
121 | Portugal | 23.02 |
122 | Israel | 22.52 |
123 | Estonia | 22.21 |
124 | Finland | 22.07 |
125 | Zimbabwe | 21.80 |
126 | Liberia | 21.71 |
127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.55 |
128 | Belgium | 21.21 |
129 | Cameroon | 21.20 |
130 | Ghana | 21.14 |
131 | Cyprus | 20.91 |
132 | Gambia | 20.82 |
133 | Serbia | 20.03 |
134 | Iceland | 19.78 |
135 | Kenya | 19.31 |
136 | Tanzania | 19.02 |
137 | Germany | 18.96 |
138 | Kazakhstan | 18.92 |
139 | Thailand | 18.60 |
140 | Bulgaria | 18.56 |
141 | Togo | 18.11 |
142 | Norway | 18.10 |
143 | Yemen | 17.70 |
144 | Italy | 17.65 |
145 | Nigeria | 17.26 |
146 | Luxembourg | 17.03 |
147 | Zambia | 16.99 |
148 | Djibouti | 16.94 |
149 | Angola | 16.88 |
150 | Indonesia | 16.58 |
151 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16.32 |
152 | Senegal | 16.23 |
153 | Montenegro | 16.14 |
154 | Bhutan | 16.12 |
155 | Andorra | 16.05 |
156 | Benin | 15.62 |
157 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.48 |
158 | Haiti | 15.30 |
159 | Netherlands | 14.92 |
160 | Sri Lanka | 14.68 |
161 | Mozambique | 14.28 |
162 | Slovenia | 14.13 |
163 | Sweden | 14.00 |
164 | Mali | 13.43 |
165 | North Korea | 13.42 |
166 | Congo | 13.29 |
167 | Guinea | 13.23 |
168 | Spain | 13.03 |
169 | Central African Republic | 12.81 |
170 | Austria | 12.62 |
171 | Malawi | 12.28 |
172 | South Sudan | 12.19 |
173 | Sierra Leone | 11.86 |
174 | Uganda | 11.77 |
175 | Singapore | 11.65 |
176 | Denmark | 11.42 |
177 | Philippines | 10.63 |
178 | Laos | 10.50 |
179 | Taiwan | 10.08 |
180 | Switzerland | 9.91 |
181 | France | 9.82 |
182 | India | 9.78 |
183 | Myanmar | 9.73 |
184 | Burkina Faso | 9.62 |
185 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.35 |
186 | Nepal | 9.22 |
187 | Rwanda | 8.01 |
188 | Niger | 7.95 |
189 | Bangladesh | 7.81 |
190 | China | 7.78 |
191 | Eritrea | 6.89 |
192 | Chad | 6.31 |
193 | Cambodia | 5.86 |
194 | South Korea | 5.65 |
195 | Ethiopia | 4.71 |
196 | Madagascar | 4.26 |
197 | Burundi | 4.20 |
198 | Japan | 3.63 |
199 | Timor-Leste | 3.27 |
200 | Vietnam | 2.11 |
Prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²)
Source: NCD ris C estimates
NCD RisC Collaboration. Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2
Data downloaded and reproduced with permission:
- Adult http://ncdrisc.org/data-downloads-adiposity.html
- Child & Adolescent http://ncdrisc.org/data-downloads-adiposity-ado.html