Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Country	Income group	% obesity
1	American Samoa	High income	75.92
2	Tonga	Upper-middle income	72.35
3	Nauru	High income	71.06
4	Tokelau		71.02
5	Cook Islands		69.58
6	Niue		67.27
7	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	65.25
8	Samoa	Lower-middle income	63.67
9	French Polynesia	High income	49.00
10	Federated States of Micronesia	Lower-middle income	48.19
11	Bahamas	High income	48.15
12	Marshall Islands	Upper-middle income	47.11
13	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	46.89
14	Saint Kitts and Nevis	High income	46.65
15	Egypt	Lower-middle income	45.59
16	Kuwait	High income	44.43
17	Qatar	High income	44.00
18	Belize	Upper-middle income	43.29
19	United States	High income	42.74
20	Saudi Arabia	High income	42.45
21	Palau	High income	42.08
22	Puerto Rico	High income	42.05
23	Iraq	Upper-middle income	41.41
24	Jordan	Lower-middle income	39.93
25	Chile	High income	39.67
26	Barbados	High income	38.90
27	Palestine	Lower-middle income	38.52
28	Libya	Upper-middle income	37.91
29	Bahrain	High income	37.25
30	Panama	High income	37.06
31	Mexico	Upper-middle income	36.86
32	Argentina	Upper-middle income	36.39
33	Georgia	Upper-middle income	35.47
34	Romania	High income	35.04
35	Fiji	Upper-middle income	34.90
36	Syrian Arab Republic	Low income	34.70
37	Jamaica	Upper-middle income	34.54
38	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	34.54
39	Turkey	Upper-middle income	34.40
40	New Zealand	High income	34.28
41	Uruguay	High income	34.23
42	Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	34.15
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Upper-middle income	34.11
44	Antigua and Barbuda	High income	34.02
45	Bermuda	High income	33.96
46	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	33.95
47	Malta	High income	32.84
48	United Arab Emirates	High income	32.63
49	Hungary	High income	32.53
50	Oman	High income	32.44
51	Costa Rica	Upper-middle income	32.29
52	Dominica	Upper-middle income	32.15
53	Brunei Darussalam	High income	32.09
54	Croatia	High income	31.44
55	South Africa	Upper-middle income	31.35
56	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	31.31
57	Grenada	Upper-middle income	31.12
58	Australia	High income	31.02
59	Uzbekistan	Lower-middle income	31.02
60	Lebanon	Lower-middle income	30.72
61	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	30.64
62	Honduras	Lower-middle income	30.31
63	Dominican Republic	Upper-middle income	30.25
64	Seychelles	High income	30.19
65	Suriname	Upper-middle income	29.81
66	Bolivia	Lower-middle income	29.48
67	Ireland	High income	29.27
68	Guyana	High income	28.96
69	Trinidad and Tobago	High income	28.90
70	Brazil	Upper-middle income	28.89
71	Greece	High income	28.85
72	North Macedonia	Upper-middle income	28.41
73	Ecuador	Upper-middle income	28.28
74	Poland	High income	28.28
75	Peru	Upper-middle income	28.12
76	Tunisia	Lower-middle income	27.71
77	United Kingdom	High income	27.63
78	Greenland	High income	27.58
79	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	27.57
80	Slovakia	High income	27.57
81	Azerbaijan	Upper-middle income	27.33
82	Czechia	High income	26.85
83	Kyrgyzstan	Lower-middle income	26.83
84	Canada	High income	26.73
85	Lithuania	High income	26.02
86	Iran	Upper-middle income	25.08
87	Armenia	Upper-middle income	25.06
88	Latvia	High income	24.85
89	Mongolia	Upper-middle income	24.82
90	Russian Federation	High income	24.77
91	Tajikistan	Lower-middle income	24.64
92	Algeria	Upper-middle income	24.56
93	Ukraine	Upper-middle income	24.41
94	Colombia	Upper-middle income	24.33
95	Albania	Upper-middle income	24.31
96	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	23.69
97	Moldova	Upper-middle income	23.68
98	Cyprus	High income	23.55
99	Venezuela		23.33
100	Solomon Islands	Lower-middle income	23.29
101	Israel	High income	23.16
102	Serbia	Upper-middle income	23.10
103	Mauritania	Lower-middle income	22.97
104	Estonia	High income	22.76
105	Cuba	Upper-middle income	22.55
106	Morocco	Lower-middle income	22.53
107	Portugal	High income	22.52
108	Malaysia	Upper-middle income	22.41
109	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	22.15
110	Belarus	Upper-middle income	22.05
111	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	22.05
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	21.97
113	Finland	High income	21.97
114	Gabon	Upper-middle income	21.95
115	Iceland	High income	21.76
116	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	21.74
117	Bulgaria	High income	21.24
118	Papua New Guinea	Lower-middle income	21.15
119	Germany	High income	20.99
120	Belgium	High income	20.51
121	Slovenia	High income	19.93
122	Afghanistan	Low income	19.59
123	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	19.59
124	Norway	High income	19.53
125	Kazakhstan	Upper-middle income	18.99
126	Luxembourg	High income	18.89
127	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	18.68
128	Botswana	Upper-middle income	18.62
129	Equatorial Guinea	Upper-middle income	18.62
130	Andorra	High income	18.61
131	Maldives	Upper-middle income	17.90
132	Italy	High income	17.81
133	Namibia	Upper-middle income	17.47
134	Sudan	Low income	17.45
135	Liberia	Low income	17.44
136	Sao Tome and Principe	Lower-middle income	17.16
137	Comoros	Lower-middle income	16.81
138	Cabo Verde	Lower-middle income	16.35
139	Spain	High income	16.15
140	Austria	High income	15.67
141	Sweden	High income	15.60
142	Cameroon	Lower-middle income	15.46
143	Thailand	Upper-middle income	15.44
144	Gambia	Low income	15.33
145	Netherlands	High income	14.98
146	Somalia	Low income	14.93
147	Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	14.21
148	Yemen	Low income	14.06
149	Singapore	High income	13.97
150	Denmark	High income	13.55
151	Ghana	Lower-middle income	13.28
152	Tanzania	Lower-middle income	12.95
153	Kenya	Lower-middle income	12.87
154	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	12.84
155	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	12.68
156	Switzerland	High income	12.47
157	Cote d'Ivoire	Lower-middle income	12.09
158	Togo	Low income	11.96
159	Mali	Low income	11.82
160	Angola	Lower-middle income	11.77
161	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	11.72
162	Djibouti	Lower-middle income	11.68
163	Indonesia	Upper-middle income	11.52
164	Benin	Lower-middle income	11.51
165	Taiwan	High income	11.27
166	Zambia	Lower-middle income	11.24
167	North Korea	Low income	11.06
168	Haiti	Lower-middle income	11.05
169	Sri Lanka	Lower-middle income	10.87
170	Mozambique	Low income	10.46
171	Senegal	Lower-middle income	10.25
172	France	High income	10.00
173	Guinea	Lower-middle income	9.74
174	Central African Republic	Low income	9.57
175	Philippines	Lower-middle income	8.96
176	Congo	Lower-middle income	8.84
177	South Sudan	Low income	8.79
178	China	Upper-middle income	8.37
179	Laos	Lower-middle income	8.32
180	Uganda	Low income	8.05
181	Malawi	Low income	7.87
182	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	7.71
183	India	Lower-middle income	7.51
184	Sierra Leone	Low income	7.32
185	South Korea	High income	7.24
186	Nepal	Lower-middle income	7.18
187	Chad	Low income	7.01
188	Burkina Faso	Low income	6.90
189	Democratic Republic of Congo	Low income	6.89
190	Niger	Low income	6.21
191	Japan	High income	5.57
192	Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	5.41
193	Burundi	Low income	5.27
194	Rwanda	Low income	4.99
195	Eritrea	Low income	4.94
196	Cambodia	Lower-middle income	4.50
197	Madagascar	Low income	4.45
198	Ethiopia	Low income	2.90
199	Timor-Leste	Lower-middle income	2.41
200	Vietnam	Lower-middle income	2.04

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

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