Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	% fedme
1	Niue		42,75
2	Cook-øerne		40,15
3	Nauru	High income	37,59
4	Tokelau		36,47
5	Palau	High income	32,17
6	Tonga	Upper-middle income	31,45
7	Chile	High income	31,03
8	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	30,15
9	Qatar	High income	29,62
10	French Polynesia	High income	29,34
11	Amerikansk Samoa	High income	28,79
12	Brunei Darussalam	High income	27,87
13	Kuwait	High income	25,13
14	Forenede Arabiske Emirater	High income	24,69
15	Saint Kitts og Nevis	High income	23,84
16	USA	High income	23,36
17	Antigua og Barbuda	High income	23,08
18	Bahamas	High income	22,52
19	Libanon	Lower-middle income	22,42
20	Saudi-Arabien	High income	22,30
21	Barbados	High income	22,19
22	Bahrain	High income	22,06
23	Singapore	High income	22,02
24	Argentina	Upper-middle income	21,70
25	Samoa	Upper-middle income	21,42
26	Oman	High income	21,28
27	Mexico	Upper-middle income	20,97
28	Belize	Upper-middle income	20,87
29	Sydkorea	High income	19,69
30	Uruguay	High income	19,50
31	Surinam	Upper-middle income	19,49
32	Malaysia	Upper-middle income	19,27
33	Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	19,06
34	Peru	Upper-middle income	18,96
35	Trinidad og Tobago	High income	18,96
36	New Zealand	High income	18,90
37	Mikronesiens Forenede Stater	Upper-middle income	18,73
38	Bermuda	High income	18,16
39	Brasilien	Upper-middle income	18,13
40	Grenada	Upper-middle income	18,12
41	Puerto Rico	High income	18,03
42	Seychellerne	High income	18,03
43	Cuba	Upper-middle income	17,95
44	Australien	High income	17,69
45	Thailand	Upper-middle income	17,30
46	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	16,90
47	Kina	Upper-middle income	16,87
48	Syriske Arabiske Republik	Low income	16,80
49	Ungarn	High income	16,59
50	Cypern	High income	16,57
51	Iran	Upper-middle income	16,56
52	Jordan	Upper-middle income	16,41
53	Dominica	Upper-middle income	16,11
54	Chinese Taipei	High income	16,03
55	Venezuela	Lower-middle income	15,95
56	Saint Vincent og Grenadinerne	Upper-middle income	15,85
57	Bosnien og Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	15,36
58	Maldiverne	Upper-middle income	15,34
59	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	15,26
60	Irak	Upper-middle income	15,18
61	Ecuador	Upper-middle income	15,14
62	Finland	High income	15,08
63	Costa Rica	High income	15,05
64	Tunesien	Lower-middle income	14,94
65	Grækenland	High income	14,87
66	Malta	High income	14,85
67	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	14,82
68	Honduras	Lower-middle income	14,66
69	Bulgarien	High income	14,63
70	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	14,61
71	Algeriet	Upper-middle income	14,53
72	Serbien	Upper-middle income	14,38
73	Den Dominikanske Republik	Upper-middle income	14,37
74	Panama	High income	14,33
75	Fiji	Upper-middle income	14,32
76	Papua Ny Guinea	Lower-middle income	14,29
77	Libyen	Upper-middle income	14,25
78	Estland	High income	13,95
79	Spanien	High income	13,61
80	Østrig	High income	13,54
81	Sverige	High income	13,51
82	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	13,43
83	Canada	High income	13,27
84	Andorra	High income	13,12
85	Polen	High income	12,97
86	Albania	Upper-middle income	12,90
87	Nordlige Makedonien	Upper-middle income	12,84
88	Slovenien	High income	12,79
89	Egypten	Lower-middle income	12,69
90	Bolivia	Lower-middle income	12,65
91	Jamaica	Upper-middle income	12,62
92	Palæstina	Lower-middle income	12,59
93	Italien	High income	12,47
94	Rumænien	High income	12,45
95	Storbritannien	High income	12,44
96	Georgien	Upper-middle income	12,24
97	Slovakiet	High income	12,24
98	Tyskland	High income	12,14
99	Armenien	Upper-middle income	12,05
100	Kroatien	High income	11,85
101	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	11,85
102	Marshalløerne	Upper-middle income	11,67
103	Indonesien	Upper-middle income	11,64
104	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	11,56
105	Nordkorea	Low income	11,43
106	Island	High income	10,73
107	Guyana	High income	10,66
108	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	10,62
109	Luxembourg	High income	10,41
110	Haiti	Lower-middle income	10,39
111	Hviderusland	Upper-middle income	10,34
112	Tyrkiet	Upper-middle income	10,24
113	Aserbajdsjan	Upper-middle income	10,17
114	Israel	High income	10,11
115	Vietnam	Upper-middle income	10,00
116	Colombia	Upper-middle income	9,87
117	Portugal	High income	9,77
118	Mongoliet	Upper-middle income	9,65
119	Yemen	Low income	9,24
120	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	9,11
121	Den Russiske Føderation	High income	9,11
122	Irland	High income	8,96
123	Belgien	High income	8,68
124	Laos	Lower-middle income	8,68
125	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	8,31
126	Cambodia	Lower-middle income	8,14
127	Litauen	High income	8,05
128	Letland	High income	7,94
129	Sudan	Low income	7,75
130	Afghanistan	Low income	7,74
131	Schweiz	High income	7,70
132	Ghana	Lower-middle income	7,66
133	Salomonøerne	Lower-middle income	7,54
134	Norge	High income	7,53
135	Tjekkiet	High income	7,51
136	Ukraine	Upper-middle income	7,26
137	Kazakhstan	Upper-middle income	6,89
138	Danmark	High income	6,72
139	Filippinerne	Upper-middle income	6,72
140	Elfenbenskysten	Lower-middle income	6,69
141	Japan	High income	6,50
142	Sydafrika	Upper-middle income	6,25
143	Holland	High income	5,47
144	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	5,28
145	Benin	Lower-middle income	5,26
146	Moldova	Upper-middle income	5,19
147	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	5,17
148	Botswana	Upper-middle income	5,11
149	Niger	Low income	5,03
150	Ækvatorialguinea	Upper-middle income	5,01
151	Marokko	Lower-middle income	4,96
152	Den Centralafrikanske Republik	Low income	4,95
153	Sao Tome And Principe	Lower-middle income	4,89
154	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	4,84
155	Namibia	Lower-middle income	4,81
156	Angola	Lower-middle income	4,69
157	Gabon	Upper-middle income	4,67
158	Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	4,62
159	Sydsudan	Low income	4,62
160	Mauritania	Lower-middle income	4,58
161	Grønland	High income	4,54
162	Indien	Lower-middle income	4,49
163	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	4,45
164	Frankrig	High income	4,31
165	Tadsjikistan	Lower-middle income	4,16
166	Zambia	Lower-middle income	3,96
167	Den Demokratiske Republik Congo	Low income	3,95
168	Uzbekistan	Lower-middle income	3,68
169	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	3,64
170	Chad	Low income	3,63
171	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	3,18
172	Congo	Lower-middle income	3,16
173	Madagascar	Low income	3,06
174	Sierra Leone	Low income	3,06
175	Somalia	Low income	3,04
176	Comorerne	Lower-middle income	3,03
177	Djibouti	Lower-middle income	2,98
178	Burundi	Low income	2,95
179	Togo	Lower-middle income	2,78
180	Liberia	Low income	2,76
181	Kenya	Lower-middle income	2,72
182	Cameroun	Lower-middle income	2,69
183	Mozambique	Low income	2,64
184	Kap Verde	Upper-middle income	2,51
185	Guinea	Lower-middle income	2,51
186	Kyrgyzstan	Lower-middle income	2,37
187	Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	2,30
188	Mali	Low income	1,89
189	Senegal	Lower-middle income	1,88
190	Eritrea	Low income	1,67
191	Etiopien	Low income	1,66
192	Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	1,49
193	Rwanda	Low income	1,22
194	Uganda	Low income	1,22
195	Nepal	Lower-middle income	0,94
196	Burkina Faso	Low income	0,87
197	Tanzania	Lower-middle income	0,75
198	Østtimor	Lower-middle income	0,74
199	Malawi	Low income	0,67
200	Gambia	Low income	0,51

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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Rangering (% fedme efter land)

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