Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	% fedme
1	Niue		38,08
2	Cook-øerne		35,95
3	Tonga	Upper-middle income	32,49
4	Tokelau		31,57
5	Nauru	High income	30,75
6	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	28,52
7	Palau	High income	28,50
8	Chile	High income	28,48
9	Bahamas	High income	27,11
10	Amerikansk Samoa	High income	26,99
11	French Polynesia	High income	25,45
12	Samoa	Upper-middle income	25,22
13	Brunei Darussalam	High income	24,47
14	Antigua og Barbuda	High income	24,44
15	Qatar	High income	23,59
16	Barbados	High income	22,91
17	Saint Kitts og Nevis	High income	22,69
18	Kuwait	High income	21,80
19	USA	High income	21,79
20	Argentina	Upper-middle income	21,66
21	Belize	Upper-middle income	21,51
22	Forenede Arabiske Emirater	High income	21,26
23	Puerto Rico	High income	20,56
24	Bahrain	High income	20,04
25	Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	19,36
26	Saint Vincent og Grenadinerne	Upper-middle income	18,80
27	Mikronesiens Forenede Stater	Upper-middle income	18,71
28	Grenada	Upper-middle income	18,40
29	Bermuda	High income	18,36
30	Saudi-Arabien	High income	18,36
31	Mexico	Upper-middle income	18,32
32	New Zealand	High income	18,31
33	Dominica	Upper-middle income	18,21
34	Seychellerne	High income	18,00
35	Uruguay	High income	17,94
36	Irak	Upper-middle income	17,92
37	Oman	High income	17,71
38	Malaysia	Upper-middle income	17,68
39	Surinam	Upper-middle income	17,68
40	Brasilien	Upper-middle income	17,56
41	Libanon	Lower-middle income	17,45
42	Trinidad og Tobago	High income	17,45
43	Cuba	Upper-middle income	17,43
44	Peru	Upper-middle income	16,93
45	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	16,48
46	Australien	High income	16,43
47	Singapore	High income	16,25
48	Syriske Arabiske Republik	Low income	15,17
49	Venezuela	Lower-middle income	15,08
50	Den Dominikanske Republik	Upper-middle income	14,82
51	Panama	High income	14,72
52	Costa Rica	High income	14,53
53	Algeriet	Upper-middle income	14,33
54	Jamaica	Upper-middle income	14,26
55	Ungarn	High income	14,22
56	Jordan	Upper-middle income	14,10
57	Libyen	Upper-middle income	13,96
58	Iran	Upper-middle income	13,83
59	Thailand	Upper-middle income	13,81
60	Cypern	High income	13,49
61	Egypten	Lower-middle income	13,49
62	Sydkorea	High income	13,36
63	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	13,20
64	Tunesien	Lower-middle income	13,14
65	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	13,11
66	Ecuador	Upper-middle income	13,01
67	Guyana	High income	12,99
68	Fiji	Upper-middle income	12,82
69	Malta	High income	12,78
70	Finland	High income	12,76
71	Honduras	Lower-middle income	12,74
72	Maldiverne	Upper-middle income	12,72
73	Kina	Upper-middle income	12,70
74	Bulgarien	High income	12,49
75	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	12,49
76	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	12,45
77	Bosnien og Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	12,28
78	Grækenland	High income	12,19
79	Papua Ny Guinea	Lower-middle income	12,08
80	Spanien	High income	11,80
81	Marshalløerne	Upper-middle income	11,74
82	Canada	High income	11,56
83	Bolivia	Lower-middle income	11,50
84	Colombia	Upper-middle income	11,47
85	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	11,47
86	Estland	High income	11,41
87	Chinese Taipei	High income	11,38
88	Storbritannien	High income	11,29
89	Sverige	High income	11,25
90	Palæstina	Lower-middle income	11,22
91	Andorra	High income	11,18
92	Nordlige Makedonien	Upper-middle income	11,01
93	Østrig	High income	10,78
94	Slovenien	High income	10,65
95	Serbien	Upper-middle income	10,63
96	Indonesien	Upper-middle income	10,37
97	Italien	High income	10,29
98	Albania	Upper-middle income	10,16
99	Slovakiet	High income	10,05
100	Armenien	Upper-middle income	9,98
101	Georgien	Upper-middle income	9,90
102	Rumænien	High income	9,90
103	Polen	High income	9,81
104	Aserbajdsjan	Upper-middle income	9,75
105	Tyrkiet	Upper-middle income	9,64
106	Kroatien	High income	9,62
107	Tyskland	High income	9,57
108	Nordkorea	Low income	9,46
109	Island	High income	9,20
110	Luxembourg	High income	9,13
111	Israel	High income	8,86
112	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	8,67
113	Portugal	High income	8,49
114	Yemen	Low income	8,49
115	Hviderusland	Upper-middle income	8,47
116	Afghanistan	Low income	8,22
117	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	8,01
118	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	8,00
119	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	7,98
120	Irland	High income	7,94
121	Sydafrika	Upper-middle income	7,85
122	Mongoliet	Upper-middle income	7,62
123	Den Russiske Føderation	High income	7,40
124	Litauen	High income	7,29
125	Belgien	High income	7,28
126	Vietnam	Upper-middle income	7,27
127	Laos	Lower-middle income	7,06
128	Schweiz	High income	6,96
129	Haiti	Lower-middle income	6,94
130	Letland	High income	6,84
131	Mauritania	Lower-middle income	6,58
132	Salomonøerne	Lower-middle income	6,35
133	Norge	High income	6,27
134	Ghana	Lower-middle income	6,05
135	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	6,05
136	Tjekkiet	High income	6,02
137	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	5,83
138	Cambodia	Lower-middle income	5,83
139	Sudan	Low income	5,78
140	Kazakhstan	Upper-middle income	5,73
141	Botswana	Upper-middle income	5,59
142	Filippinerne	Upper-middle income	5,59
143	Danmark	High income	5,41
144	Ukraine	Upper-middle income	5,28
145	Gabon	Upper-middle income	5,16
146	Grønland	High income	5,16
147	Elfenbenskysten	Lower-middle income	5,07
148	Marokko	Lower-middle income	5,02
149	Holland	High income	4,94
150	Moldova	Upper-middle income	4,92
151	Ækvatorialguinea	Upper-middle income	4,80
152	Sydsudan	Low income	4,78
153	Japan	High income	4,76
154	Den Centralafrikanske Republik	Low income	4,75
155	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	4,66
156	Zambia	Lower-middle income	4,53
157	Namibia	Lower-middle income	4,36
158	Benin	Lower-middle income	4,33
159	Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	4,24
160	Frankrig	High income	4,19
161	Angola	Lower-middle income	4,13
162	Kenya	Lower-middle income	4,12
163	Den Demokratiske Republik Congo	Low income	4,08
164	Indien	Lower-middle income	4,02
165	Comorerne	Lower-middle income	4,01
166	Sao Tome And Principe	Lower-middle income	3,83
167	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	3,78
168	Kap Verde	Upper-middle income	3,52
169	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	3,38
170	Tadsjikistan	Lower-middle income	3,35
171	Cameroun	Lower-middle income	3,34
172	Sierra Leone	Low income	3,18
173	Niger	Low income	3,14
174	Somalia	Low income	3,10
175	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	3,09
176	Djibouti	Lower-middle income	3,07
177	Uzbekistan	Lower-middle income	3,03
178	Mozambique	Low income	2,83
179	Guinea	Lower-middle income	2,71
180	Togo	Lower-middle income	2,59
181	Chad	Low income	2,58
182	Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	2,58
183	Congo	Lower-middle income	2,47
184	Senegal	Lower-middle income	2,38
185	Kyrgyzstan	Lower-middle income	2,36
186	Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	2,22
187	Liberia	Low income	2,06
188	Burundi	Low income	2,01
189	Etiopien	Low income	1,95
190	Madagascar	Low income	1,89
191	Mali	Low income	1,78
192	Eritrea	Low income	1,67
193	Rwanda	Low income	1,62
194	Nepal	Lower-middle income	1,57
195	Tanzania	Lower-middle income	1,30
196	Uganda	Low income	1,10
197	Gambia	Low income	1,07
198	Burkina Faso	Low income	0,97
199	Malawi	Low income	0,85
200	Østtimor	Lower-middle income	0,84

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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