Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	Adipositas %
1	Niue		42,75
2	Cookinseln		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	Katar	High income	29,62
10	French Polynesia	High income	29,34
11	Amerikanisch-Samoa	High income	28,79
12	Brunei Darussalam	High income	27,87
13	Kuwait	High income	25,13
14	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	High income	24,69
15	St. Kitts und Nevis	High income	23,84
16	Vereinigte Staaten	High income	23,36
17	Antigua und 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	Singapur	High income	22,02
24	Argentinien	Upper-middle income	21,70
25	Samoa	Upper-middle income	21,42
26	Oman	High income	21,28
27	Mexiko	Upper-middle income	20,97
28	Belize	Upper-middle income	20,87
29	Südkorea	High income	19,69
30	Uruguay	High income	19,50
31	Suriname	Upper-middle income	19,49
32	Malaysia	Upper-middle income	19,27
33	St. Lucia	Upper-middle income	19,06
34	Peru	Upper-middle income	18,96
35	Trinidad und Tobago	High income	18,96
36	Neuseeland	High income	18,90
37	Föderierte Staaten von Mikronesien	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	Seychellen	High income	18,03
43	Kuba	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	China	Upper-middle income	16,87
48	Syrien	Low income	16,80
49	Ungarn	High income	16,59
50	Zypern	High income	16,57
51	Iran	Upper-middle income	16,56
52	Jordanien	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	St. Vincent und die Grenadinen	Upper-middle income	15,85
57	Bosnien und Herzegowina	Upper-middle income	15,36
58	Malediven	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	Finnland	High income	15,08
63	Costa Rica	High income	15,05
64	Tunesien	Lower-middle income	14,94
65	Griechenland	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	Algerien	Upper-middle income	14,53
72	Serbien	Upper-middle income	14,38
73	Dominikanische Republik	Upper-middle income	14,37
74	Panama	High income	14,33
75	Fidschi	Upper-middle income	14,32
76	Papua-Neuguinea	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	Österreich	High income	13,54
81	Schweden	High income	13,51
82	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	13,43
83	Kanada	High income	13,27
84	Andorra	High income	13,12
85	Polen	High income	12,97
86	Albanien	Upper-middle income	12,90
87	Nordmazedonien	Upper-middle income	12,84
88	Slowenien	High income	12,79
89	Ägypten	Lower-middle income	12,69
90	Bolivien	Lower-middle income	12,65
91	Jamaika	Upper-middle income	12,62
92	Palästina	Lower-middle income	12,59
93	Italien	High income	12,47
94	Rumänien	High income	12,45
95	Vereinigtes Königreich	High income	12,44
96	Georgien	Upper-middle income	12,24
97	Slowakei	High income	12,24
98	Deutschland	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	Marshallinseln	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	Luxemburg	High income	10,41
110	Haiti	Lower-middle income	10,39
111	Weißrussland	Upper-middle income	10,34
112	Türkei	Upper-middle income	10,24
113	Aserbaidschan	Upper-middle income	10,17
114	Israel	High income	10,11
115	Vietnam	Upper-middle income	10,00
116	Kolumbien	Upper-middle income	9,87
117	Portugal	High income	9,77
118	Mongolei	Upper-middle income	9,65
119	Jemen	Low income	9,24
120	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	9,11
121	Russische Föderation	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	Kambodscha	Lower-middle income	8,14
127	Litauen	High income	8,05
128	Lettland	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	Salomonen	Lower-middle income	7,54
134	Norwegen	High income	7,53
135	Tschechische Republik	High income	7,51
136	Ukraine	Upper-middle income	7,26
137	Kasachstan	Upper-middle income	6,89
138	Dänemark	High income	6,72
139	Philippinen	Upper-middle income	6,72
140	Elfenbeinküste	Lower-middle income	6,69
141	Japan	High income	6,50
142	Südafrika	Upper-middle income	6,25
143	Niederlande	High income	5,47
144	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	5,28
145	Benin	Lower-middle income	5,26
146	Moldawien	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	Äquatorialguinea	Upper-middle income	5,01
151	Marokko	Lower-middle income	4,96
152	Zentralafrikanische Republik	Low income	4,95
153	Sao Tome und 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	Südsudan	Low income	4,62
160	Mauretanien	Lower-middle income	4,58
161	Grönland	High income	4,54
162	Indien	Lower-middle income	4,49
163	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	4,45
164	Frankreich	High income	4,31
165	Tadschikistan	Lower-middle income	4,16
166	Sambia	Lower-middle income	3,96
167	Demokratische Republik Kongo	Low income	3,95
168	Usbekistan	Lower-middle income	3,68
169	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	3,64
170	Tschad	Low income	3,63
171	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	3,18
172	Kongo	Lower-middle income	3,16
173	Madagaskar	Low income	3,06
174	Sierra Leone	Low income	3,06
175	Somalia	Low income	3,04
176	Komoren	Lower-middle income	3,03
177	Dschibuti	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	Kenia	Lower-middle income	2,72
182	Kamerun	Lower-middle income	2,69
183	Mosambik	Low income	2,64
184	Kap Verde	Upper-middle income	2,51
185	Guinea	Lower-middle income	2,51
186	Kirgisistan	Lower-middle income	2,37
187	Simbabwe	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	Äthiopien	Low income	1,66
192	Bangladesch	Lower-middle income	1,49
193	Ruanda	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	Tansania	Lower-middle income	0,75
198	Timor-Leste	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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Rangliste (Adipositas nach Land in %)

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