Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	Adipositas %
1	Niue		38,08
2	Cookinseln		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	Amerikanisch-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 und Barbuda	High income	24,44
15	Katar	High income	23,59
16	Barbados	High income	22,91
17	St. Kitts und Nevis	High income	22,69
18	Kuwait	High income	21,80
19	Vereinigte Staaten	High income	21,79
20	Argentinien	Upper-middle income	21,66
21	Belize	Upper-middle income	21,51
22	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	High income	21,26
23	Puerto Rico	High income	20,56
24	Bahrain	High income	20,04
25	St. Lucia	Upper-middle income	19,36
26	St. Vincent und die Grenadinen	Upper-middle income	18,80
27	Föderierte Staaten von Mikronesien	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	Mexiko	Upper-middle income	18,32
32	Neuseeland	High income	18,31
33	Dominica	Upper-middle income	18,21
34	Seychellen	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	Suriname	Upper-middle income	17,68
40	Brasilien	Upper-middle income	17,56
41	Libanon	Lower-middle income	17,45
42	Trinidad und Tobago	High income	17,45
43	Kuba	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	Singapur	High income	16,25
48	Syrien	Low income	15,17
49	Venezuela	Lower-middle income	15,08
50	Dominikanische Republik	Upper-middle income	14,82
51	Panama	High income	14,72
52	Costa Rica	High income	14,53
53	Algerien	Upper-middle income	14,33
54	Jamaika	Upper-middle income	14,26
55	Ungarn	High income	14,22
56	Jordanien	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	Zypern	High income	13,49
61	Ägypten	Lower-middle income	13,49
62	Südkorea	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	Fidschi	Upper-middle income	12,82
69	Malta	High income	12,78
70	Finnland	High income	12,76
71	Honduras	Lower-middle income	12,74
72	Malediven	Upper-middle income	12,72
73	China	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 und Herzegowina	Upper-middle income	12,28
78	Griechenland	High income	12,19
79	Papua-Neuguinea	Lower-middle income	12,08
80	Spanien	High income	11,80
81	Marshallinseln	Upper-middle income	11,74
82	Kanada	High income	11,56
83	Bolivien	Lower-middle income	11,50
84	Kolumbien	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	Vereinigtes Königreich	High income	11,29
89	Schweden	High income	11,25
90	Palästina	Lower-middle income	11,22
91	Andorra	High income	11,18
92	Nordmazedonien	Upper-middle income	11,01
93	Österreich	High income	10,78
94	Slowenien	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	Albanien	Upper-middle income	10,16
99	Slowakei	High income	10,05
100	Armenien	Upper-middle income	9,98
101	Georgien	Upper-middle income	9,90
102	Rumänien	High income	9,90
103	Polen	High income	9,81
104	Aserbaidschan	Upper-middle income	9,75
105	Türkei	Upper-middle income	9,64
106	Kroatien	High income	9,62
107	Deutschland	High income	9,57
108	Nordkorea	Low income	9,46
109	Island	High income	9,20
110	Luxemburg	High income	9,13
111	Israel	High income	8,86
112	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	8,67
113	Portugal	High income	8,49
114	Jemen	Low income	8,49
115	Weißrussland	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	Südafrika	Upper-middle income	7,85
122	Mongolei	Upper-middle income	7,62
123	Russische Föderation	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	Lettland	High income	6,84
131	Mauretanien	Lower-middle income	6,58
132	Salomonen	Lower-middle income	6,35
133	Norwegen	High income	6,27
134	Ghana	Lower-middle income	6,05
135	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	6,05
136	Tschechische Republik	High income	6,02
137	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	5,83
138	Kambodscha	Lower-middle income	5,83
139	Sudan	Low income	5,78
140	Kasachstan	Upper-middle income	5,73
141	Botswana	Upper-middle income	5,59
142	Philippinen	Upper-middle income	5,59
143	Dänemark	High income	5,41
144	Ukraine	Upper-middle income	5,28
145	Gabon	Upper-middle income	5,16
146	Grönland	High income	5,16
147	Elfenbeinküste	Lower-middle income	5,07
148	Marokko	Lower-middle income	5,02
149	Niederlande	High income	4,94
150	Moldawien	Upper-middle income	4,92
151	Äquatorialguinea	Upper-middle income	4,80
152	Südsudan	Low income	4,78
153	Japan	High income	4,76
154	Zentralafrikanische Republik	Low income	4,75
155	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	4,66
156	Sambia	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	Frankreich	High income	4,19
161	Angola	Lower-middle income	4,13
162	Kenia	Lower-middle income	4,12
163	Demokratische Republik Kongo	Low income	4,08
164	Indien	Lower-middle income	4,02
165	Komoren	Lower-middle income	4,01
166	Sao Tome und 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	Tadschikistan	Lower-middle income	3,35
171	Kamerun	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	Dschibuti	Lower-middle income	3,07
177	Usbekistan	Lower-middle income	3,03
178	Mosambik	Low income	2,83
179	Guinea	Lower-middle income	2,71
180	Togo	Lower-middle income	2,59
181	Tschad	Low income	2,58
182	Simbabwe	Lower-middle income	2,58
183	Kongo	Lower-middle income	2,47
184	Senegal	Lower-middle income	2,38
185	Kirgisistan	Lower-middle income	2,36
186	Bangladesch	Lower-middle income	2,22
187	Liberia	Low income	2,06
188	Burundi	Low income	2,01
189	Äthiopien	Low income	1,95
190	Madagaskar	Low income	1,89
191	Mali	Low income	1,78
192	Eritrea	Low income	1,67
193	Ruanda	Low income	1,62
194	Nepal	Lower-middle income	1,57
195	Tansania	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	Timor-Leste	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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Rangliste (Adipositas nach Land in %)

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