Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Paese	World Bank income level	% Obesità
1	Niue		38,08
2	Isole Cook		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	Cile	High income	28,48
9	Bahamas	High income	27,11
10	Samoa Americane	High income	26,99
11	French Polynesia	High income	25,45
12	Samoa	Upper-middle income	25,22
13	Sultanato del Brunei	High income	24,47
14	Antigua e Barbados	High income	24,44
15	Qatar	High income	23,59
16	Barbados	High income	22,91
17	Saint Kitts e Nevis	High income	22,69
18	Kuwait	High income	21,80
19	Stati Uniti	High income	21,79
20	Argentina	Upper-middle income	21,66
21	Belize	Upper-middle income	21,51
22	Emirati Arabi Uniti	High income	21,26
23	Porto Rico	High income	20,56
24	Bahrein	High income	20,04
25	Santa Lucia	Upper-middle income	19,36
26	Saint Vincent e Grenadine	Upper-middle income	18,80
27	Stati federati di Micronesia	Upper-middle income	18,71
28	Grenada	Upper-middle income	18,40
29	Bermuda	High income	18,36
30	Arabia Saudita	High income	18,36
31	Messico	Upper-middle income	18,32
32	Nuova Zelanda	High income	18,31
33	Dominica	Upper-middle income	18,21
34	Seychelles	High income	18,00
35	Uruguay	High income	17,94
36	Iraq	Upper-middle income	17,92
37	Oman	High income	17,71
38	Malesia	Upper-middle income	17,68
39	Suriname	Upper-middle income	17,68
40	Brasile	Upper-middle income	17,56
41	Libano	Lower-middle income	17,45
42	Trinidad e Tobago	High income	17,45
43	Cuba	Upper-middle income	17,43
44	Perù	Upper-middle income	16,93
45	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	16,48
46	Australia	High income	16,43
47	Singapore	High income	16,25
48	Repubblica Araba di Siria	Low income	15,17
49	Venezuela	Lower-middle income	15,08
50	Repubblica Dominicana	Upper-middle income	14,82
51	Panama	High income	14,72
52	Costa Rica	High income	14,53
53	Algeria	Upper-middle income	14,33
54	Giamaica	Upper-middle income	14,26
55	Ungheria	High income	14,22
56	Giordania	Upper-middle income	14,10
57	Libia	Upper-middle income	13,96
58	Iran	Upper-middle income	13,83
59	Thailandia	Upper-middle income	13,81
60	Cipro	High income	13,49
61	Egitto	Lower-middle income	13,49
62	Corea del Sud	High income	13,36
63	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	13,20
64	Tunisia	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	Isole Figi	Upper-middle income	12,82
69	Malta	High income	12,78
70	Finlandia	High income	12,76
71	Honduras	Lower-middle income	12,74
72	Maldive	Upper-middle income	12,72
73	Cina	Upper-middle income	12,70
74	Bulgaria	High income	12,49
75	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	12,49
76	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	12,45
77	Bosnia ed Erzegovina	Upper-middle income	12,28
78	Grecia	High income	12,19
79	Papua Nuova Guinea	Lower-middle income	12,08
80	Spagna	High income	11,80
81	Isole Marshall	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	Estonia	High income	11,41
87	Chinese Taipei	High income	11,38
88	Regno Unito	High income	11,29
89	Svezia	High income	11,25
90	Palestina	Lower-middle income	11,22
91	Andorra	High income	11,18
92	Macedonia settentrionale	Upper-middle income	11,01
93	Austria	High income	10,78
94	Slovenia	High income	10,65
95	Serbia	Upper-middle income	10,63
96	Indonesia	Upper-middle income	10,37
97	Italia	High income	10,29
98	Albania	Upper-middle income	10,16
99	Slovacchia	High income	10,05
100	Armenia	Upper-middle income	9,98
101	Georgia	Upper-middle income	9,90
102	Romania	High income	9,90
103	Polonia	High income	9,81
104	Azerbaigian	Upper-middle income	9,75
105	Turchia	Upper-middle income	9,64
106	Croazia	High income	9,62
107	Germania	High income	9,57
108	Corea del Nord	Low income	9,46
109	Islanda	High income	9,20
110	Lussemburgo	High income	9,13
111	Israele	High income	8,86
112	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	8,67
113	Portogallo	High income	8,49
114	Yemen	Low income	8,49
115	Bielorussia	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	Irlanda	High income	7,94
121	Sudafrica	Upper-middle income	7,85
122	Mongolia	Upper-middle income	7,62
123	Federazione Russa	High income	7,40
124	Lituania	High income	7,29
125	Belgio	High income	7,28
126	Vietnam	Upper-middle income	7,27
127	Laos	Lower-middle income	7,06
128	Svizzera	High income	6,96
129	Haiti	Lower-middle income	6,94
130	Lettonia	High income	6,84
131	Mauritania	Lower-middle income	6,58
132	Isole Salomone	Lower-middle income	6,35
133	Norvegia	High income	6,27
134	Ghana	Lower-middle income	6,05
135	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	6,05
136	Repubblica Ceca	High income	6,02
137	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	5,83
138	Cambogia	Lower-middle income	5,83
139	Sudan	Low income	5,78
140	Kazakistan	Upper-middle income	5,73
141	Botswana	Upper-middle income	5,59
142	Filippine	Upper-middle income	5,59
143	Danimarca	High income	5,41
144	Ucraina	Upper-middle income	5,28
145	Gabon	Upper-middle income	5,16
146	Groenlandia	High income	5,16
147	Costa d’Avorio	Lower-middle income	5,07
148	Marocco	Lower-middle income	5,02
149	Paesi Bassi	High income	4,94
150	Moldavia	Upper-middle income	4,92
151	Guinea equatoriale	Upper-middle income	4,80
152	Sud Sudan	Low income	4,78
153	Giappone	High income	4,76
154	Repubblica Centrafricana	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	Francia	High income	4,19
161	Angola	Lower-middle income	4,13
162	Kenya	Lower-middle income	4,12
163	Repubblica Democratica del Congo	Low income	4,08
164	India	Lower-middle income	4,02
165	Isole Comore	Lower-middle income	4,01
166	Sao Tome e Principe	Lower-middle income	3,83
167	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	3,78
168	Capo Verde	Upper-middle income	3,52
169	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	3,38
170	Tagikistan	Lower-middle income	3,35
171	Camerun	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	Gibuti	Lower-middle income	3,07
177	Uzbekistan	Lower-middle income	3,03
178	Mozambico	Low income	2,83
179	Guinea	Lower-middle income	2,71
180	Togo	Lower-middle income	2,59
181	Ciad	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	Kirghizistan	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	Etiopia	Low income	1,95
190	Madagascar	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	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	Timor Est	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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