Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Pajjiż	World Bank income level	% obeżità
1	Niue		42.75
2	Il-Gżejjer Cook		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	Iċ-Ċili	High income	31.03
8	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	30.15
9	Il-Qatar	High income	29.62
10	French Polynesia	High income	29.34
11	Is-Samoa Amerikana	High income	28.79
12	Brunej Darussalam	High income	27.87
13	Il-Kuwajt	High income	25.13
14	L-Emirati Għarab Magħquda	High income	24.69
15	San Kitts u Nevis	High income	23.84
16	L-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika	High income	23.36
17	Antigua u Barbuda	High income	23.08
18	Il-Baħamas	High income	22.52
19	Il-Libanu	Lower-middle income	22.42
20	l-Għarabja Sawdita	High income	22.30
21	Barbados	High income	22.19
22	Il-Baħrejn	High income	22.06
23	Singapor	High income	22.02
24	L-Arġentina	Upper-middle income	21.70
25	Samoa	Upper-middle income	21.42
26	L-Oman	High income	21.28
27	Il-Messiku	Upper-middle income	20.97
28	Il-Beliże	Upper-middle income	20.87
29	Il-Korea ta' Isfel	High income	19.69
30	L-Urugwaj	High income	19.50
31	Is-Surinam	Upper-middle income	19.49
32	Il-Malasja	Upper-middle income	19.27
33	Santa Luċija	Upper-middle income	19.06
34	Il-Peru	Upper-middle income	18.96
35	It-Trinidad u Tobago	High income	18.96
36	In-New Zealand	High income	18.90
37	L-Istati Federati tal-Mikroneżja	Upper-middle income	18.73
38	Bermuda	High income	18.16
39	Il-Brażil	Upper-middle income	18.13
40	Grenada	Upper-middle income	18.12
41	Puerto Rico	High income	18.03
42	Is-Seychelles	High income	18.03
43	Kuba	Upper-middle income	17.95
44	L-Awstralja	High income	17.69
45	It-Tajlandja	Upper-middle income	17.30
46	Il-Paragwaj	Upper-middle income	16.90
47	Iċ-Ċina	Upper-middle income	16.87
48	Ir-Repubblika Għarbija Sirjana	Low income	16.80
49	L-Ungerija	High income	16.59
50	Ċipru	High income	16.57
51	L-Iran	Upper-middle income	16.56
52	Il-Ġordan	Upper-middle income	16.41
53	Dominika	Upper-middle income	16.11
54	Chinese Taipei	High income	16.03
55	Il-Venezwela	Lower-middle income	15.95
56	Saint Vincent u l-Grenadini	Upper-middle income	15.85
57	Il-Bożnija-Ħerzegovina	Upper-middle income	15.36
58	Il-Maldives	Upper-middle income	15.34
59	Il-Mawrizju	Upper-middle income	15.26
60	L-Iraq	Upper-middle income	15.18
61	L-Ekwador	Upper-middle income	15.14
62	Il-Finlandja	High income	15.08
63	Il-Kosta Rika	High income	15.05
64	It-Tuneżija	Lower-middle income	14.94
65	Il-Ġreċja	High income	14.87
66	Malta	High income	14.85
67	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	14.82
68	Il-Ħonduras	Lower-middle income	14.66
69	Il-Bulgarija	High income	14.63
70	In-Nikaragwa	Lower-middle income	14.61
71	l-Alġerija	Upper-middle income	14.53
72	Is-Serbja	Upper-middle income	14.38
73	Ir-Repubblika Dominikana	Upper-middle income	14.37
74	Il-Panama	High income	14.33
75	Il-Fiji	Upper-middle income	14.32
76	il-Papwa Ginea Ġdida	Lower-middle income	14.29
77	Il-Libja	Upper-middle income	14.25
78	L-Estonja	High income	13.95
79	Spanja	High income	13.61
80	L-Awstrija	High income	13.54
81	L-Isvezja	High income	13.51
82	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	13.43
83	Il-Kanada	High income	13.27
84	l-Andorra	High income	13.12
85	Il-Polonja	High income	12.97
86	L-Albanija	Upper-middle income	12.90
87	Il-Maċedonja tat-Tramuntana	Upper-middle income	12.84
88	Is-Slovenja	High income	12.79
89	L-Eġittu	Lower-middle income	12.69
90	Il-Bolivja	Lower-middle income	12.65
91	Il-Ġamajka	Upper-middle income	12.62
92	Il-Palestina	Lower-middle income	12.59
93	L-Italja	High income	12.47
94	Ir-Rumanija	High income	12.45
95	Ir-Renju Unit	High income	12.44
96	Il-Ġeorġja	Upper-middle income	12.24
97	Is-Slovakkja	High income	12.24
98	Il-Ġermanja	High income	12.14
99	L-Armenja	Upper-middle income	12.05
100	Il-Kroazja	High income	11.85
101	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	11.85
102	Il-Gżejjer Marshall	Upper-middle income	11.67
103	L-Indoneżja	Upper-middle income	11.64
104	Il-Montenegro	Upper-middle income	11.56
105	Il-Korea ta' fuq	Low income	11.43
106	l-Islanda	High income	10.73
107	il-Gujana	High income	10.66
108	Il-Mjanmar	Lower-middle income	10.62
109	Il-Lussemburgu	High income	10.41
110	Il-Ħaiti	Lower-middle income	10.39
111	Belarus	Upper-middle income	10.34
112	It-Turkija	Upper-middle income	10.24
113	Ażerbajġan	Upper-middle income	10.17
114	l-Iżrael	High income	10.11
115	Il-Vjetnam	Upper-middle income	10.00
116	Kolombja	Upper-middle income	9.87
117	Il-Portugall	High income	9.77
118	Il-Mongolja	Upper-middle income	9.65
119	Il-Jemen	Low income	9.24
120	Il-Pakistan	Lower-middle income	9.11
121	Il-Federazzjoni Russa	High income	9.11
122	L-Irlanda	High income	8.96
123	Il-Belġju	High income	8.68
124	Il-Laos	Lower-middle income	8.68
125	Il-Gwatemala	Upper-middle income	8.31
126	Il-Kambodja	Lower-middle income	8.14
127	Il-Litwanja	High income	8.05
128	Il-Latvja	High income	7.94
129	Is-Sudan	Low income	7.75
130	l-Afganistan	Low income	7.74
131	L-Isvizzera	High income	7.70
132	Il-Gana	Lower-middle income	7.66
133	Il-Gżejjer Solomon	Lower-middle income	7.54
134	In-Norveġja	High income	7.53
135	Ir-Repubblika Ċeka	High income	7.51
136	L-Ukraina	Upper-middle income	7.26
137	Il-Każakistan	Upper-middle income	6.89
138	Id-Danimarka	High income	6.72
139	Il-Filippini	Upper-middle income	6.72
140	Il-Kosta tal-Avorju	Lower-middle income	6.69
141	Il-Ġappun	High income	6.50
142	L-Afrika ta' Isfel	Upper-middle income	6.25
143	Il-Pajjiżi l-Baxxi	High income	5.47
144	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	5.28
145	Il-Benin	Lower-middle income	5.26
146	Il-Moldova	Upper-middle income	5.19
147	Il-Butan	Lower-middle income	5.17
148	Il-Botswana	Upper-middle income	5.11
149	In-Niġer	Low income	5.03
150	Il-Ginea Ekwatorjali	Upper-middle income	5.01
151	Il-Marokk	Lower-middle income	4.96
152	Ir-Repubblika tal-Afrika Ċentrali	Low income	4.95
153	Sao Tome u Principe	Lower-middle income	4.89
154	It-Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	4.84
155	In-Namibja	Lower-middle income	4.81
156	L-Angola	Lower-middle income	4.69
157	Il-Gabon	Upper-middle income	4.67
158	Is-Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	4.62
159	Is-Sudan ta' Isfel	Low income	4.62
160	Il-Mawritanja	Lower-middle income	4.58
161	Il-Groenlandja	High income	4.54
162	L-Indja	Lower-middle income	4.49
163	Il-Lesoto	Lower-middle income	4.45
164	Franza	High income	4.31
165	Taġikistan	Lower-middle income	4.16
166	Iż-Żambja	Lower-middle income	3.96
167	Ir-Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo	Low income	3.95
168	L-Użbekistan	Lower-middle income	3.68
169	il-Ginea-Bissau	Low income	3.64
170	Iċ-Ċad	Low income	3.63
171	In-Niġerja	Lower-middle income	3.18
172	Il-Kongo	Lower-middle income	3.16
173	Madagaskar	Low income	3.06
174	Is-Sierra Leone	Low income	3.06
175	Is-Somalja	Low income	3.04
176	Il-Komoros	Lower-middle income	3.03
177	Ġibuti	Lower-middle income	2.98
178	Il-Burundi	Low income	2.95
179	It-Togo	Lower-middle income	2.78
180	Il-Liberja	Low income	2.76
181	Il-Kenja	Lower-middle income	2.72
182	Il-Kamerun	Lower-middle income	2.69
183	Il-Możambik	Low income	2.64
184	Cabo Verde	Upper-middle income	2.51
185	Il-Ginea	Lower-middle income	2.51
186	Il-Kirgistan	Lower-middle income	2.37
187	Iż-Żimbabwe	Lower-middle income	2.30
188	Il-Mali	Low income	1.89
189	Is-Senegal	Lower-middle income	1.88
190	L-Eritrea	Low income	1.67
191	L-Etjopja	Low income	1.66
192	Il-Bangladexx	Lower-middle income	1.49
193	Ir-Rwanda	Low income	1.22
194	L-Uganda	Low income	1.22
195	In-Nepal	Lower-middle income	0.94
196	Il-Burkina Faso	Low income	0.87
197	It-Tanzanija	Lower-middle income	0.75
198	Timor-Leste	Lower-middle income	0.74
199	Il-Malawi	Low income	0.67
200	Il-Gambja	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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