Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Pajjiż	World Bank income level	% obeżità
1	Niue		38.08
2	Il-Gżejjer 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	Iċ-Ċili	High income	28.48
9	Il-Baħamas	High income	27.11
10	Is-Samoa Amerikana	High income	26.99
11	French Polynesia	High income	25.45
12	Samoa	Upper-middle income	25.22
13	Brunej Darussalam	High income	24.47
14	Antigua u Barbuda	High income	24.44
15	Il-Qatar	High income	23.59
16	Barbados	High income	22.91
17	San Kitts u Nevis	High income	22.69
18	Il-Kuwajt	High income	21.80
19	L-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika	High income	21.79
20	L-Arġentina	Upper-middle income	21.66
21	Il-Beliże	Upper-middle income	21.51
22	L-Emirati Għarab Magħquda	High income	21.26
23	Puerto Rico	High income	20.56
24	Il-Baħrejn	High income	20.04
25	Santa Luċija	Upper-middle income	19.36
26	Saint Vincent u l-Grenadini	Upper-middle income	18.80
27	L-Istati Federati tal-Mikroneżja	Upper-middle income	18.71
28	Grenada	Upper-middle income	18.40
29	Bermuda	High income	18.36
30	l-Għarabja Sawdita	High income	18.36
31	Il-Messiku	Upper-middle income	18.32
32	In-New Zealand	High income	18.31
33	Dominika	Upper-middle income	18.21
34	Is-Seychelles	High income	18.00
35	L-Urugwaj	High income	17.94
36	L-Iraq	Upper-middle income	17.92
37	L-Oman	High income	17.71
38	Il-Malasja	Upper-middle income	17.68
39	Is-Surinam	Upper-middle income	17.68
40	Il-Brażil	Upper-middle income	17.56
41	Il-Libanu	Lower-middle income	17.45
42	It-Trinidad u Tobago	High income	17.45
43	Kuba	Upper-middle income	17.43
44	Il-Peru	Upper-middle income	16.93
45	Il-Paragwaj	Upper-middle income	16.48
46	L-Awstralja	High income	16.43
47	Singapor	High income	16.25
48	Ir-Repubblika Għarbija Sirjana	Low income	15.17
49	Il-Venezwela	Lower-middle income	15.08
50	Ir-Repubblika Dominikana	Upper-middle income	14.82
51	Il-Panama	High income	14.72
52	Il-Kosta Rika	High income	14.53
53	l-Alġerija	Upper-middle income	14.33
54	Il-Ġamajka	Upper-middle income	14.26
55	L-Ungerija	High income	14.22
56	Il-Ġordan	Upper-middle income	14.10
57	Il-Libja	Upper-middle income	13.96
58	L-Iran	Upper-middle income	13.83
59	It-Tajlandja	Upper-middle income	13.81
60	Ċipru	High income	13.49
61	L-Eġittu	Lower-middle income	13.49
62	Il-Korea ta' Isfel	High income	13.36
63	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	13.20
64	It-Tuneżija	Lower-middle income	13.14
65	In-Nikaragwa	Lower-middle income	13.11
66	L-Ekwador	Upper-middle income	13.01
67	il-Gujana	High income	12.99
68	Il-Fiji	Upper-middle income	12.82
69	Malta	High income	12.78
70	Il-Finlandja	High income	12.76
71	Il-Ħonduras	Lower-middle income	12.74
72	Il-Maldives	Upper-middle income	12.72
73	Iċ-Ċina	Upper-middle income	12.70
74	Il-Bulgarija	High income	12.49
75	Il-Mawrizju	Upper-middle income	12.49
76	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	12.45
77	Il-Bożnija-Ħerzegovina	Upper-middle income	12.28
78	Il-Ġreċja	High income	12.19
79	il-Papwa Ginea Ġdida	Lower-middle income	12.08
80	Spanja	High income	11.80
81	Il-Gżejjer Marshall	Upper-middle income	11.74
82	Il-Kanada	High income	11.56
83	Il-Bolivja	Lower-middle income	11.50
84	Kolombja	Upper-middle income	11.47
85	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	11.47
86	L-Estonja	High income	11.41
87	Chinese Taipei	High income	11.38
88	Ir-Renju Unit	High income	11.29
89	L-Isvezja	High income	11.25
90	Il-Palestina	Lower-middle income	11.22
91	l-Andorra	High income	11.18
92	Il-Maċedonja tat-Tramuntana	Upper-middle income	11.01
93	L-Awstrija	High income	10.78
94	Is-Slovenja	High income	10.65
95	Is-Serbja	Upper-middle income	10.63
96	L-Indoneżja	Upper-middle income	10.37
97	L-Italja	High income	10.29
98	L-Albanija	Upper-middle income	10.16
99	Is-Slovakkja	High income	10.05
100	L-Armenja	Upper-middle income	9.98
101	Il-Ġeorġja	Upper-middle income	9.90
102	Ir-Rumanija	High income	9.90
103	Il-Polonja	High income	9.81
104	Ażerbajġan	Upper-middle income	9.75
105	It-Turkija	Upper-middle income	9.64
106	Il-Kroazja	High income	9.62
107	Il-Ġermanja	High income	9.57
108	Il-Korea ta' fuq	Low income	9.46
109	l-Islanda	High income	9.20
110	Il-Lussemburgu	High income	9.13
111	l-Iżrael	High income	8.86
112	Il-Montenegro	Upper-middle income	8.67
113	Il-Portugall	High income	8.49
114	Il-Jemen	Low income	8.49
115	Belarus	Upper-middle income	8.47
116	l-Afganistan	Low income	8.22
117	Il-Mjanmar	Lower-middle income	8.01
118	Il-Gwatemala	Upper-middle income	8.00
119	Il-Pakistan	Lower-middle income	7.98
120	L-Irlanda	High income	7.94
121	L-Afrika ta' Isfel	Upper-middle income	7.85
122	Il-Mongolja	Upper-middle income	7.62
123	Il-Federazzjoni Russa	High income	7.40
124	Il-Litwanja	High income	7.29
125	Il-Belġju	High income	7.28
126	Il-Vjetnam	Upper-middle income	7.27
127	Il-Laos	Lower-middle income	7.06
128	L-Isvizzera	High income	6.96
129	Il-Ħaiti	Lower-middle income	6.94
130	Il-Latvja	High income	6.84
131	Il-Mawritanja	Lower-middle income	6.58
132	Il-Gżejjer Solomon	Lower-middle income	6.35
133	In-Norveġja	High income	6.27
134	Il-Gana	Lower-middle income	6.05
135	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	6.05
136	Ir-Repubblika Ċeka	High income	6.02
137	Il-Butan	Lower-middle income	5.83
138	Il-Kambodja	Lower-middle income	5.83
139	Is-Sudan	Low income	5.78
140	Il-Każakistan	Upper-middle income	5.73
141	Il-Botswana	Upper-middle income	5.59
142	Il-Filippini	Upper-middle income	5.59
143	Id-Danimarka	High income	5.41
144	L-Ukraina	Upper-middle income	5.28
145	Il-Gabon	Upper-middle income	5.16
146	Il-Groenlandja	High income	5.16
147	Il-Kosta tal-Avorju	Lower-middle income	5.07
148	Il-Marokk	Lower-middle income	5.02
149	Il-Pajjiżi l-Baxxi	High income	4.94
150	Il-Moldova	Upper-middle income	4.92
151	Il-Ginea Ekwatorjali	Upper-middle income	4.80
152	Is-Sudan ta' Isfel	Low income	4.78
153	Il-Ġappun	High income	4.76
154	Ir-Repubblika tal-Afrika Ċentrali	Low income	4.75
155	Il-Lesoto	Lower-middle income	4.66
156	Iż-Żambja	Lower-middle income	4.53
157	In-Namibja	Lower-middle income	4.36
158	Il-Benin	Lower-middle income	4.33
159	Is-Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	4.24
160	Franza	High income	4.19
161	L-Angola	Lower-middle income	4.13
162	Il-Kenja	Lower-middle income	4.12
163	Ir-Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo	Low income	4.08
164	L-Indja	Lower-middle income	4.02
165	Il-Komoros	Lower-middle income	4.01
166	Sao Tome u Principe	Lower-middle income	3.83
167	It-Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	3.78
168	Cabo Verde	Upper-middle income	3.52
169	il-Ginea-Bissau	Low income	3.38
170	Taġikistan	Lower-middle income	3.35
171	Il-Kamerun	Lower-middle income	3.34
172	Is-Sierra Leone	Low income	3.18
173	In-Niġer	Low income	3.14
174	Is-Somalja	Low income	3.10
175	In-Niġerja	Lower-middle income	3.09
176	Ġibuti	Lower-middle income	3.07
177	L-Użbekistan	Lower-middle income	3.03
178	Il-Możambik	Low income	2.83
179	Il-Ginea	Lower-middle income	2.71
180	It-Togo	Lower-middle income	2.59
181	Iċ-Ċad	Low income	2.58
182	Iż-Żimbabwe	Lower-middle income	2.58
183	Il-Kongo	Lower-middle income	2.47
184	Is-Senegal	Lower-middle income	2.38
185	Il-Kirgistan	Lower-middle income	2.36
186	Il-Bangladexx	Lower-middle income	2.22
187	Il-Liberja	Low income	2.06
188	Il-Burundi	Low income	2.01
189	L-Etjopja	Low income	1.95
190	Madagaskar	Low income	1.89
191	Il-Mali	Low income	1.78
192	L-Eritrea	Low income	1.67
193	Ir-Rwanda	Low income	1.62
194	In-Nepal	Lower-middle income	1.57
195	It-Tanzanija	Lower-middle income	1.30
196	L-Uganda	Low income	1.10
197	Il-Gambja	Low income	1.07
198	Il-Burkina Faso	Low income	0.97
199	Il-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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