Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	% Obesitas
1	Niue		42,75
2	Cookeilanden		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	Chili	High income	31,03
8	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	30,15
9	Qatar	High income	29,62
10	French Polynesia	High income	29,34
11	Amerikaans Samoa	High income	28,79
12	Brunei Darussalam	High income	27,87
13	Koeweit	High income	25,13
14	Verenigde Arabische Emiraten	High income	24,69
15	Saint Kitts en Nevis	High income	23,84
16	Verenigde Staten	High income	23,36
17	Antigua en Barbuda	High income	23,08
18	Bahama's	High income	22,52
19	Libanon	Lower-middle income	22,42
20	Saoedi-Arabië	High income	22,30
21	Barbados	High income	22,19
22	Bahrein	High income	22,06
23	Singapore	High income	22,02
24	Argentinië	Upper-middle income	21,70
25	Samoa	Upper-middle income	21,42
26	Trends op lange termijn	High income	21,28
27	Mexico	Upper-middle income	20,97
28	Belize	Upper-middle income	20,87
29	Zuid-Korea	High income	19,69
30	Uruguay	High income	19,50
31	Suriname	Upper-middle income	19,49
32	Maleisië	Upper-middle income	19,27
33	Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	19,06
34	Peru	Upper-middle income	18,96
35	Trinidad en Tobago	High income	18,96
36	Nieuw-Zeeland	High income	18,90
37	De Federale Staten Van Micronesië	Upper-middle income	18,73
38	Bermuda	High income	18,16
39	Brazilië	Upper-middle income	18,13
40	Granada	Upper-middle income	18,12
41	Puerto Rico	High income	18,03
42	Seychelles	High income	18,03
43	Cuba	Upper-middle income	17,95
44	Australië	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	Arabische Republiek Syrië	Low income	16,80
49	Hongarije	High income	16,59
50	Cyprus	High income	16,57
51	Iran	Upper-middle income	16,56
52	Jordanië	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	Saint Vincent en de Grenadines	Upper-middle income	15,85
57	Bosnië en Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	15,36
58	Maldiven	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	Finland	High income	15,08
63	Costa Rica	High income	15,05
64	Tunesië	Lower-middle income	14,94
65	Griekenland	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	Bulgarije	High income	14,63
70	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	14,61
71	Algerije	Upper-middle income	14,53
72	Servië	Upper-middle income	14,38
73	Dominicaanse Republiek	Upper-middle income	14,37
74	Panama	High income	14,33
75	Fiji	Upper-middle income	14,32
76	Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea	Lower-middle income	14,29
77	Libië	Upper-middle income	14,25
78	Estland	High income	13,95
79	Spanje	High income	13,61
80	Oostenrijk	High income	13,54
81	Zweden	High income	13,51
82	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	13,43
83	Canada	High income	13,27
84	Andorra	High income	13,12
85	Polen	High income	12,97
86	Albanië	Upper-middle income	12,90
87	Noord-Macedonië	Upper-middle income	12,84
88	Slovenië	High income	12,79
89	Egypte	Lower-middle income	12,69
90	Bolivia	Lower-middle income	12,65
91	Jamaica	Upper-middle income	12,62
92	Palestina	Lower-middle income	12,59
93	Italië	High income	12,47
94	Roemenië	High income	12,45
95	Verenigd Koninkrijk	High income	12,44
96	Georgië	Upper-middle income	12,24
97	Slowakije	High income	12,24
98	Duitsland	High income	12,14
99	Armenië	Upper-middle income	12,05
100	Kroatië	High income	11,85
101	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	11,85
102	Marshalleilanden	Upper-middle income	11,67
103	Indonesië	Upper-middle income	11,64
104	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	11,56
105	Noord-Korea	Low income	11,43
106	IJsland	High income	10,73
107	Guyana	High income	10,66
108	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	10,62
109	Luxemburg	High income	10,41
110	Haïti	Lower-middle income	10,39
111	Wit-Rusland	Upper-middle income	10,34
112	Turkije	Upper-middle income	10,24
113	Azerbeidzjan	Upper-middle income	10,17
114	Israël	High income	10,11
115	Viëtnam	Upper-middle income	10,00
116	Colombia	Upper-middle income	9,87
117	Portugal	High income	9,77
118	Mongolië	Upper-middle income	9,65
119	Jemen	Low income	9,24
120	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	9,11
121	Russische Federatie	High income	9,11
122	Ierland	High income	8,96
123	België	High income	8,68
124	Laos	Lower-middle income	8,68
125	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	8,31
126	Cambodja	Lower-middle income	8,14
127	Litouwen	High income	8,05
128	Letland	High income	7,94
129	Soedan	Low income	7,75
130	Afghanistan	Low income	7,74
131	Zwitserland	High income	7,70
132	Ghana	Lower-middle income	7,66
133	Salomoneilanden	Lower-middle income	7,54
134	Noorwegen	High income	7,53
135	Tsjechische Republiek	High income	7,51
136	Oekraïne	Upper-middle income	7,26
137	Kazachstan	Upper-middle income	6,89
138	Denemarken	High income	6,72
139	Filipijnen	Upper-middle income	6,72
140	Ivoorkust	Lower-middle income	6,69
141	Japan	High income	6,50
142	Zuid-Afrika	Upper-middle income	6,25
143	Nederland	High income	5,47
144	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	5,28
145	Benin	Lower-middle income	5,26
146	Moldavië	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	Equatoriaal-Guinea	Upper-middle income	5,01
151	Marokko	Lower-middle income	4,96
152	Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek	Low income	4,95
153	Sao Tomé en Principe	Lower-middle income	4,89
154	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	4,84
155	Namibië	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	Zuid-Soedan	Low income	4,62
160	Mauritanië	Lower-middle income	4,58
161	Groenland	High income	4,54
162	India	Lower-middle income	4,49
163	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	4,45
164	Frankrijk	High income	4,31
165	Tadzjikistan	Lower-middle income	4,16
166	Zambia	Lower-middle income	3,96
167	Democratische Republiek Congo	Low income	3,95
168	Oezbekistan	Lower-middle income	3,68
169	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	3,64
170	Tsjaad	Low income	3,63
171	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	3,18
172	Congo	Lower-middle income	3,16
173	Madagaskar	Low income	3,06
174	Sierra Leone	Low income	3,06
175	Somalië	Low income	3,04
176	Comoren	Lower-middle income	3,03
177	Djibouti	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	Kameroen	Lower-middle income	2,69
183	Mozambique	Low income	2,64
184	Kaapverdië	Upper-middle income	2,51
185	Guinea	Lower-middle income	2,51
186	Kirgizië	Lower-middle income	2,37
187	Zimbabwe	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	Ethiopië	Low income	1,66
192	Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	1,49
193	Rwanda	Low income	1,22
194	Oeganda	Low income	1,22
195	Nepal	Lower-middle income	0,94
196	Burkina Faso	Low income	0,87
197	Tanzania	Lower-middle income	0,75
198	Oost-Timor	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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Ranglijst (% obesitas per land)

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