Ranking (% obesity by country)

#	Land	World Bank income level	% fedme
1	Nauru	High income	72,73
2	Cook-øerne		71,80
3	Amerikansk Samoa	High income	71,57
4	Tokelau		68,10
5	Tonga	Upper-middle income	65,16
6	Niue		64,40
7	Tuvalu	Upper-middle income	58,83
8	Samoa	Upper-middle income	53,39
9	French Polynesia	High income	48,55
10	Mikronesiens Forenede Stater	Upper-middle income	40,71
11	USA	High income	40,35
12	Bahamas	High income	39,85
13	Qatar	High income	39,28
14	Kiribati	Lower-middle income	38,26
15	Saint Kitts og Nevis	High income	38,10
16	Saudi-Arabien	High income	37,33
17	Kuwait	High income	37,22
18	Argentina	Upper-middle income	37,12
19	Palau	High income	37,06
20	Puerto Rico	High income	36,84
21	Rumænien	High income	35,74
22	Ungarn	High income	35,73
23	Kroatien	High income	35,35
24	Georgien	Upper-middle income	35,22
25	Chile	High income	35,14
26	Belize	Upper-middle income	34,27
27	Malta	High income	33,79
28	Brunei Darussalam	High income	33,61
29	Mexico	Upper-middle income	33,46
30	Marshalløerne	Upper-middle income	33,34
31	New Zealand	High income	33,04
32	Uruguay	High income	32,76
33	Australien	High income	32,29
34	Irak	Upper-middle income	32,29
35	Egypten	Lower-middle income	31,76
36	Tjekkiet	High income	31,71
37	Bahrain	High income	31,64
38	Panama	High income	31,28
39	Slovakiet	High income	31,04
40	Jordan	Upper-middle income	30,20
41	Paraguay	Upper-middle income	30,18
42	Libanon	Lower-middle income	30,16
43	Fiji	Upper-middle income	29,82
44	Irland	High income	29,80
45	Nicaragua	Lower-middle income	29,69
46	Uzbekistan	Lower-middle income	29,42
47	Palæstina	Lower-middle income	29,23
48	Barbados	High income	28,70
49	Grækenland	High income	28,60
50	Nordlige Makedonien	Upper-middle income	28,49
51	Forenede Arabiske Emirater	High income	28,20
52	Canada	High income	28,16
53	Brasilien	Upper-middle income	26,82
54	Slovenien	High income	26,76
55	Storbritannien	High income	26,70
56	Polen	High income	26,64
57	Serbien	Upper-middle income	26,44
58	Costa Rica	High income	26,32
59	Oman	High income	26,15
60	Libyen	Upper-middle income	26,13
61	Syriske Arabiske Republik	Low income	25,88
62	Peru	Upper-middle income	25,72
63	Seychellerne	High income	25,61
64	Trinidad og Tobago	High income	25,45
65	Papua Ny Guinea	Lower-middle income	25,31
66	Bermuda	High income	25,24
67	Antigua og Barbuda	High income	25,13
68	Grønland	High income	25,10
69	Den Dominikanske Republik	Upper-middle income	24,96
70	Honduras	Lower-middle income	24,70
71	Ecuador	Upper-middle income	24,59
72	El Salvador	Upper-middle income	24,46
73	Bolivia	Lower-middle income	24,20
74	Finland	High income	24,19
75	Albania	Upper-middle income	24,18
76	Bulgarien	High income	24,18
77	Guatemala	Upper-middle income	24,09
78	Island	High income	23,96
79	Cypern	High income	23,80
80	Litauen	High income	23,65
81	Mongoliet	Upper-middle income	23,62
82	Letland	High income	23,59
83	Israel	High income	22,94
84	Tyskland	High income	22,86
85	Tyrkiet	Upper-middle income	22,79
86	Bosnien og Herzegovina	Upper-middle income	22,62
87	Aserbajdsjan	Upper-middle income	21,74
88	Moldova	Upper-middle income	21,71
89	Saint Lucia	Upper-middle income	21,70
90	Pakistan	Lower-middle income	21,58
91	Norge	High income	21,53
92	Kazakhstan	Upper-middle income	21,37
93	Luxembourg	High income	21,21
94	Estland	High income	20,99
95	Surinam	Upper-middle income	20,97
96	Venezuela	Lower-middle income	20,86
97	Armenien	Upper-middle income	20,77
98	Cuba	Upper-middle income	20,40
99	Montenegro	Upper-middle income	20,38
100	Turkmenistan	Upper-middle income	20,36
101	Belgien	High income	20,35
102	Saint Vincent og Grenadinerne	Upper-middle income	20,24
103	Ukraine	Upper-middle income	20,22
104	Østrig	High income	20,11
105	Jamaica	Upper-middle income	19,95
106	Grenada	Upper-middle income	19,94
107	Hviderusland	Upper-middle income	19,60
108	Colombia	Upper-middle income	19,38
109	Andorra	High income	19,36
110	Dominica	Upper-middle income	19,31
111	Tunesien	Lower-middle income	19,31
112	Iran	Upper-middle income	19,29
113	Guyana	High income	19,20
114	Sverige	High income	18,95
115	Kyrgyzstan	Lower-middle income	18,79
116	Tadsjikistan	Lower-middle income	18,54
117	Malaysia	Upper-middle income	18,37
118	Singapore	High income	18,32
119	Spanien	High income	18,13
120	Vanuatu	Lower-middle income	18,13
121	Portugal	High income	17,57
122	Den Russiske Føderation	High income	17,25
123	Salomonøerne	Lower-middle income	16,91
124	Mauritius	Upper-middle income	16,10
125	Algeriet	Upper-middle income	16,03
126	Danmark	High income	15,79
127	Eswatini	Lower-middle income	15,64
128	Sydafrika	Upper-middle income	15,09
129	Afghanistan	Low income	15,05
130	Italien	High income	14,95
131	Holland	High income	14,70
132	Chinese Taipei	High income	14,68
133	Schweiz	High income	13,95
134	Liberia	Low income	13,74
135	Maldiverne	Upper-middle income	13,67
136	Marokko	Lower-middle income	13,62
137	Thailand	Upper-middle income	12,84
138	Sudan	Low income	12,53
139	Gabon	Upper-middle income	12,24
140	Namibia	Lower-middle income	11,23
141	Frankrig	High income	11,10
142	Sao Tome And Principe	Lower-middle income	10,69
143	Yemen	Low income	10,64
144	Sydkorea	High income	10,41
145	Bhutan	Lower-middle income	10,16
146	Kina	Upper-middle income	10,10
147	Cameroun	Lower-middle income	9,98
148	Mauritania	Lower-middle income	9,40
149	Mali	Low income	9,37
150	Nordkorea	Low income	9,31
151	Kap Verde	Upper-middle income	9,19
152	Botswana	Upper-middle income	9,04
153	Nigeria	Lower-middle income	8,83
154	Ækvatorialguinea	Upper-middle income	8,79
155	Elfenbenskysten	Lower-middle income	8,46
156	Comorerne	Lower-middle income	8,37
157	Japan	High income	8,20
158	Guinea-Bissau	Low income	8,08
159	Chad	Low income	7,96
160	Benin	Lower-middle income	7,72
161	Filippinerne	Upper-middle income	7,68
162	Sri Lanka	Upper-middle income	7,25
163	Indonesien	Upper-middle income	7,13
164	Angola	Lower-middle income	7,06
165	Den Centralafrikanske Republik	Low income	6,94
166	Laos	Lower-middle income	6,84
167	Tanzania	Lower-middle income	6,64
168	Lesotho	Lower-middle income	6,54
169	Congo	Lower-middle income	6,52
170	Djibouti	Lower-middle income	6,49
171	Guinea	Lower-middle income	6,45
172	Togo	Lower-middle income	6,41
173	Burundi	Low income	6,38
174	Zimbabwe	Lower-middle income	6,34
175	Somalia	Low income	6,25
176	Myanmar	Lower-middle income	6,03
177	Indien	Lower-middle income	5,92
178	Mozambique	Low income	5,92
179	Kenya	Lower-middle income	5,82
180	Zambia	Lower-middle income	5,79
181	Haiti	Lower-middle income	5,74
182	Gambia	Low income	5,61
183	Sydsudan	Low income	5,47
184	Nepal	Lower-middle income	5,31
185	Niger	Low income	5,03
186	Ghana	Lower-middle income	5,01
187	Senegal	Lower-middle income	4,89
188	Madagascar	Low income	4,87
189	Uganda	Low income	4,65
190	Burkina Faso	Low income	4,59
191	Den Demokratiske Republik Congo	Low income	4,32
192	Cambodia	Lower-middle income	3,67
193	Malawi	Low income	3,42
194	Sierra Leone	Low income	3,14
195	Bangladesh	Lower-middle income	2,78
196	Eritrea	Low income	2,76
197	Vietnam	Upper-middle income	2,32
198	Rwanda	Low income	2,13
199	Østtimor	Lower-middle income	1,75
200	Etiopien	Low income	1,45

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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Rangering (% fedme efter land)

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