Health

Obesity Rate by Country

Rank countries by the share of adults with a BMI of 30 or more (%), World Health Organization.

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Obesity Rate by Country

191 countries
Rank Country Obesity% of adults
1 Tonga 73.8%
2 Nauru 71.4%
3 Tuvalu 65.1%
4 Samoa 64.3%
5 Micronesia 48.7%
6 Bahamas 48.3%
7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46.7%
8 Kiribati 45.6%
9 Egypt 43.9%
10 Belize 43.4%
11 Qatar 42.0%
12 Marshall Islands 42.0%
13 United States of America 41.0%
14 Palau 40.5%
15 Chile 40.5%
16 Kuwait 40.4%
17 Saudi Arabia 40.1%
18 Iraq 39.7%
19 Barbados 39.4%
20 Fiji 39.0%
21 Panama 37.7%
22 Palestine 37.4%
23 Mexico 37.4%
24 Argentina 37.2%
25 Brunei 37.1%
26 Georgia 35.7%
27 Jordan 35.4%
28 Jamaica 35.2%
29 Uruguay 35.0%
30 Bahrain 34.9%
31 Nicaragua 34.9%
32 Saint Lucia 34.8%
33 Paraguay 34.7%
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.6%
35 Antigua and Barbuda 34.6%
36 New Zealand 34.0%
37 Seychelles 33.9%
38 Libya 33.7%
39 Syria 33.0%
40 Costa Rica 32.7%
41 Dominica 32.5%
42 Romania 32.4%
43 El Salvador 32.2%
44 South Africa 31.8%
45 Honduras 31.8%
46 United Arab Emirates 31.6%
47 Grenada 31.5%
48 Hungary 31.4%
49 Uzbekistan 31.2%
50 Trinidad and Tobago 30.9%
51 Suriname 30.8%
52 Croatia 30.8%
53 Dominican Republic 30.8%
54 Lebanon 30.7%
55 Malta 30.6%
56 Australia 30.6%
57 Oman 30.5%
58 Brazil 30.1%
59 Guyana 30.1%
60 Bolivia 29.7%
61 Eswatini 29.6%
62 Peru 29.2%
63 Ecuador 28.9%
64 Turkey 28.8%
65 Papua New Guinea 28.0%
66 Guatemala 28.0%
67 Ireland 27.9%
68 Azerbaijan 27.6%
69 Greece 27.4%
70 United Kingdom 27.4%
71 North Macedonia 26.8%
72 Czech Republic 26.3%
73 Slovakia 26.1%
74 Tunisia 26.1%
75 Canada 26.0%
76 Mongolia 25.1%
77 Armenia 25.0%
78 Colombia 24.9%
79 Iran 24.6%
80 Pakistan 24.5%
81 Finland 24.2%
82 Albania 24.1%
83 Mauritania 24.1%
84 Algeria 23.6%
85 Malaysia 23.3%
86 Tajikistan 23.1%
87 Venezuela 23.0%
88 Cuba 23.0%
89 Ukraine 22.8%
90 Gabon 22.7%
91 Vanuatu 22.6%
92 Latvia 22.3%
93 Moldova 22.3%
94 Israel 22.2%
95 Lesotho 22.2%
96 Turkmenistan 22.2%
97 Iceland 22.2%
98 Kyrgyzstan 22.0%
99 Serbia 21.8%
100 Solomon Islands 21.8%
101 Poland 21.8%
102 Cyprus 21.6%
103 Morocco 21.6%
104 Lithuania 21.3%
105 Kazakhstan 21.1%
106 Mauritius 21.1%
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.0%
108 Belgium 20.9%
109 Belarus 20.6%
110 Germany 20.6%
111 Afghanistan 20.6%
112 Bulgaria 20.3%
113 Estonia 20.3%
114 Norway 20.2%
115 Botswana 19.8%
116 Slovenia 19.8%
117 Equatorial Guinea 19.2%
118 Luxembourg 19.1%
119 Namibia 18.3%
120 Portugal 18.1%
121 Sao Tome and Principe 17.9%
122 Maldives 17.9%
123 Sudan 17.8%
124 Liberia 17.8%
125 Russia 17.6%
126 Sweden 17.5%
127 Andorra 17.1%
128 Montenegro 17.1%
129 Singapore 17.0%
130 Comoros 16.8%
131 Cabo Verde 16.7%
132 Austria 16.5%
133 Thailand 16.4%
134 Cameroon 16.0%
135 Spain 15.3%
136 Somalia 14.9%
137 Zimbabwe 14.7%
138 Netherlands 14.7%
139 Ghana 14.6%
140 Denmark 14.3%
141 Italy 14.0%
142 Nigeria 13.7%
143 Togo 13.4%
144 Yemen 13.3%
145 Mali 13.3%
146 Bhutan 13.1%
147 Côte d'Ivoire 12.8%
148 Guinea-Bissau 12.7%
149 Angola 12.7%
150 Gambia 12.4%
151 Benin 12.3%
152 Congo 12.2%
153 North Korea 12.0%
154 Indonesia 11.8%
155 Djibouti 11.7%
156 Senegal 11.6%
157 Zambia 11.6%
158 Tanzania 11.5%
159 Switzerland 11.3%
160 Kenya 11.3%
161 Sri Lanka 11.2%
162 France 11.2%
163 Haiti 11.1%
164 Central African Republic 10.9%
165 Mozambique 10.7%
166 Guinea 10.6%
167 Philippines 9.6%
168 Uganda 9.5%
169 China 9.3%
170 Laos 9.2%
171 South Sudan 8.9%
172 South Korea 8.4%
173 Sierra Leone 8.2%
174 Myanmar 8.1%
175 India 8.0%
176 Malawi 8.0%
177 Nepal 8.0%
178 Burkina Faso 7.7%
179 Chad 7.4%
180 Niger 6.8%
181 DR Congo 6.7%
182 Japan 5.9%
183 Bangladesh 5.8%
184 Rwanda 5.6%
185 Burundi 5.2%
186 Cambodia 4.9%
187 Madagascar 4.5%
188 Eritrea 4.3%
189 Timor-Leste 3.6%
190 Ethiopia 2.9%
191 Vietnam 2.4%