List of countries by obesity rate
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This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2024. There are 191 registered countries on this ranking. This excludes Monaco, Liechtenstein, Vatican City and San Marino
World Health Organization (2022 data)
[edit]The data is from the World Health Organization.[1]
Rank | Country | Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30) |
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1 | Samoa | 81.48 |
2 | Nauru | 74.97 |
3 | Tonga | 74.48 |
4 | Tuvalu | 69.25 |
5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 54.54 |
6 | The Bahamas | 51.69 |
7 | Marshall Islands | 51.46 |
8 | Kiribati | 51.42 |
9 | Micronesia | 51.31 |
10 | Qatar | 50.7 |
11 | Kuwait | 50.14 |
12 | Palau | 47.22 |
13 | Egypt | 46.46 |
14 | Saudi Arabia | 46.41 |
15 | Belize | 46.33 |
16 | United States | 45.58 |
17 | Bahrain | 44.53 |
18 | Barbados | 44.3 |
19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44.25 |
20 | Chile | 43.6 |
21 | Georgia | 43.41 |
22 | Romania | 42.21 |
23 | Iraq | 42.16 |
24 | Libya | 42.08 |
25 | Uruguay | 39.97 |
26 | Fiji | 39.95 |
27 | Malta | 39.86 |
28 | Hungary | 39.65 |
29 | Panama | 39.64 |
30 | North Macedonia | 39.37 |
31 | Nicaragua | 39.13 |
32 | Croatia | 38.98 |
33 | Argentina | 38.84 |
34 | Jordan | 38.48 |
35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 38.39 |
36 | Paraguay | 38.15 |
37 | Jamaica | 38.11 |
38 | Syria | 37.91 |
39 | Dominica | 37.89 |
40 | Mexico | 37.79 |
41 | Lithuania | 37.67 |
42 | Greece | 37.38 |
43 | Saint Lucia | 37.29 |
44 | Turkey | 37.18 |
45 | Brunei | 36.77 |
46 | Costa Rica | 36.33 |
47 | Grenada | 36.33 |
48 | New Zealand | 36.21 |
49 | United Arab Emirates | 35.88 |
50 | Latvia | 35.86 |
51 | Seychelles | 35.62 |
52 | Honduras | 35.53 |
53 | Slovakia | 35.42 |
54 | Suriname | 35.42 |
55 | Lebanon | 35.22 |
56 | Ireland | 35.17 |
57 | Australia | 34.85 |
58 | Poland | 34.76 |
59 | Czech Republic | 34.42 |
60 | El Salvador | 34.39 |
61 | Oman | 34.38 |
62 | Tunisia | 34.19 |
63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.94 |
64 | Ukraine | 32.84 |
65 | Dominican Republic | 32.83 |
66 | South Africa | 32.78 |
67 | Guyana | 32.27 |
68 | Cyprus | 32.25 |
69 | Greenland | 31.94 |
70 | Russia | 31.65 |
71 | Armenia | 31.6 |
72 | Eswatini | 31.46 |
73 | Uzbekistan | 31.42 |
74 | Portugal | 31.34 |
75 | Brazil | 31.28 |
76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.27 |
77 | Bolivia | 31.2 |
78 | Estonia | 31.1 |
79 | Azerbaijan | 31.02 |
80 | United Kingdom | 30.7 |
81 | Serbia | 30.18 |
82 | Canada | 30.05 |
83 | Albania | 29.98 |
84 | Ecuador | 29.63 |
85 | Belarus | 29.28 |
86 | Guatemala | 28.74 |
87 | Peru | 28.6 |
88 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.53 |
89 | Moldova | 28.38 |
90 | Algeria | 27.71 |
91 | Iceland | 27.66 |
92 | Germany | 27.62 |
93 | Montenegro | 27.5 |
94 | Bulgaria | 26.99 |
95 | Andorra | 26.98 |
96 | Iran | 26.97 |
97 | Mongolia | 26.86 |
98 | Finland | 26.66 |
99 | Israel | 26.66 |
100 | Cuba | 26.57 |
101 | Colombia | 26.47 |
102 | Papua New Guinea | 26.34 |
103 | Guinea | 26.34 |
104 | Venezuela | 25.82 |
105 | Solomon Islands | 25.8 |
106 | Morocco | 25.5 |
107 | Belgium | 25.31 |
108 | Vanuatu | 25.04 |
109 | Malaysia | 25.01 |
110 | Slovenia | 24.79 |
111 | Mauritania | 24.58 |
112 | Pakistan | 24.45 |
113 | Luxembourg | 24.18 |
114 | Italy | 24.12 |
115 | Tajikistan | 24.11 |
116 | Gabon | 23.97 |
117 | Norway | 23.4 |
118 | Turkmenistan | 22.9 |
119 | Mauritius | 22.86 |
120 | Lesotho | 22.67 |
121 | Equatorial Guinea | 22.64 |
122 | Kazakhstan | 22.31 |
123 | Spain | 22.08 |
124 | Botswana | 21.21 |
125 | Netherlands | 20.5 |
126 | Afghanistan | 20.42 |
127 | Austria | 20.36 |
128 | Sweden | 19.85 |
129 | Maldives | 19.82 |
130 | Namibia | 19.33 |
131 | Comoros | 19.19 |
132 | Sudan | 18.4 |
133 | Liberia | 18.08 |
134 | North Korea | 17.67 |
135 | Djibouti | 17.45 |
136 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 17.42 |
137 | Cape Verde | 17.36 |
138 | Somalia | 17.31 |
139 | Denmark | 16.63 |
140 | Thailand | 16.54 |
141 | Singapore | 16.32 |
142 | Switzerland | 16.05 |
143 | The Gambia | 15.98 |
144 | Cameroon | 15.72 |
145 | Zimbabwe | 15.1 |
146 | Yemen | 15.05 |
147 | Angola | 14.87 |
148 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.39 |
149 | Bhutan | 14.03 |
150 | Ghana | 13.98 |
151 | Tanzania | 13.82 |
152 | Indonesia | 13.42 |
153 | Ivory Coast | 13.28 |
154 | Haiti | 12.79 |
155 | Nigeria | 12.77 |
156 | Niger | 12.77 |
157 | Mali | 12.76 |
158 | Kenya | 12.45 |
159 | France | 12.36 |
160 | Sri Lanka | 12.34 |
161 | Togo | 11.97 |
162 | Benin | 11.89 |
163 | South Sudan | 11.6 |
164 | Zambia | 11.39 |
165 | Mozambique | 11.12 |
166 | Philippines | 10.76 |
167 | Senegal | 10.76 |
168 | Laos | 10.45 |
169 | Central African Republic | 10.25 |
170 | Myanmar | 9.53 |
171 | China | 9.31 |
172 | Chad | 8.39 |
173 | India | 8.02 |
174 | Uganda | 7.96 |
175 | Sierra Leone | 7.89 |
176 | Malawi | 7.8 |
177 | Nepal | 7.76 |
178 | Burundi | 7.66 |
179 | Republic of the Congo | 7.54 |
180 | DR Congo | 7.54 |
181 | South Korea | 7.49 |
182 | Burkina Faso | 7.08 |
183 | Bangladesh | 6.2 |
184 | Eritrea | 6.12 |
185 | Japan | 5.8 |
186 | Madagascar | 5.73 |
187 | Rwanda | 5.39 |
188 | Cambodia | 5.22 |
189 | Ethiopia | 3.13 |
190 | East Timor | 3.09 |
191 | Vietnam | 2.68 |
~ | Monaco | Unknown |
~ | San Marino | Unknown |
~ | Vatican City | Unknown |
~ | Liechtenstein | Unknown |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 (crude estimate) (%)". who.int. Retrieved 2024-09-02.