List of countries by obesity rate
This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2024.
World Health Organization (2022 data)
The data is from the World Health Organization.[1]
Rank | Country | Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI≥30) |
---|---|---|
1 | Tonga | 70.54 |
2 | Nauru | 70.18 |
3 | Tuvalu | 63.93 |
4 | Samoa | 61.24 |
5 | The Bahamas | 47.61 |
6 | Marshall Islands | 47.29 |
7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46.62 |
8 | Kiribati | 46.19 |
9 | Micronesia | 45.6 |
10 | Kuwait | 45.36 |
11 | Qatar | 43.76 |
12 | Egypt | 42.99 |
13 | United States | 42.87 |
14 | Palau | 42.2 |
15 | Belize | 41.91 |
16 | Saudi Arabia | 41.11 |
17 | Chile | 39.52 |
18 | Georgia | 38.94 |
19 | Romania | 38.24 |
20 | Barbados | 38.23 |
21 | Iraq | 37.36 |
22 | Bahrain | 37.19 |
23 | Hungary | 36.4 |
24 | Libya | 36.15 |
25 | Mexico | 36.09 |
26 | Panama | 36.08 |
27 | Argentina | 36.03 |
28 | Croatia | 35.65 |
29 | Jordan | 35.61 |
30 | Uruguay | 34.67 |
31 | Malta | 34.62 |
32 | Turkey | 34.26 |
33 | New Zealand | 34.25 |
34 | Jamaica | 34.18 |
35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.06 |
36 | Saint Lucia | 33.93 |
37 | Fiji | 33.84 |
38 | Greece | 33.68 |
39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.57 |
40 | Israel | 32.82 |
41 | Nicaragua | 32.42 |
42 | Brunei | 32.38 |
43 | Paraguay | 32.08 |
44 | Costa Rica | 31.97 |
45 | Australia | 31.82 |
46 | United Arab Emirates | 31.55 |
47 | Dominica | 31.5 |
48 | Poland | 31.41 |
49 | Czech Republic | 31.3 |
50 | Syria | 31.18 |
51 | Lithuania | 31.14 |
52 | Lebanon | 31.07 |
53 | Ireland | 30.84 |
54 | North Macedonia | 30.65 |
55 | Grenada | 30.49 |
56 | Slovakia | 30.28 |
57 | Seychelles | 30.27 |
58 | Oman | 30.19 |
59 | South Africa | 30.03 |
60 | El Salvador | 29.89 |
61 | Latvia | 29.81 |
62 | Ukraine | 29.2 |
63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.15 |
64 | Dominican Republic | 29.12 |
65 | Suriname | 28.98 |
66 | Brazil | 28.76 |
67 | United Kingdom | 28.71 |
68 | Honduras | 28.54 |
69 | Uzbekistan | 28.52 |
70 | Tunisia | 28.26 |
71 | Russia | 28.05 |
72 | Guyana | 28 |
73 | Armenia | 27.87 |
74 | Bolivia | 27.8 |
75 | Azerbaijan | 27.5 |
76 | Canada | 27.32 |
77 | Eswatini | 27.31 |
78 | Peru | 27.18 |
79 | Portugal | 27.06 |
80 | Ecuador | 26.98 |
81 | Estonia | 26.67 |
82 | Albania | 26.58 |
83 | Belarus | 26.55 |
84 | Serbia | 26.05 |
85 | Moldova | 25.65 |
86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.47 |
87 | Iran | 25.26 |
88 | Guatemala | 25.2 |
89 | Cyprus | 25.11 |
90 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.41 |
91 | Algeria | 24.25 |
92 | Bulgaria | 24.25 |
93 | Germany | 24.16 |
94 | Mongolia | 23.99 |
95 | Colombia | 23.85 |
96 | Finland | 23.7 |
97 | Cuba | 23.54 |
98 | Israel | 23.39 |
99 | Venezuela | 22.84 |
100 | Iceland | 22.59 |
101 | Malaysia | 22.4 |
102 | Slovenia | 22.2 |
103 | Morocco | 22.13 |
104 | Belgium | 22 |
105 | Pakistan | 21.85 |
106 | Solomon Islands | 21.63 |
107 | Italy | 21.55 |
108 | Montenegro | 21.05 |
109 | Mauritania | 20.84 |
110 | Tajikistan | 20.81 |
111 | Andorra | 20.47 |
112 | Luxembourg | 20.21 |
113 | Turkmenistan | 20.16 |
114 | Papua New Guinea | 20.12 |
115 | Gabon | 20 |
116 | Vanuatu | 19.95 |
117 | Norway | 19.77 |
118 | Mauritius | 19.47 |
119 | Kazakhstan | 19.34 |
120 | Lesotho | 19.29 |
121 | Spain | 19.17 |
122 | Afghanistan | 17.59 |
123 | Maldives | 17.57 |
124 | Botswana | 17.46 |
125 | Equatorial Guinea | 17.16 |
126 | Austria | 17.04 |
127 | Netherlands | 16.91 |
128 | Sweden | 16.41 |
129 | Liberia | 16.21 |
130 | Comoros | 15.55 |
131 | Sudan | 15.5 |
132 | Namibia | 15.29 |
133 | Cape Verde | 15.09 |
134 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 15.04 |
135 | Thailand | 14.51 |
136 | Denmark | 14.3 |
137 | Switzerland | 13.74 |
138 | Singapore | 13.54 |
139 | Cameroon | 13.35 |
140 | The Gambia | 13.22 |
141 | Somalia | 12.7 |
142 | Zimbabwe | 12.43 |
143 | Ghana | 12.11 |
144 | Bhutan | 11.98 |
145 | Yemen | 11.56 |
146 | Indonesia | 11.5 |
147 | Tanzania | 11.39 |
148 | Kenya | 11.04 |
149 | France | 10.92 |
150 | North Korea | 10.87 |
151 | Djibouti | 10.87 |
152 | Nigeria | 10.84 |
153 | Sri Lanka | 10.61 |
154 | Ivory Coast | 10.59 |
155 | Angola | 10.54 |
156 | Togo | 10.45 |
157 | Haiti | 10.23 |
158 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.08 |
159 | Mali | 9.95 |
160 | Benin | 9.89 |
161 | Zambia | 9.42 |
162 | Mozambique | 8.78 |
163 | Philippines | 8.74 |
164 | Senegal | 8.68 |
165 | Guinea | 8.29 |
166 | China | 8.21 |
167 | South Sudan | 7.98 |
168 | Republic of the Congo | 7.96 |
169 | Laos | 7.76 |
170 | Central African Republic | 7.67 |
171 | Myanmar | 7.54 |
172 | India | 7.21 |
173 | Uganda | 6.88 |
174 | South Korea | 6.73 |
175 | Nepal | 6.58 |
176 | Sierra Leone | 6.48 |
177 | Malawi | 6.37 |
178 | Burkina Faso | 6.1 |
179 | DR Congo | 5.76 |
180 | Chad | 5.71 |
181 | Niger | 5.33 |
182 | Bangladesh | 5.29 |
183 | Japan | 4.94 |
184 | Rwanda | 4.57 |
185 | Burundi | 4.53 |
186 | Cambodia | 4.39 |
187 | Eritrea | 4.2 |
188 | Madagascar | 3.85 |
189 | Ethiopia | 2.41 |
190 | East Timor | 2.25 |
191 | Vietnam | 2.08 |
~ | Monaco | Unknown |
~ | San Marino | Unknown |
~ | Vatican City | Unknown |
~ | Liechtenstein | Unknown |
See also
References
- ^ "Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 (crude estimate) (%)". who.int. Retrieved 2024-09-02.