List of countries by obesity rate

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Countries by obesity rate, data from WHO 2022

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)

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The data is from the World Health Organization.[1]

Rank Country Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
1 Tonga 70.5
2 Nauru 70.2
3 Tuvalu 63.9
4 Samoa 61.2
5 The Bahamas 47.6
6 Marshall Islands 47.3
7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46.6
8 Kiribati 46.2
9 Micronesia 45.6
10 Kuwait 45.2
11 Qatar 43.8
12 Egypt 43.0
13 United States 42.9
14 Palau 42.2
15 Belize 41.9
16 Saudi Arabia 41.4
17 Chile 39.5
18 Georgia 38.9
19 Romania 38.2
20 Barbados 38.2
21 Iraq 37.4
22 Bahrain 37.2
23 Hungary 36.4
24 Libya 36.2
25 Mexico 36.1
26 Panama 36.1
27 Argentina 36.0
28 Croatia 35.7
29 Jordan 35.6
30 Uruguay 34.7
31 Malta 34.6
32 Turkey 34.3
33 New Zealand 34.2
34 Jamaica 34.2
35 Antigua and Barbuda 34.1
36 Saint Lucia 33.9
37 Fiji 33.8
38 Greece 33.7
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.6
40 Nicaragua 32.4
41 Brunei 32.4
42 Paraguay 32.1
43 Costa Rica 32.0
44 Australia 31.8
45 United Arab Emirates 31.5
46 Dominica 31.5
47 Poland 31.4
48 Czech Republic 31.3
49 Syria 31.2
50 Lithuania 31.1
51 Lebanon 31.1
52 Ireland 30.8
53 North Macedonia 30.6
54 Grenada 30.5
55 Slovakia 30.3
56 Seychelles 30.3
57 Oman 30.2
58 South Africa 30.0
59 El Salvador 29.9
60 Latvia 29.8
61 Ukraine 29.2
62 Trinidad and Tobago 29.2
63 Dominican Republic 29.1
64 Suriname 29.0
65 Brazil 28.8
66 United Kingdom 28.7
67 Honduras 28.5
68 Uzbekistan 28.5
69 Tunisia 28.3
70 Greenland 28.2
71 Russia 28
72 Guyana 28.0
73 Armenia 27.9
74 Bolivia 27.8
75 Azerbaijan 27.5
76 Canada 27.3
77 Eswatini 27.3
78 Peru 27.2
79 Portugal 27.1
80 Ecuador 27.0
81 Estonia 26.7
82 Albania 26.6
83 Belarus 26.6
84 Serbia 26.1
85 Moldova 25.6
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25.5
87 Iran 25.3
88 Guatemala 25.2
89 Cyprus 25.1
90 Kyrgyzstan 24.4
91 Algeria 24.2
92 Bulgaria 24.2
93 Germany 24.2
94 Mongolia 24.0
95 Colombia 23.9
96 Finland 23.7
97 Cuba 23.5
98 Israel 23.4
99 Venezuela 22.8
100 Iceland 22.6
101 Malaysia 22.4
102 Slovenia 22.2
103 Morocco 22.1
104 Belgium 22.0
105 Pakistan 21.8
106 Solomon Islands 21.6
107 Italy 21.6
108 Montenegro 21.1
109 Mauritania 20.8
110 Tajikistan 20.8
111 Andorra 20.5
112 Luxembourg 20.2
113 Turkmenistan 20.2
114 Papua New Guinea 20.1
115 Gabon 20.0
115 Vanuatu 19.9
117 Norway 19.8
118 Mauritius 19.5
119 Kazakhstan 19.3
120 Lesotho 19.3
121 Spain 19.2
122 Afghanistan 17.6
123 Maldives 17.6
124 Botswana 17.5
125 Equatorial Guinea 17.2
126 Austria 17.0
127 Netherlands 16.9
128 Sweden 16.4
129 Liberia 16.2
130 Comoros 15.5
131 Sudan 15.5
132 Namibia 15.3
133 Cape Verde 15.1
134 São Tomé and Príncipe 15.0
135 Thailand 14.5
136 Denmark 14.3
137 Switzerland 13.7
138 Singapore 13.5
139 Cameroon 13.4
140 The Gambia 13.2
141 Somalia 12.7
142 Zimbabwe 12.4
143 Ghana 12.1
144 Bhutan 12.0
145 Yemen 11.6
146 Indonesia 11.5
147 Tanzania 11.4
148 Kenya 11.0
149 France 10.9
150 North Korea 10.9
151 Djibouti 10.9
152 Nigeria 10.8
153 Sri Lanka 10.6
154 Ivory Coast 10.6
155 Angola 10.5
156 Haiti 10.2
157 Togo 10.4
158 Guinea-Bissau 10.1
159 Mali 10.0
160 Benin 9.9
161 Zambia 9.4
162 Mozambique 8.8
163 Philippines 8.7
164 Senegal 8.7
165 Guinea 8.3
166 China 8.2
167 South Sudan 8.0
168 Republic of the Congo 8.0
169 Laos 7.8
170 Central African Republic 7.7
171 Myanmar 7.5
172 India 7.2
173 Uganda 6.9
174 South Korea 6.7
175 Nepal 6.6
176 Sierra Leone 6.5
177 Malawi 6.4
178 Burkina Faso 6.1
179 DR Congo 5.8
180 Chad 5.7
181 Niger 5.3
182 Burundi 4.5
183 Bangladesh 5.3
184 Japan 4.9
185 Eritrea 4.2
186 Rwanda 4.6
187 Cambodia 4.4
188 Madagascar 3.8
189 Ethiopia 2.4
190 East Timor 2.2
191 Vietnam 2.1
~ Monaco Unknown
~ San Marino Unknown
~ Vatican City Unknown
~ Liechtenstein Unknown

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 (crude estimate) (%)". who.int. Retrieved 2024-09-02.