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List of countries by obesity rate

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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. There are 191 registered countries on this ranking. This excludes Monaco, Liechtenstein, Vatican City and San Marino.

Tables

· World Health Organization (2022 data)
1
1
Rank
1
Country
Tonga
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
72.5
2
2
Rank
2
Country
Nauru
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
70.7
3
3
Rank
3
Country
Tuvalu
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
63.9
4
4
Rank
4
Country
Samoa
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
61.2
5
5
Rank
5
Country
The Bahamas
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
47.6
6
6
Rank
6
Country
Marshall Islands
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
47.3
7
7
Rank
7
Country
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
46.6
8
8
Rank
8
Country
Kiribati
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
46.2
9
9
Rank
9
Country
Micronesia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
45.6
10
10
Rank
10
Country
Kuwait
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
45.2
11
11
Rank
11
Country
Qatar
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
43.8
12
12
Rank
12
Country
Egypt
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
43.0
13
13
Rank
13
Country
United States
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
42.9
14
14
Rank
14
Country
Palau
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
42.2
15
15
Rank
15
Country
Belize
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
41.9
16
16
Rank
16
Country
Saudi Arabia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
41.4
17
17
Rank
17
Country
Chile
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
39.5
18
18
Rank
18
Country
Georgia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
38.9
19
19
Rank
19
Country
Romania
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
38.2
20
20
Rank
20
Country
Barbados
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
38.2
21
21
Rank
21
Country
Iraq
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
37.4
22
22
Rank
22
Country
Bahrain
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
37.2
23
23
Rank
23
Country
Hungary
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
36.4
24
24
Rank
24
Country
Libya
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
36.2
25
25
Rank
25
Country
Mexico
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
36.1
26
26
Rank
26
Country
Panama
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
36.1
27
27
Rank
27
Country
Argentina
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
36.0
28
28
Rank
28
Country
Croatia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
35.7
29
29
Rank
29
Country
Jordan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
35.6
30
30
Rank
30
Country
Uruguay
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
34.7
31
31
Rank
31
Country
Malta
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
34.6
32
32
Rank
32
Country
Turkey
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
34.3
33
33
Rank
33
Country
New Zealand
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
34.2
34
34
Rank
34
Country
Jamaica
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
34.2
35
35
Rank
35
Country
Antigua and Barbuda
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
34.1
36
36
Rank
36
Country
Saint Lucia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
33.9
37
37
Rank
37
Country
Fiji
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
33.8
38
38
Rank
38
Country
Greece
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
33.7
39
39
Rank
39
Country
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
33.6
40
40
Rank
40
Country
Nicaragua
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
32.4
41
41
Rank
41
Country
Brunei
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
32.4
42
42
Rank
42
Country
Paraguay
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
32.1
43
43
Rank
43
Country
Costa Rica
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
32.0
44
44
Rank
44
Country
Australia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
31.8
45
45
Rank
45
Country
United Arab Emirates
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
31.5
46
46
Rank
46
Country
Dominica
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
31.5
47
47
Rank
47
Country
Poland
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
31.4
48
48
Rank
48
Country
Czech Republic
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
31.3
49
49
Rank
49
Country
Syria
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
31.2
50
50
Rank
50
Country
Lithuania
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
31.1
51
51
Rank
51
Country
Lebanon
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
31.1
52
52
Rank
52
Country
Ireland
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
30.8
53
53
Rank
53
Country
North Macedonia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
30.6
54
54
Rank
54
Country
Grenada
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
30.5
55
55
Rank
55
Country
Slovakia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
30.3
56
56
Rank
56
Country
Seychelles
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
30.3
57
57
Rank
57
Country
Oman
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
30.2
58
58
Rank
58
Country
South Africa
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
30.0
59
59
Rank
59
Country
El Salvador
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
29.9
60
60
Rank
60
Country
Latvia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
29.8
61
61
Rank
61
Country
Ukraine
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
29.2
62
62
Rank
62
Country
Trinidad and Tobago
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
29.2
63
63
Rank
63
Country
Dominican Republic
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
29.1
64
64
Rank
64
Country
Suriname
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
29.0
65
65
Rank
65
Country
Brazil
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
28.8
66
66
Rank
66
Country
United Kingdom
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
28.7
67
67
Rank
67
Country
Honduras
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
28.5
68
68
Rank
68
Country
Uzbekistan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
28.5
69
69
Rank
69
Country
Tunisia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
28.3
70
70
Rank
70
Country
Greenland
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
28.2
71
71
Rank
71
Country
Russia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
28
72
72
Rank
72
Country
Guyana
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
28.0
73
73
Rank
73
Country
Armenia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
27.9
74
74
Rank
74
Country
Bolivia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
27.8
75
75
Rank
75
Country
Azerbaijan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
27.5
76
76
Rank
76
Country
Canada
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
27.3
77
77
Rank
77
Country
Eswatini
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
27.3
78
78
Rank
78
Country
Peru
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
27.2
79
79
Rank
79
Country
Portugal
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
27.1
80
80
Rank
80
Country
Ecuador
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
27.0
81
81
Rank
81
Country
Estonia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
26.7
82
82
Rank
82
Country
Albania
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
26.6
83
83
Rank
83
Country
Belarus
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
26.6
84
84
Rank
84
Country
Serbia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
26.1
85
85
Rank
85
Country
Moldova
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
25.6
86
86
Rank
86
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
25.5
87
87
Rank
87
Country
Iran
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
25.3
88
88
Rank
88
Country
Guatemala
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
25.2
89
89
Rank
89
Country
Cyprus
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
25.1
90
90
Rank
90
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
24.4
91
91
Rank
91
Country
Algeria
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
24.2
92
92
Rank
92
Country
Bulgaria
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
24.2
93
93
Rank
93
Country
Germany
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
24.2
94
94
Rank
94
Country
Mongolia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
24.0
95
95
Rank
95
Country
Colombia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
23.9
96
96
Rank
96
Country
Finland
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
23.7
97
97
Rank
97
Country
Cuba
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
23.5
98
98
Rank
98
Country
Israel
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
23.4
99
99
Rank
99
Country
Venezuela
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
22.8
100
100
Rank
100
Country
Iceland
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
22.6
101
101
Rank
101
Country
Malaysia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
22.4
102
102
Rank
102
Country
Slovenia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
22.2
103
103
Rank
103
Country
Morocco
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
22.1
104
104
Rank
104
Country
Belgium
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
22.0
105
105
Rank
105
Country
Pakistan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
21.8
106
106
Rank
106
Country
Solomon Islands
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
21.6
107
107
Rank
107
Country
Italy
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
21.6
108
108
Rank
108
Country
Montenegro
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
21.1
109
109
Rank
109
Country
Mauritania
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
20.8
110
110
Rank
110
Country
Tajikistan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
20.8
111
111
Rank
111
Country
Andorra
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
20.5
112
112
Rank
112
Country
Luxembourg
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
20.2
113
113
Rank
113
Country
Turkmenistan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
20.2
114
114
Rank
114
Country
Papua New Guinea
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
20.1
115
115
Rank
115
Country
Gabon
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
20.0
115
115
Rank
115
Country
Vanuatu
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
19.9
117
117
Rank
117
Country
Norway
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
19.8
118
118
Rank
118
Country
Mauritius
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
19.5
119
119
Rank
119
Country
Kazakhstan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
19.3
120
120
Rank
120
Country
Lesotho
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
19.3
121
121
Rank
121
Country
Spain
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
19.2
122
122
Rank
122
Country
Afghanistan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
17.6
123
123
Rank
123
Country
Maldives
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
17.6
124
124
Rank
124
Country
Botswana
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
17.5
125
125
Rank
125
Country
Equatorial Guinea
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
17.2
126
126
Rank
126
Country
Austria
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
17.0
127
127
Rank
127
Country
Netherlands
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
16.9
128
128
Rank
128
Country
Sweden
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
16.4
129
129
Rank
129
Country
Liberia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
16.2
130
130
Rank
130
Country
Comoros
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
15.5
131
131
Rank
131
Country
Sudan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
15.5
132
132
Rank
132
Country
Namibia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
15.3
133
133
Rank
133
Country
Cape Verde
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
15.1
134
134
Rank
134
Country
São Tomé and Príncipe
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
15.0
135
135
Rank
135
Country
Thailand
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
14.5
136
136
Rank
136
Country
Denmark
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
14.3
137
137
Rank
137
Country
Switzerland
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
13.7
138
138
Rank
138
Country
Singapore
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
13.5
139
139
Rank
139
Country
Cameroon
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
13.4
140
140
Rank
140
Country
The Gambia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
13.2
141
141
Rank
141
Country
Somalia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
12.7
142
142
Rank
142
Country
Zimbabwe
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
12.4
143
143
Rank
143
Country
Ghana
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
12.1
144
144
Rank
144
Country
Bhutan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
12.0
145
145
Rank
145
Country
Yemen
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
11.6
146
146
Rank
146
Country
Indonesia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
11.5
147
147
Rank
147
Country
Tanzania
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
11.4
148
148
Rank
148
Country
Kenya
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
11.0
149
149
Rank
149
Country
France
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.9
150
150
Rank
150
Country
Djibouti
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.9
151
151
Rank
151
Country
Nigeria
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.8
152
152
Rank
152
Country
Sri Lanka
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.6
153
153
Rank
153
Country
Ivory Coast
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.6
154
154
Rank
154
Country
Angola
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.5
155
155
Rank
155
Country
Haiti
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.2
156
156
Rank
156
Country
Togo
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.4
157
157
Rank
157
Country
Guinea-Bissau
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.1
158
158
Rank
158
Country
Mali
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.0
159
159
Rank
159
Country
Benin
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
9.9
160
160
Rank
160
Country
Zambia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
9.4
161
161
Rank
161
Country
Mozambique
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
8.8
162
162
Rank
162
Country
Philippines
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
8.7
163
163
Rank
163
Country
Senegal
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
8.7
164
164
Rank
164
Country
Guinea
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
8.3
165
165
Rank
165
Country
China
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
8.2
166
166
Rank
166
Country
South Sudan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
8.0
167
167
Rank
167
Country
Republic of the Congo
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
8.0
168
168
Rank
168
Country
Laos
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
7.8
169
169
Rank
169
Country
Central African Republic
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
7.7
170
170
Rank
170
Country
Myanmar
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
7.5
171
171
Rank
171
Country
India
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
7.2
172
172
Rank
172
Country
Uganda
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
6.9
173
173
Rank
173
Country
South Korea
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
6.7
174
174
Rank
174
Country
Nepal
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
6.6
175
175
Rank
175
Country
Sierra Leone
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
6.5
176
176
Rank
176
Country
Malawi
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
6.4
177
177
Rank
177
Country
Burkina Faso
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
6.1
178
178
Rank
178
Country
DR Congo
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
5.8
179
179
Rank
179
Country
Chad
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
5.7
180
180
Rank
180
Country
Niger
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
5.3
181
181
Rank
181
Country
Burundi
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
4.5
182
182
Rank
182
Country
Bangladesh
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
5.3
183
183
Rank
183
Country
Japan
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
4.9
184
184
Rank
184
Country
Eritrea
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
4.2
185
185
Rank
185
Country
Rwanda
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
4.6
186
186
Rank
186
Country
Cambodia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
4.4
187
187
Rank
187
Country
Madagascar
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
3.8
188
188
Rank
188
Country
Ethiopia
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
2.4
189
189
Rank
189
Country
East Timor
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
2.2
190
190
Rank
190
Country
Vietnam
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
2.1
191
191
Rank
191
Country
North Korea
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
10.9
~
~
Rank
~
Country
Monaco
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
Unknown
~
~
Rank
~
Country
San Marino
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
Unknown
~
~
Rank
~
Country
Vatican City
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
Unknown
~
~
Rank
~
Country
Liechtenstein
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
Unknown
Rank
Country
Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
1
Tonga
72.5
2
Nauru
70.7
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
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