List of countries by obesity rate

Last updated April 28, 2024

This is a list of countries ranked by the proportion of the population that is obese. The data, barring the United States, is derived from The World Factbook authored by the Central Intelligence Agency,^[1] which gives the adult prevalence rate for obesity, defined as "the percent of a country's population considered to be obese". Data for U.S. obesity prevalence is derived from CDC data, recorded through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in March 2017 – 2020.^[2]

Obesity rates by country (%) (The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency, 2016–2024)^[3]
Country	2024	2016
Tonga	77.1	48.2
Cook Islands	69.8	55.9
Tuvalu	62.2	51.6
Niue	61.0	50.0
Nauru	58.1	71.7
Kiribati	56.7	46.0
Samoa	?	47.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	45.0	22.9
Marshall Islands	44.1	52.9
Kuwait	43.8	37.9
Bahamas	43.7	31.6
Antigua and Barbuda	43.1	18.9
United States	42.7	42.1
Libya	42.4	32.5
Qatar	41.4	35.1
Palau	38.0	55.3
Federated States of Micronesia	37.1	45.9
Bahrain	36.9	29.8
Mexico	36.9	28.9
Panama	36.3	22.7
Egypt	35.7	32.0
Chile	34.4	28.0
New Zealand	34.3	30.8
Barbados	33.8	23.1
Belize	33.8	24.1
Iraq	33.5	30.4
Georgia	33.2	21.7
Jordan	32.7	35.5
Argentina	32.4	28.3
Palestine	31.6	?
Saint Lucia	31.6	19.7
Australia	31.3	29.0
Oman	30.7	27.0
Russia	30.3	23.1
Seychelles	30.3	14.0
Fiji	?	30.2
Malta	28.7	28.9
Jamaica	28.6	24.7
Brunei	28.2	14.1
United Arab Emirates	27.8	31.7
El Salvador	27.3	24.6
Lebanon	27.0	32.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.9	23.7
Tunisia	?	26.9
Suriname	?	26.4
Bolivia	26.2	20.2
South Africa	26.2	28.3
Brazil	25.9	22.1
Trinidad and Tobago	25.7	18.6
Grenada	25.2	21.3
Costa Rica	25.1	25.7
Iran	25.0	25.8
Ukraine	24.8	24.1
Venezuela	24.6	25.6
Canada	24.3	29.4
Spain	?	23.8
Hungary	23.8	26.4
Uruguay	23.7	27.9
Guyana	23.6	20.2
Kazakhstan	23.5	21.0
Ecuador	23.4	19.9
Montenegro	?	23.3
Paraguay	23.2	20.3
Kyrgyzstan	23.1	16.6
Croatia	23.0	24.4
Haiti	?	22.7
Moldova	22.7	18.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.3	17.9
Iceland	22.3	21.9
Latvia	22.3	23.6
Finland	?	22.2
Nicaragua	22.0	23.7
Algeria	21.8	27.4
Estonia	21.8	21.2
Honduras	?	21.4
Albania	21.3	21.7
Colombia	21.3	22.3
Guatemala	?	21.2
Ireland	21.0	25.3
Serbia	20.8	21.5
Azerbaijan	20.6	19.9
Eswatini	20.5	16.5
Dominica	20.2	27.9
Saudi Arabia	20.2	35.4
Turkey	20.2	32.1
United Kingdom	20.1	27.8
Morocco	20.0	26.1
Slovenia	19.9	20.2
Czech Republic	19.8	26.0
Malaysia	19.7	15.6
Peru	?	19.7
Armenia	19.5	20.2
Mauritius	19.1	10.8
Slovakia	19.1	20.5
Germany	19.0	22.3
Poland	19.0	23.1
Belarus	18.9	24.5
Lithuania	18.9	26.3
Syria	18.9	27.8
Mongolia	18.5	20.6
Maldives	18.1	8.6
Austria	17.1	20.1
Yemen	?	17.1
Israel	17.0	26.1
France	17.0	21.6
Portugal	16.9	20.8
Dominican Republic	16.6	27.6
Uzbekistan	?	16.6
Denmark	16.5	19.7
Luxembourg	16.5	22.6
Greece	16.4	24.9
Belgium	16.3	22.1
Gabon	16.2	15.0
Sweden	16.0	20.6
Cuba	15.8	24.6
Netherlands	15.5	20.4
Ghana	15.0	10.9
Turkmenistan	15.0	18.6
Vanuatu	14.9	25.2
Cyprus	14.6	21.8
Cape Verde	14.3	11.8
Norway	14.0	23.1
Andorra	13.6	25.6
Comoros	13.5	7.8
Djibouti	?	13.5
Tajikistan	13.5	14.2
Bulgaria	13.3	25.0
Solomon Islands	13.1	22.5
Mauritania	?	12.7
Botswana	11.8	18.9
São Tomé and Príncipe	11.7	12.4
Thailand	11.6	10.0
Lesotho	11.5	16.6
Bhutan	11.4	6.4
Cameroon	?	11.4
Switzerland	11.0	19.5
Romania	10.9	22.5
Kenya	10.8	7.1
Singapore	10.6	6.1
North Macedonia	10.5	22.4
Italy	10.4	19.9
Gambia	?	10.3
Afghanistan	10.3	5.5
Ivory Coast	?	10.3
Sudan	10.3	6.6
Liberia	?	9.9
Benin	?	9.6
Republic of the Congo	?	9.6
Sri Lanka	9.6	5.2
Guinea-Bissau	?	9.5
Philippines	9.3	6.4
Mozambique	9.1	7.2
Nigeria	?	8.9
Sierra Leone	?	8.7
Mali	?	8.6
Pakistan	9.8	8.6
Tanzania	?	8.4
Togo	?	8.4
Namibia	8.4	17.2
Equatorial Guinea	8.3	8.0
Somalia	?	8.3
Guinea	?	7.7
Zimbabwe	7.7	15.5
Malawi	7.6	5.8
Zambia	7.5	8.1
Central African Republic	7.2	7.5
Nepal	7.2	4.1
Indonesia	?	6.9
Angola	6.8	8.2
North Korea	?	6.8
Papua New Guinea	6.8	21.3
Senegal	6.4	8.8
Democratic Republic of the Congo	?	6.7
South Sudan	?	6.6
China	6.5	6.2
Chad	?	6.1
Myanmar	?	5.8
Burkina Faso	?	5.6
Republic of Korea	5.9	4.7
Laos	5.6	5.3
India	5.5	3.9
Bangladesh	5.4	3.6
Burundi	?	5.4
Madagascar	?	5.3
Niger	4.9	5.5
Uganda	4.6	5.3
Japan	4.5	4.3
Rwanda	4.3	5.8
Cambodia	?	3.9
Eritrea	3.4	5.0
Vietnam	1.7	2.1
Timor-Leste	1.1	3.8
Ethiopia	1.0	4.5

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References

↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2020-08-02.
↑ "Obesity is a Common, Serious, and Costly Disease". 20 July 2022.
↑ "Obesity Rates by Country 2024".

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[1] "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2020-08-02.

[2] "Obesity is a Common, Serious, and Costly Disease". 20 July 2022.

[3] "Obesity Rates by Country 2024".

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