List of countries by body mass index

Countries by BMI:

  >30

  28.1–30.0

  27.1–28.0

  26.1–27.0

  23.1–25.0

  22.1–23.0

  <22.0

  No data

The data for mean body mass index by country was published by the World Health Organization. The list below refers to year 2014.

Data

* indicates "Health in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Mean BMI (kg/m²), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 ^[1]

Country	Both	Male	Female
Nauru *	32.5	32.1	32.8
Tonga *	31.9	30.4	33.5
Samoa *	31.7	29.9	33.5
Kuwait *	30.0	29.5	30.8
Saint Kitts and Nevis *	29.7	28.4	30.9
Saint Lucia *	29.6	28.9	30.2
Kiribati *	29.6	28.7	30.5
Palau	29.4	29.4	29.5
Micronesia *	29.4	27.8	31.0
Tuvalu *	29.3	28.7	29.9
Qatar *	29.2	29.0	30.1
Marshall Islands *	29.2	28.4	30.0
Egypt *	29.2	27.6	30.7
United Arab Emirates *	29.0	28.6	29.7
Jordan *	28.9	28.2	29.7
Belize *	28.9	27.6	30.2
Bahamas	28.8	28.0	29.6
Trinidad and Tobago *	28.7	27.9	29.4
Barbados *	28.7	27.4	30.0
United States *	28.8	28.8	28.8
Saudi Arabia *	28.5	28.3	28.7
Libya *	28.4	27.2	29.6
Bahrain *	28.2	28.0	28.6
Mexico *	28.1	27.5	28.7
Antigua and Barbuda *	28.4	27.3	29.5
Syria *	28.1	27.2	29.0
Iraq *	28.0	27.2	28.8
New Zealand *	27.9	28.0	27.8
Lebanon *	27.8	28.0	27.6
Chile *	27.8	27.6	28.0
Turkey *	27.8	27.1	28.5
Argentina *	27.7	27.8	27.5
Ireland *	27.5	27.9	27.1
Andorra *	27.5	27.8	27.1
Kazakhstan *	27.4	27.4	27.5
El Salvador *	27.4	26.8	28.0
Azerbaijan *	27.4	26.6	28.1
Suriname *	27.4	26.5	28.2
Jamaica *	27.4	25.5	29.2
United Kingdom *	27.3	27.5	27.1
Greece *	27.3	27.4	27.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *	27.3	26.5	28.1
South Africa *	27.3	25.4	29.1
Australia *	27.2	27.6	26.8
Canada *	27.2	27.6	26.8
Malta *	27.2	27.5	26.8
Venezuela *	27.2	27.4	27.1
Georgia *	27.2	27.2	27.3
Fiji *	27.2	26.1	28.4
Panama *	27.1	26.4	27.7
Cyprus *	27.0	27.6	26.3
Ecuador *	27.0	26.4	27.7
Grenada *	27.0	25.2	28.7
Dominica *	27.0	25.1	29.0
Czech Republic *	26.9	27.8	26.0
Slovenia *	26.9	27.5	26.3
Oman *	26.9	26.8	27.1
Costa Rica *	26.9	26.7	27.1
Nicaragua *	26.9	26.0	27.8
Uruguay *	26.8	26.7	26.9
Tunisia *	26.8	26.0	27.5
Seychelles *	26.8	25.6	28.0
Spain *	26.7	27.4	26.0
Moldova *	26.7	26.3	27.1
Dominican Republic *	26.7	26.0	27.4
Armenia *	26.7	25.9	27.4
Lithuania *	26.6	27.3	26.0
Belarus *	26.6	27.1	26.2
Eswatini *	26.5	24.1	28.9
Luxembourg *	26.5	27.6	25.5
Slovakia *	26.5	27.4	25.7
Russia *	26.5	26.1	26.8
Guatemala *	26.5	25.8	27.1
Poland *	26.4	27.0	25.7
Turkmenistan *	26.4	26.4	26.4
Honduras *	26.4	25.5	27.3
Guyana *	26.3	25.0	27.6
Hungary *	26.3	27.5	25.2
Germany *	26.3	27.0	25.6
Israel *	26.3	26.3	26.2
Peru *	26.3	25.7	26.9
Iran *	26.2	25.3	27.2
Portugal *	26.2	26.7	25.7
Brunei *	26.2	25.8	26.6
Cuba *	26.2	25.6	26.7
Kyrgyzstan *	26.2	25.6	26.8
Vanuatu *	26.2	25.6	26.8
Algeria *	26.2	25.5	27.0
Albania *	26.1	26.6	25.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina *	26.1	26.5	25.7
Uzbekistan *	26.1	25.9	26.3
Mongolia *	26.0	25.5	26.4
Norway *	26.0	26.9	25.2
Bulgaria *	26.0	26.7	25.3
Montenegro *	26.0	26.5	25.5
Ukraine *	26.0	26.4	25.8
Bolivia *	25.9	24.6	27.3
Colombia *	25.9	25.4	26.5
Brazil *	25.9	25.9	26.0
Iceland *	25.9	26.7	25.1
Finland *	25.9	26.5	25.3
Yemen *	25.8	25.2	26.5
Paraguay *	25.8	25.6	26.0
Latvia *	25.8	26.8	25.1
Sweden *	25.8	26.7	24.9
Serbia *	25.8	26.4	25.2
North Macedonia *	25.8	26.4	25.3
Mauritius *	25.6	25.0	26.2
Equatorial Guinea *	25.6	25.0	26.1
Morocco *	25.6	25.2	25.9
Gabon *	25.5	24.6	26.4
Solomon Islands *	25.5	24.5	26.4
Belgium *	25.5	26.2	24.7
Estonia *	25.5	27.0	24.3
Croatia *	25.5	26.5	24.6
Tajikistan *	25.4	25.5	25.3
Netherlands *	25.4	25.9	25.0
Austria *	25.4	26.5	24.4
Papua New Guinea *	25.3	25.0	25.6
Malaysia *	25.3	25.0	25.6
Romania *	25.3	25.7	24.9
Denmark *	25.3	26.0	24.5
France *	25.3	26.1	24.6
Italy *	25.3	26.1	24.5
Switzerland *	25.3	26.7	23.8
South Sudan *	25.2	23.7	26.7
Sudan *	25.2	23.7	26.7
Maldives *	25.1	24.2	25.9
Lesotho *	24.9	22.7	27.1
Mauritania *	24.8	23.2	26.4
São Tomé and Príncipe *	24.8	23.9	25.6
Botswana *	24.7	22.9	26.6
Cape Verde *	24.7	23.9	25.4
Cameroon *	24.4	23.8	25.1
Namibia *	24.3	22.9	25.6
Ghana *	24.2	23.4	25.1
Comoros *	24.1	23.0	25.1
Thailand *	24.1	23.6	24.6
Angola *	24.1	23.5	24.6
Haiti *	24.1	24.2	24.0
Gambia	24.0	23.0	25.1
Liberia *	24.0	23.2	24.9
China *	23.9	24.2	23.6
South Korea *	23.9	24.3	23.4
Pakistan *	23.8	23.3	24.4
Bhutan *	23.8	23.4	24.2
Singapore *	23.7	24.3	23.2
Ivory Coast *	23.6	23.2	24.1
Zimbabwe *	23.4	21.8	24.5
Benin *	23.4	22.6	24.3
Nigeria *	23.4	22.8	24.0
Congo *	23.3	22.5	24.1
Djibouti *	23.3	22.7	23.9
Togo *	23.2	22.4	24.0
Philippines *	23.2	22.9	23.4
Guinea-Bissau *	23.1	22.2	23.9
Tanzania *	23.1	22.2	24.0
Senegal *	23.0	21.8	24.1
Kenya *	23.0	21.9	24.0
Sri Lanka *	23.0	22.5	23.5
Indonesia *	22.9	22.4	23.4
Sierra Leone *	22.8	22.0	23.6
Malawi *	22.8	22.3	23.3
Mali *	22.8	22.6	23.0
Guinea *	22.7	22.1	23.3
Zambia *	22.6	21.5	23.8
Myanmar *	22.6	22.1	23.2
Laos *	22.6	22.4	22.7
Japan *	22.6	23.6	21.7
Central African Republic *	22.4	21.6	23.2
Mozambique *	22.3	21.6	23.0
Chad *	22.3	22.1	22.5
DR Congo *	22.2	21.8	22.5
Nepal *	22.2	22.4	22.0
Burkina Faso *	22.1	22.1	22.0
Uganda *	22.0	21.0	23.0
Rwanda *	22.0	21.3	22.7
Somalia *	21.9	21.2	22.5
India *	21.9	21.8	22.1
Cambodia *	21.9	21.9	22.0
North Korea *	21.8	21.9	21.8
Niger *	21.7	21.3	22.2
Vietnam *	21.6	21.5	21.6
Afghanistan *	21.6	21.5	21.8
Timor-Leste *	21.2	21.5	21.0
Madagascar *	21.1	20.9	21.2
Bangladesh *	21.0	20.7	21.2
Burundi *	20.9	20.4	21.3
Ethiopia *	20.6	20.2	21.0
Eritrea *	20.5	20.1	21.0

See also

• List of countries by obesity rate

References

1. "Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2014". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2018. (Statistics start on page 200).