List of countries by obesity rate

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This is a list of countries by obesity rate.

World Health Organization (2024)

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

RankCountryPercentage Of Adults With Obesity (BMI≥30)
1Mexico - VD70.54
2Nauru70.18
3Tuvalu63.93
4Samoa61.24
5Bahamas47.61
6Marshall Islands47.29
7Saint Kitts and Nevis46.62
8Kiribati46.19
9Micronesia45.6
10Kuwait45.36
11Qatar43.76
12Egypt42.99
13United States of America42.87
14Palau42.2
15Belize41.91
16Saudi Arabia41.11
17Chile39.52
18Georgia38.94
19Romania38.24
20Barbados38.23
21Iraq37.36
22Bahrain37.19
23Hungary36.4
24Libya36.15
25Mexico36.09
26Panama36.08
27Argentina36.03
28Croatia35.65
29Jordan35.61
30Uruguay34.67
31Malta34.62
32Turkey34.26
33New Zealand34.25
34Jamaica34.18
35Antigua and Barbuda34.06
36Saint Lucia33.93
37Fiji33.84
38Greece33.68
39Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.57
40State Of Palestine32.82
41Nicaragua32.42
42Brunei Darussalam32.38
43Paraguay32.08
44Costa Rica31.97
45Australia31.82
46United Arab Emirates31.55
47Dominica31.5
48Poland31.41
49Czechia31.3
50Syrian Arab Republic31.18
51Lithuania31.14
52Lebanon31.07
53Ireland30.84
54North Macedonia30.65
55Grenada30.49
56Slovakia30.28
57Seychelles30.27
58Oman30.19
59South Africa30.03
60El Salvador29.89
61Latvia29.81
62Ukraine29.2
63Trinidad and Tobago29.15
64Dominican Republic29.12
65Suriname28.98
66Brazil28.76
67United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland28.71
68Honduras28.54
69Uzbekistan28.52
70Tunisia28.26
71Russian Federation28.05
72Guyana28
73Armenia27.87
74Bolivia (Plurinational State of)27.8
75Azerbaijan27.5
76Canada27.32
77Eswatini27.31
78Peru27.18
79Portugal27.06
80Ecuador26.98
81Estonia26.67
82Albania26.58
83Belarus26.55
84Serbia26.05
85Republic of Moldova25.65
86Bosnia and Herzegovina25.47
87Iran (Islamic Republic of)25.26
88Guatemala25.2
89Cyprus25.11
90Kyrgyzstan24.41
91Algeria24.25
92Bulgaria24.25
93Germany24.16
94Mongolia23.99
95Colombia23.85
96Finland23.7
97Cuba23.54
98Israel23.39
99Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)22.84
100Iceland22.59
101Malaysia22.4
102Slovenia22.2
103Morocco22.13
104Belgium22
105Pakistan21.85
106Solomon Islands21.63
107Italy21.55
108Montenegro21.05
109Mauritania20.84
110Tajikistan20.81
111Andorra20.47
112Luxembourg20.21
113Turkmenistan20.16
114Papua New Guinea20.12
115Gabon20
116Vanuatu19.95
117Norway19.77
118Mauritius19.47
119Kazakhstan19.34
120Lesotho19.29
121Spain19.17
122Afghanistan17.59
123Maldives17.57
124Botswana17.46
125Equatorial Guinea17.16
126Austria17.04
127Netherlands (Kingdom of the)16.91
128Sweden16.41
129Liberia16.21
130Comoros15.55
131Sudan15.5
132Namibia15.29
133Cabo Verde15.09
134Sao Tome and Principe15.04
135Thailand14.51
136Denmark14.3
137Switzerland13.74
138Singapore13.54
139Cameroon13.35
140Gambia13.22
141Somalia12.7
142Zimbabwe12.43
143Ghana12.11
144Bhutan11.98
145Yemen11.56
146Indonesia11.5
147Tanzania11.39
148Kenya11.04
149France10.92
150Democratic People's Republic of Korea10.87
151Djibouti10.87
152Nigeria10.84
153Sri Lanka10.61
154Cote d'Ivoire10.59
155Angola10.54
156Togo10.45
157Haiti10.23
158Guinea-Bissau10.08
159Mali9.95
160Benin9.89
161Zambia9.42
162Mozambique8.78
163Philippines8.74
164Senegal8.68
165Guinea8.29
166China8.21
167South Sudan7.98
168Congo7.96
169Laos7.76
170Central African Republic7.67
171Myanmar7.54
172India7.21
173Uganda6.88
174South Korea6.73
175Nepal6.58
176Sierra Leone6.48
177Malawi6.37
178Burkina Faso6.1
179Democratic Republic of the Congo5.76
180Chad5.71
181Niger5.33
182Bangladesh5.29
183Japan4.94
184Rwanda4.57
185Burundi4.53
186Cambodia4.39
187Eritrea4.2
188Madagascar3.85
189Ethiopia2.41
190Timor-Leste2.25
191Viet Nam2.08
~MonacoUNKNOWN
~San MarinoUNKNOWN
~Holy SeeUNKNOWN
~LiechtensteinUNKNOWN

Global Obesity Observatory (2024)

The following data is from the World Obesity Federation's Global Obesity Observatory and world factbook details. These data are referenced from NCD Risk Factor collaboration and UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Malnutrition Estimates for the referenced time frame till 9 August 2024 and considering the average of obesity in men, women, boys and girls. [2]

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Obesity rates by country (%) (2016 and 2024) [2] [3]
Country2024 [2] 2016 [3]
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 52.6 Decrease Positive.svg55.9
Flag of Niue.svg  Niue 51.0 Increase Negative.svg50.0
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 49.7 Increase Negative.svg48.2
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 42.9 Decrease Positive.svg55.3
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 42.7 Increase Negative.svg42.1
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 42.5 Increase Negative.svg18.9
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 42.2 Decrease Positive.svg51.6
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 40.5 Decrease Positive.svg47.3
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 38.6 Decrease Positive.svg45.9
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 37.4 Decrease Positive.svg71.7
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 34.4 Decrease Positive.svg37.9
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 32.1 Increase Negative.svg31.6
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 31.4 Decrease Positive.svg35.1
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 29.8 Increase Negative.svg22.9
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 27.8 Decrease Positive.svg29.8
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 27.5 Decrease Positive.svg28.9
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 26.4 Increase Negative.svg24.1
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 26.0 Decrease Positive.svg46.0
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 24.9 Decrease Positive.svg32.0
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 24.2 Decrease Positive.svg32.5
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 24.2 Decrease Positive.svg28.0
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 23.8 Increase Negative.svg23.1
Flag of South Korea.svg  Republic of Korea 23.4 Increase Negative.svg4.7
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 23.2 Increase Negative.svg14.1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23.1 Decrease Positive.svg30.8
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 23.1 Increase Negative.svg22.7
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 22.7 Increase Negative.svg18.9
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 22.3 Decrease Positive.svg31.7
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 22.3 Increase Negative.svg21.7
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 22.1 Increase Negative.svg21.4
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 22.1 Increase Negative.svg14.0
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 22.0 Decrease Positive.svg35.5
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 21.9 Decrease Positive.svg27.0
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 21.8 Decrease Positive.svg28.9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21.7 Decrease Positive.svg27.8
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 20.9 Decrease Positive.svg23.7
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 20.9 Increase Negative.svg18.6
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 20.6 Increase Negative.svg19.9
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 20.5 Decrease Positive.svg52.9
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 20.5 Decrease Positive.svg22.2
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 20.3 Decrease Positive.svg30.4
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 20.2 Decrease Positive.svg28.3
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 20.2 Increase Negative.svg19.9
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 20.2 Increase Negative.svg19.7
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.1 Decrease Positive.svg23.7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 19.9 Decrease Positive.svg29.0
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 19.6 Decrease Positive.svg25.7
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 19.3 Decrease Positive.svg19.7
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 19.2 Decrease Positive.svg30.2
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 19.0 Decrease Positive.svg24.4
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19.0 Decrease Positive.svg23.1
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 18.9 Decrease Positive.svg24.5
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.8 Decrease Positive.svg26.4
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 18.7 Decrease Positive.svg24.7
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 17.8 Decrease Positive.svg25.8
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 17.7 Decrease Positive.svg24.6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17.5 Decrease Positive.svg29.4
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 17.5 Decrease Positive.svg22.1
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 17.2 Decrease Positive.svg21.8
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 17.1 Increase Negative.svg15.6
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 17.0 Decrease Positive.svg27.9
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16.9 Decrease Positive.svg24.9
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 16.5 Decrease Positive.svg32.0
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 16.5 Decrease Positive.svg22.6
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 16.4 Decrease Positive.svg21.3
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 16.3 Decrease Positive.svg23.1
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 16.2 Decrease Positive.svg26.4
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 16.0 Decrease Positive.svg28.3
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 16.0 Decrease Positive.svg20.2
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 15.9 Decrease Positive.svg21.2
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 15.8 Decrease Positive.svg24.6
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 15.6 Decrease Positive.svg35.4
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 15.6 Decrease Positive.svg32.1
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 15.6 Decrease Positive.svg20.3
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 15.6 Decrease Positive.svg16.6
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 15.5 Decrease Positive.svg20.2
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 15.4 Decrease Positive.svg23.6
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 15.2 Decrease Positive.svg21.0
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 15.1 Increase Negative.svg8.3
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 15.0 Decrease Positive.svg20.5
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 14.9 Decrease Positive.svg27.9
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 14.9 Decrease Positive.svg22.3
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 14.8 Decrease Positive.svg21.5
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14.8 Decrease Positive.svg20.8
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14.7 Decrease Positive.svg22.3
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14.6 Decrease Positive.svg25.3
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 14.6 Decrease Positive.svg21.7
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 14.6 Increase Negative.svg11.8
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 14.2 Decrease Positive.svg26.0
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 14.1 Decrease Positive.svg20.2
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 14.0 Decrease Positive.svg21.2
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13.8 Decrease Positive.svg23.8
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 13.8 Increase Negative.svg10.8
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 13.7 Decrease Positive.svg25.6
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 13.7 Decrease Positive.svg25.0
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 13.7 Decrease Positive.svg21.9
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 13.6 Decrease Positive.svg27.6
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 13.5 Decrease Positive.svg25.6
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 13.5 Decrease Positive.svg24.1
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 13.2 Decrease Positive.svg20.1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 13.2 Decrease Positive.svg16.6
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 13.0 Decrease Positive.svg26.3
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 13.0 Decrease Positive.svg23.3
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13.0 Decrease Positive.svg20.6
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 12.9 Decrease Positive.svg22.4
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.8 Decrease Positive.svg17.9
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 12.7 Decrease Positive.svg27.4
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 12.6 Decrease Positive.svg20.2
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 12.5 Decrease Positive.svg27.8
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 12.5 Decrease Positive.svg22.5
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 12.2 Increase Negative.svg6.6
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 12.0 Decrease Positive.svg26.1
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 11.8 Decrease Positive.svg16.5
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 11.7 Increase Negative.svg8.6
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 11.5 Decrease Positive.svg26.1
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 11.4 Decrease Positive.svg16.6
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 11.2 Decrease Positive.svg22.7
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 11.1 Decrease Positive.svg19.7
Flag of France.svg  France 10.7 Decrease Positive.svg21.6
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 10.4 Decrease Positive.svg12.7
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 10.2 Decrease Positive.svg15.0
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan 10.0 Increase Negative.svg5.5
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 9.9 Decrease Positive.svg20.6
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.9 Decrease Positive.svg19.9
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 9.8 Increase Negative.svg7.5
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 9.7 Decrease Positive.svg22.1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 9.7 Decrease Positive.svg20.4
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau ?9.5
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 9.4 Decrease Positive.svg12.4
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 9.2 Increase Negative.svg8.6
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 9.1 Decrease Positive.svg26.9
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 9.1 Decrease Positive.svg18.6
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 9.1 Decrease Positive.svg10.3
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 8.8 Decrease Positive.svg8.9
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 8.7 Increase Negative.svg8.6
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 8.7 Increase Negative.svg7.8
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 8.6 Decrease Positive.svg25.2
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 8.6 Decrease Positive.svg18.9
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 8.6 Increase Negative.svg8.0
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 8.4 Increase Negative.svg7.7
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8.3 Decrease Positive.svg23.1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 8.3 Decrease Positive.svg19.5
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 8.1 Increase Negative.svg6.1
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 7.8 Decrease Positive.svg22.5
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 7.8 Decrease Positive.svg10.0
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 7.7 Decrease Positive.svg10.9
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 7.6 Decrease Positive.svg15.5
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 7.6 Decrease Positive.svg8.4
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 7.6 Increase Negative.svg5.8
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 7.0 Decrease Positive.svg14.2
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 6.9 Decrease Positive.svg21.3
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 6.9 Increase Negative.svg5.2
Flag of Liberia 23px.svg  Liberia 6.8 Decrease Positive.svg9.9
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea ?6.8
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 6.8 Increase Negative.svg6.4
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 6.7 Decrease Positive.svg8.2
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 6.7 Increase Negative.svg6.4
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 6.6 Decrease Positive.svg10.3
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan ?6.6
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 6.5 Decrease Positive.svg11.4
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 6.1 Decrease Positive.svg6.9
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.1 Decrease Positive.svg6.2
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 6.0 Decrease Positive.svg7.1
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 5.5 Decrease Positive.svg6.1
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 5.4 Decrease Positive.svg7.2
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 5.1 Decrease Positive.svg5.6
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 5.1 Decrease Positive.svg5.5
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 5.0 Decrease Positive.svg17.2
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 5.0 Decrease Positive.svg5.3
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 4.9 Decrease Positive.svg13.5
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 4.6 Decrease Positive.svg9.6
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 4.4 Decrease Positive.svg5.8
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 4.3 Decrease Positive.svg8.4
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4.34.3
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 4.1 Decrease Positive.svg17.1
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3.9 Decrease Positive.svg8.1
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 3.9 Decrease Positive.svg4.1
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3.6 Decrease Positive.svg4.5
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 3.6 Increase Negative.svg2.1
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 3.5 Decrease Positive.svg5.3
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 3.5 Decrease Positive.svg5.0
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3.4 Decrease Positive.svg8.8
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 3.4 Decrease Positive.svg8.7
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 3.3 Decrease Positive.svg5.8
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 3.3 Decrease Positive.svg3.6
Flag of India.svg  India 3.1 Decrease Positive.svg3.9
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2.7 Decrease Positive.svg5.3
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 2.5 Decrease Positive.svg3.9
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 2.3 Decrease Positive.svg9.6
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.3 Decrease Positive.svg6.7
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1.7 Decrease Positive.svg5.4
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 1.0 Decrease Positive.svg3.8

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Montenegro is a country with an area of 13,812 square kilometres and a population of 620,029, according to the 2011 census. The country is bordered by Croatia, the Adriatic Sea, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania. The most common health issues faced are non-communicable diseases accounting for 95% of all deaths. This is followed by 4% of mortality due to injury, and 1% due to communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions. Other health areas of interest are alcohol consumption, which is the most prevalent disease of addiction within Montenegro and smoking. Montenegro has one of the highest tobacco usage rates across Europe. Life expectancy for men is 74 years, and life expectancy for women is 79.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Obesity in Indonesia</span> Overview of obesity in Indonesia

According to the World Health Organization (2015), the "worldwide population of overweight and obese adults increased between 1980 and 2013 from 30 percent to 38 percent in women, and 29 percent to 37 percent in men". The prevalence of obesity continues to rise in all age groups in this developing country.

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