>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.
The data for mean body mass index by country was published by the World Health Organization. The list below refers to year 2014.
* indicates "Health in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
| 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 |
 Swaziland * | 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 |
 East Timor * | 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 |
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