This is a list of countries and territories 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.
List Prevalence of obesity (BMI >30) among adults aged 18+ (WHO, 2024). RankCountryBoth sexes1Cook Islands72.4%2Tonga72.3%3Nauru71.4%4Tokelau70.0%5Niue66.2%6Tuvalu64.7%7Samoa63.2%8French Polynesia49.5%9The Bahamas48.4%10Saint Kitts and Nevis47.9%11Micronesia46.8%12Kiribati45.3%13Belize43.2%14Egypt42.8%15Qatar42.4%16Palau42.1%17United States of America42%18American Samoa41.8%19Kuwait41.3%20Marshall Islands41.2%21Chile41.1%22Georgia40.1%23Barbados39.6%24Fiji39.3%25Saudi Arabia39.2%26Argentina38.1%27Panama37.8%28Brunei37.7%29Romania37.7%30Mexico37.4%31Hungary36.9%32Iraq36.8%33Croatia36.5%34Uruguay36.3%35Jamaica35.7%36Bahrain35.5%37Antigua and Barbuda35.4%38Saint Lucia35.4%39Saint Vincent and the Grenadines35.0%40Seychelles34.9%41New Zealand34.7%42Paraguay34.2%43Nicaragua34.0%44Greece33.7%45Libya33.5%46Costa Rica33.4%47Malta33.3%48Jordan33.2%49Palestine33.2%50Dominica32.9%51Australia32.4%52Trinidad and Tobago32.0%53Grenada31.9%54Czech Republic31.6%55Lebanon31.5%56El Salvador31.4%57South Africa31.3%58North Macedonia31.2%59Brazil30.9%60Honduras30.8%61Suriname30.8%62Dominican Republic30.7%63Ireland30.6%64Uzbekistan30.6%65Turkey30.5%66Slovakia30.3%67United Arab Emirates30.3%68Syria29.9%69Guyana29.8%70Oman29.4%71Azerbaijan29.3%72Greenland29.3%73United Kingdom29.2%74Peru29.1%75Bolivia28.8%76Ecuador28.7%77Armenia28.6%78Latvia27.9%79Ukraine27.8%80Tunisia27.7%81Papua New Guinea27.6%82Albania27.3%83Canada27.1%84Eswatini27.1%85Moldova27.0%86Guatemala26.7%87Finland26.2%88Belarus26.1%89Bosnia and Herzegovina26.1%90Lithuania26.1%91Poland25.9%92Iran25.7%93Serbia25.6%94Mongolia25.5%95Colombia25.3%96Cuba25.0%97Estonia25.0%98Germany24.5%99Algeria24.3%100Bulgaria24.0%101Cyprus23.7%102Malaysia23.6%103Iceland23.5%104Pakistan23.5%105Israel23.3%106Portugal23.0%107Venezuela23.0%108Belgium22.9%109Slovenia22.8%110Kazakhstan22.4%111Mauritania22.1%112Morocco22.0%113Gabon21.8%114Vanuatu21.6%115Kyrgyzstan21.5%116Russia21.2%117Turkmenistan21.2%118Mauritius21.1%119Tajikistan21.0%120Luxembourg20.9%121Solomon Islands20.9%122Norway20.7%123Montenegro20.6%124Lesotho20.2%125Andorra19.5%126Spain18.9%127Afghanistan18.8%128Equatorial Guinea18.8%129Sweden18.7%130Austria18.3%131Botswana18.1%132Maldives18.1%133Italy17.9%134Netherlands16.9%135Singapore16.8%136Liberia16.7%137Namibia16.7%138Cape Verde16.5%139São Tomé and Príncipe16.3%140Comoros16.1%141Sudan16.1%142Thailand15.5%143Denmark15.2%144Cameroon14.6%145Ghana13.8%146Zimbabwe13.1%147Bhutan13.0%148Somalia13.0%149Switzerland12.9%150France12.5%151Togo12.2%152Nigeria12.1%153North Korea12.1%154Indonesia12.0%155Ivory Coast12.0%156Angola11.8%157Mali11.6%158Yemen11.6%159Republic of the Congo11.5%160Guinea-Bissau11.4%161Djibouti11.2%162The Gambia11.2%163Sri Lanka11.2%164Benin10.9%165Haiti10.7%166Tanzania10.5%167Kenya10.4%168Senegal10.3%169Zambia10.1%170Philippines9.7%171Guinea9.4%172Mozambique9.4%173China9.1%174Laos9.0%175Central African Republic8.9%176Myanmar8.3%177South Sudan8.2%178Uganda8.2%179India8.0%180Nepal7.7%181South Korea7.5%182Sierra Leone7.3%183Burkina Faso7.0%184Malawi6.7%185Chad6.3%186Niger6.0%187DR Congo5.9%188Bangladesh5.7%189Japan5.2%190Rwanda5.2%191Cambodia4.9%192Burundi4.7%193Eritrea3.7%194Madagascar4.1%195East Timor3.3%196Ethiopia2.5%197Vietnam2.5%
See also List of countries by body mass index Epidemiology of obesity Obesity in the Pacific Obesity
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