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Rank	Country	Obesity - adult prevalence rate (%)
1	American Samoa	74.6
2	Tokelau	63.4
3	Tonga	56
4	Kiribati	50.6
5	Saudi Arabia	35.6
6	United States	33.9
7	United Arab Emirates	33.7
8	Egypt	30.3
9	Kuwait	28.8
10	New Zealand	26.5
11	Seychelles	25.1
12	Fiji	23.9
13	Mexico	23.6
14	Canada	23.1
15	Israel	22.9
16	United Kingdom	22.7
17	Greece	22.5
18	Croatia	22.3
19	Chile	21.9
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.7
21	Malta	20.7
22	Lithuania	19.7
23	Jordan	19.5
24	Poland	18
25	Hungary	17.7
26	France	16.9
27	Australia	16.4
28	Malaysia	16.3
29	Peru	16.3
30	Turkey	16.1
31	Morocco	16
32	Zimbabwe	15.7
33	Finland	15.7
34	Spain	15.6
35	Latvia	15.6
36	Czech Republic	15.1
37	Slovenia	15
38	Estonia	14.4
39	Slovakia	14.3
40	Portugal	14.2
41	Iran	14.2
42	Colombia	13.7
43	Lebanon	13.5
44	Ireland	13
45	Germany	12.9
46	Bulgaria	12.4
47	Iceland	12.4
48	Sweden	12
49	Cuba	11.8
50	Denmark	11.4
51	Brazil	11.1
52	Austria	11
53	Belgium	10.8
54	Norway	10
55	Mongolia	9.8
56	Italy	9.8
57	Romania	8.6
58	Switzerland	8.2
59	Thailand	7.8
60	Singapore	6.9
61	Philippines	4.3
62	Eritrea	3.3
63	Korea, South	3.2
64	Japan	3.1
65	China	2.9
66	Indonesia	2.4
67	Madagascar	2.1
68	Laos	1.2
69	Vietnam	0.5

Definition: This entry gives the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater to or equal to 30.0. BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight in kg and dividing it by the person's squared height in meters.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate map

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