Country Comparison > Obesity - adult prevalence rate

Rank	Country	Obesity - adult prevalence rate (%)
1	Nauru	61
2	Cook Islands	55.9
3	Palau	55.3
4	Marshall Islands	52.9
5	Tuvalu	51.6
6	Niue	50
7	Tonga	48.2
8	Samoa	47.3
9	Kiribati	46
10	Micronesia, Federated States of	45.8
11	Kuwait	37.9
12	United States	36.2
13	Jordan	35.5
14	Saudi Arabia	35.4
15	Qatar	35.1
16	Libya	32.5
17	Turkey	32.1
18	Lebanon	32
19	Egypt	32
20	United Arab Emirates	31.7
21	Bahamas, The	31.6
22	New Zealand	30.8
23	Iraq	30.4
24	Fiji	30.2
25	Bahrain	29.8
26	Canada	29.4
27	Australia	29
28	Malta	28.9
29	Mexico	28.9
30	Argentina	28.3
31	South Africa	28.3
32	Chile	28
33	Dominica	27.9
34	Uruguay	27.9
35	United Kingdom	27.8
36	Syria	27.8
37	Dominican Republic	27.6
38	Algeria	27.4
39	Oman	27
40	Tunisia	26.9
41	Suriname	26.4
42	Hungary	26.4
43	Lithuania	26.3
44	Israel	26.1
45	Morocco	26.1
46	Czech Republic	26
47	Iran	25.8
48	Costa Rica	25.7
49	Andorra	25.6
50	Venezuela	25.6
51	Ireland	25.3
52	Vanuatu	25.2
53	Bulgaria	25
54	Greece	24.9
55	Jamaica	24.7
56	El Salvador	24.6
57	Cuba	24.6
58	Belarus	24.5
59	Croatia	24.4
60	Belize	24.1
61	Ukraine	24.1
62	Spain	23.8
63	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.7
64	Nicaragua	23.7
65	Latvia	23.6
66	Montenegro	23.3
67	Norway	23.1
68	Poland	23.1
69	Russia	23.1
70	Barbados	23.1
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis	22.9
72	Haiti	22.7
73	Panama	22.7
74	Luxembourg	22.6
75	Romania	22.5
76	Solomon Islands	22.5
77	Macedonia	22.4
78	Germany	22.3
79	Colombia	22.3
80	Finland	22.2
81	Brazil	22.1
82	Belgium	22.1
83	Iceland	21.9
84	Albania	21.7
85	Georgia	21.7
86	France	21.6
87	Serbia	21.5
88	Honduras	21.4
89	Grenada	21.3
90	Papua New Guinea	21.3
91	Guatemala	21.2
92	Estonia	21.2
93	Kazakhstan	21
94	Portugal	20.8
95	Mongolia	20.6
96	Sweden	20.6
97	Slovakia	20.5
98	Netherlands	20.4
99	Paraguay	20.3
100	Guyana	20.2
101	Armenia	20.2
102	Bolivia	20.2
103	Slovenia	20.2
104	Austria	20.1
105	Azerbaijan	19.9
106	Ecuador	19.9
107	Italy	19.9
108	Peru	19.7
109	Denmark	19.7
110	Saint Lucia	19.7
111	Switzerland	19.5
112	Antigua and Barbuda	18.9
113	Botswana	18.9
114	Moldova	18.9
115	Trinidad and Tobago	18.6
116	Turkmenistan	18.6
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.9
118	Namibia	17.2
119	Yemen	17.1
120	Uzbekistan	16.6
121	Lesotho	16.6
122	Kyrgyzstan	16.6
123	Swaziland	16.5
124	Malaysia	15.6
125	Zimbabwe	15.5
126	Gabon	15
127	Tajikistan	14.2
128	Brunei	14.1
129	Seychelles	14
130	Djibouti	13.5
131	Mauritania	12.7
132	Sao Tome and Principe	12.4
133	Cape Verde	11.8
134	Cameroon	11.4
135	Ghana	10.9
136	Mauritius	10.8
137	Gambia, The	10.3
138	Thailand	10
139	Liberia	9.9
140	Benin	9.6
141	Congo, Republic of the	9.6
142	Guinea-Bissau	9.5
143	Nigeria	8.9
144	Senegal	8.8
145	Sierra Leone	8.7
146	Mali	8.6
147	Maldives	8.6
148	Pakistan	8.6
149	Tanzania	8.4
150	Togo	8.4
151	Somalia	8.3
152	Angola	8.2
153	Zambia	8.1
154	Equatorial Guinea	8
155	Comoros	7.8
156	Guinea	7.7
157	Central African Republic	7.5
158	Mozambique	7.2
159	Kenya	7.1
160	Indonesia	6.9
161	Korea, North	6.8
162	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.7
163	South Sudan	6.6
164	Sudan	6.6
165	Philippines	6.4
166	Bhutan	6.4
167	China	6.2
168	Chad	6.1
169	Singapore	6.1
170	Burma	5.8
171	Rwanda	5.8
172	Malawi	5.8
173	Burkina Faso	5.6
174	Niger	5.5
175	Afghanistan	5.5
176	Burundi	5.4
177	Madagascar	5.3
178	Laos	5.3
179	Uganda	5.3
180	Sri Lanka	5.2
181	Eritrea	5
182	Korea, South	4.7
183	Ethiopia	4.5
184	Japan	4.3
185	Nepal	4.1
186	India	3.9
187	Cambodia	3.9
188	East Timor	3.8
189	Bangladesh	3.6
190	Vietnam	2.1

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, 2020

See also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate map

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