List of countries by obesity rate

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This is a list of countries ranked by the proportion of the population that is obese. The data, barring the United States, is derived from The World Factbook authored by the Central Intelligence Agency,[1] which gives the adult prevalence rate for obesity, defined as "the percent of a country's population considered to be obese". Data for U.S. obesity prevalence is derived from CDC data, recorded through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in March 2017 – 2020.[2]

Obesity rates by country (%) (The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency, 2016–2024)[3] Country  | 2024  | 2016

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Tonga | 77.1  | 48.2
Cook Islands | 69.8  | 55.9
Tuvalu | 62.2  | 51.6
Niue | 61.0  | 50.0
Nauru | 58.1  | 71.7
Kiribati | 56.7  | 46.0
Marshall Islands | 44.1  | 52.9
Samoa | ?  | 47.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.0  | 22.9
Kuwait | 43.8  | 37.9
Bahamas | 43.7  | 31.6
Antigua and Barbuda | 43.1  | 18.9
United States | 42.7  | 42.1
Libya | 42.4  | 32.5
Qatar | 41.4  | 35.1
Palau | 38.0  | 55.3
Federated States of Micronesia | 37.1  | 45.9
Bahrain | 36.9  | 29.8
Mexico | 36.9  | 28.9
Panama | 36.3  | 22.7
Egypt | 35.7  | 32.0
Chile | 34.4  | 28.0
New Zealand | 34.3  | 30.8
Barbados | 33.8  | 23.1
Belize | 33.8  | 24.1
Iraq | 33.5  | 30.4
Georgia | 33.2  | 21.7
Jordan | 32.7  | 35.5
Argentina | 32.4  | 28.3
Palestine | 31.6  | ?
Saint Lucia | 31.6  | 19.7
Australia | 31.3  | 29.0
Oman | 30.7  | 27.0
Russia | 30.3  | 23.1
Seychelles | 30.3  | 14.0
Fiji | ?  | 30.2
Malta | 28.7  | 28.9
Jamaica | 28.6  | 24.7
Brunei | 28.2  | 14.1
United Arab Emirates | 27.8  | 31.7
El Salvador | 27.3  | 24.6
Lebanon | 27.0  | 32.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.9  | 23.7
Tunisia | ?  | 26.9
Suriname | ?  | 26.4
Bolivia | 26.2  | 20.2
South Africa | 26.2  | 28.3
Brazil | 25.9  | 22.1
Trinidad and Tobago | 25.7  | 18.6
Grenada | 25.2  | 21.3
Costa Rica | 25.1  | 25.7
Iran | 25.0  | 25.8
Ukraine | 24.8  | 24.1
Venezuela | 24.6  | 25.6
Canada | 24.3  | 29.4
Spain | ?  | 23.8
Hungary | 23.8  | 26.4
Uruguay | 23.7  | 27.9
Guyana | 23.6  | 20.2
Kazakhstan | 23.5  | 21.0
Ecuador | 23.4  | 19.9
Montenegro | ?  | 23.3
Paraguay | 23.2  | 20.3
Kyrgyzstan | 23.1  | 16.6
Croatia | 23.0  | 24.4
Haiti | ?  | 22.7
Moldova | 22.7  | 18.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.3  | 17.9
Iceland | 22.3  | 21.9
Latvia | 22.3  | 23.6
Finland | ?  | 22.2
Nicaragua | 22.0  | 23.7
Algeria | 21.8  | 27.4
Estonia | 21.8  | 21.2
Honduras | ?  | 21.4
Albania | 21.3  | 21.7
Colombia | 21.3  | 22.3
Guatemala | ?  | 21.2
Ireland | 21.0  | 25.3
Serbia | 20.8  | 21.5
Azerbaijan | 20.6  | 19.9
Eswatini | 20.5  | 16.5
Dominica | 20.2  | 27.9
Saudi Arabia | 20.2  | 35.4
Turkey | 20.2  | 32.1
United Kingdom | 20.1  | 27.8
Morocco | 20.0  | 26.1
Slovenia | 19.9  | 20.2
Czech Republic | 19.8  | 26.0
Malaysia | 19.7  | 15.6
Peru | ?  | 19.7
Armenia | 19.5  | 20.2
Mauritius | 19.1  | 10.8
Slovakia | 19.1  | 20.5
Germany | 19.0  | 22.3
Poland | 19.0  | 23.1
Belarus | 18.9  | 24.5
Lithuania | 18.9  | 26.3
Syria | 18.9  | 27.8
Mongolia | 18.5  | 20.6
Maldives | 18.1  | 8.6
Austria | 17.1  | 20.1
Yemen | ?  | 17.1
Afghanistan | 17.0  | 5.5
Israel | 17.0  | 26.1
France | 17.0  | 21.6
Portugal | 16.9  | 20.8
Dominican Republic | 16.6  | 27.6
Uzbekistan | ?  | 16.6
Denmark | 16.5  | 19.7
Luxembourg | 16.5  | 22.6
Greece | 16.4  | 24.9
Belgium | 16.3  | 22.1
Gabon | 16.2  | 15.0
Sweden | 16.0  | 20.6
Cuba | 15.8  | 24.6
Netherlands | 15.5  | 20.4
Ghana | 15.0  | 10.9
Turkmenistan | 15.0  | 18.6
Vanuatu | 14.9  | 25.2
Cyprus | 14.6  | 21.8
Cape Verde | 14.3  | 11.8
Norway | 14.0  | 23.1
Andorra | 13.6  | 25.6
Comoros | 13.5  | 7.8
Djibouti | ?  | 13.5
Tajikistan | 13.5  | 14.2
Bulgaria | 13.3  | 25.0
Solomon Islands | 13.1  | 22.5
Mauritania | ?  | 12.7
Botswana | 11.8  | 18.9
São Tomé and Príncipe | 11.7  | 12.4
Singapore | 11.6  | 6.1
Thailand | 11.6  | 10.0
Lesotho | 11.5  | 16.6
Bhutan | 11.4  | 6.4
Cameroon | ?  | 11.4
Switzerland | 11.0  | 19.5
Romania | 10.9  | 22.5
Kenya | 10.8  | 7.1
North Macedonia | 10.5  | 22.4
Italy | 10.4  | 19.9
Gambia | ?  | 10.3
Ivory Coast | ?  | 10.3
Sudan | 10.3  | 6.6
Liberia | ?  | 9.9
Benin | ?  | 9.6
Republic of the Congo | ?  | 9.6
Sri Lanka | 9.6  | 5.2
Guinea-Bissau | ?  | 9.5
Philippines | 9.3  | 6.4
Mozambique | 9.1  | 7.2
Nigeria | ?  | 8.9
Sierra Leone | ?  | 8.7
Mali | ?  | 8.6
Pakistan | ?  | 8.6
Tanzania | ?  | 8.4
Togo | ?  | 8.4
Namibia | 8.4  | 17.2
Equatorial Guinea | 8.3  | 8.0
Somalia | ?  | 8.3
Guinea | ?  | 7.7
Zimbabwe | 7.7  | 15.5
Malawi | 7.6  | 5.8
Zambia | 7.5  | 8.1
Central African Republic | 7.2  | 7.5
Nepal | 7.2  | 4.1
Indonesia | ?  | 6.9
Angola | 6.8  | 8.2
North Korea | ?  | 6.8
Papua New Guinea | 6.8  | 21.3
Senegal | 6.4  | 8.8
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ?  | 6.7
South Sudan | ?  | 6.6
China | 6.5  | 6.2
Chad | ?  | 6.1
Myanmar | ?  | 5.8
Burkina Faso | ?  | 5.6
Laos | 5.6  | 5.3
India | 5.5  | 3.9
Bangladesh | 5.4  | 3.6
Burundi | ?  | 5.4
Madagascar | ?  | 5.3
Niger | 4.9  | 5.5
Republic of Korea | ?  | 4.7
Uganda | 4.6  | 5.3
Japan | 4.5  | 4.3
Rwanda | 4.3  | 5.8
Cambodia | ?  | 3.9
Eritrea | 3.4  | 5.0
Vietnam | 1.7  | 2.1
Timor-Leste | 1.1  | 3.8
Ethiopia | 1.0  | 4.5

## Related[edit]

* List of countries by body mass index

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2020-08-02.
2. ^ "Obesity is a Common, Serious, and Costly Disease". 20 July 2022.
3. ^ "Obesity Rates by Country 2024".

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