List of countries by obesity rate

This is a list of countries ranked by the proportion of the population that is obese. The data 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".

Table

Obesity rates by country (The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency, 2016)
Country Obesity rate (%)
 Nauru 61.0
 Cook Islands 55.9
 Palau 55.3
 Marshall Islands 52.9
 Tuvalu 51.6
 Niue 50.0
 Tonga 48.2
 Samoa 47.3
 Kiribati 46.0
 Federated States of Micronesia 45.8
 Kuwait 37.9
 United States 36.2
 Jordan 35.5
 Saudi Arabia 35.4
 Qatar 35.1
 Libya 32.5
 Turkey 32.1
 Egypt 32.0
 Lebanon 32.0
 United Arab Emirates 31.7
 Bahamas 31.6
 New Zealand 30.8
 Iraq 30.4
 Fiji 30.2
 Bahrain 29.8
 Canada 29.4
 Australia 29.0
 Malta 28.9
 Mexico 28.9
 Argentina 28.3
 South Africa 28.3
 Chile 28.0
 Dominica 27.9
 Uruguay 27.9
 Syria 27.8
 United Kingdom 27.8
 Dominican Republic 27.8
 Algeria 27.4
 Oman 27.0
 Tunisia 26.9
 Suriname 26.4
 Hungary 26.4
 Lithuania 26.3
 Morocco 26.1
 Israel 26.1
 Czech Republic 26.0
 Iran 25.8
 Costa Rica 25.7
 Andorra 25.6
 Venezuela 25.6
 Ireland 25.3
 Vanuatu 25.2
 Bulgaria 25.0
 Greece 24.9
 Jamaica 24.7
 Cuba 24.6
 El Salvador 24.6
 Belarus 24.5
 Croatia 24.4
 Belize 24.1
 Ukraine 24.1
 Spain 23.8
 Nicaragua 23.7
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.7
 Latvia 23.6
 Montenegro 23.3
 Norway 23.1
 Barbados 23.1
 Poland 23.1
 Russia 23.1
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22.9
 Panama 22.7
 Haiti 22.7
 Luxembourg 22.6
 Solomon Islands 22.5
 Romania 22.5
 North Macedonia 22.4
 Colombia 22.3
 Germany 22.3
 Finland 22.2
 Belgium 22.1
 Brazil 22.1
 Iceland 21.9
 Cyprus 21.8
 Albania 21.7
 Georgia 21.7
 France 21.6
 Serbia 21.5
 Honduras 21.4
 Grenada 21.3
 Papua New Guinea 21.3
 Estonia 21.2
 Guatemala 21.2
 Kazakhstan 21.0
 Portugal 20.8
 Mongolia 20.6
 Sweden 20.6
 Slovakia 20.5
 Netherlands 20.4
 Paraguay 20.3
 Guyana 20.2
 Slovenia 20.2
 Armenia 20.2
 Bolivia 20.2
 Austria 20.1
 Azerbaijan 19.9
 Italy 19.9
 Ecuador 19.9
 Peru 19.7
 Saint Lucia 19.7
 Denmark 19.7
 Switzerland 19.5
 Antigua and Barbuda 18.9
 Botswana 18.9
 Moldova 18.9
 Trinidad and Tobago 18.6
 Turkmenistan 18.6
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.9
 Namibia 17.2
 Yemen 17.1
 Kyrgyzstan 16.6
 Lesotho 16.6
 Uzbekistan 16.6
 Eswatini 16.5
 Malaysia 15.6
 Zimbabwe 15.5
 Gabon 15.0
 Tajikistan 14.2
 Brunei 14.1
 Seychelles 14.0
 Djibouti 13.5
 Mauritania 12.7
 São Tomé and Príncipe 12.4
 Cape Verde 11.8
 Cameroon 11.4
 Ghana 10.9
 Mauritius 10.8
 Gambia 10.3
 Ivory Coast 10.3
 Thailand 10.0
 Liberia 9.9
 Benin 9.6
 Republic of the Congo 9.6
 Guinea-Bissau 9.5
 Nigeria 8.9
 Senegal 8.8
 Sierra Leone 8.7
 Maldives 8.6
 Mali 8.6
 Pakistan 8.6
 Togo 8.4
 Tanzania 8.4
 Somalia 8.3
 Angola 8.2
 Zambia 8.1
 Equatorial Guinea 8.0
 Comoros 7.8
 Guinea 7.7
 Central African Republic 7.5
 Mozambique 7.2
 Kenya 7.1
 Indonesia 6.9
 North Korea 6.8
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.7
 Sudan 6.6
 South Sudan 6.6
 Bhutan 6.4
 Philippines 6.4
 China 6.2
 Singapore 6.1
 Chad 6.1
 Malawi 5.8
 Rwanda 5.8
 Burkina Faso 5.6
 Niger 5.5
 Afghanistan 5.5
 Burundi 5.4
 Madagascar 5.3
 Laos 5.3
 Uganda 5.3
 Sri Lanka 5.2
 Eritrea 5.0
 South Korea 4.7
 Ethiopia 4.5
 Japan 4.3
   Nepal 4.1
 Cambodia 3.9
 India 3.9
 Timor-Leste 3.8
 Bangladesh 3.6
 Vietnam 2.1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2020-08-02.
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