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Obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 18+ years of age

% · higher is better · 196 countries

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League table

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  1. 1American Samoa75.9%
  2. 2Tonga73.8%
  3. 3Naoero71.4%
  4. 4Tuvalu65.1%
  5. 5Samoa64.3%
  6. 6French Polynesia49.2%
  7. 7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.48.6%
  8. 8Bahamas, The48.3%
  9. 9St. Kitts and Nevis46.7%
  10. 10Kiribati45.6%
  11. 11Egypt, Arab Rep.43.9%
  12. 12Belize43.4%
  13. 13Puerto Rico (US)42.4%
  14. 14Qatar42%
  15. 15Marshall Islands42%
  16. 16United States41%
  17. 17Palau40.5%
  18. 18Chile40.5%
  19. 19Kuwait40.4%
  20. 20Saudi Arabia40.1%
  21. 21Iraq39.7%
  22. 22Barbados39.4%
  23. 23Fiji39%
  24. 24Panama37.7%
  25. 25West Bank and Gaza37.4%
  26. 26Mexico37.4%
  27. 27Argentina37.2%
  28. 28Brunei Darussalam37.1%
  29. 29Georgia35.7%
  30. 30Jordan35.4%
  31. 31Jamaica35.2%
  32. 32Uruguay34.9%
  33. 33Bahrain34.9%
  34. 34Nicaragua34.9%
  35. 35St. Lucia34.8%
  36. 36Paraguay34.7%
  37. 37St. Vincent and the Grenadines34.6%
  38. 38Antigua and Barbuda34.6%
  39. 39Bermuda34.1%
  40. 40New Zealand34%
  41. 41Seychelles33.9%
  42. 42Libya33.7%
  43. 43Syrian Arab Republic33%
  44. 44Costa Rica32.7%
  45. 45Dominica32.5%
  46. 46Romania32.4%
  47. 47El Salvador32.2%
  48. 48South Africa31.8%
  49. 49Honduras31.8%
  50. 50United Arab Emirates31.6%
  51. 51Grenada31.5%
  52. 52Hungary31.4%
  53. 53Uzbekistan31.2%
  54. 54Trinidad and Tobago30.9%
  55. 55Suriname30.8%
  56. 56Croatia30.8%
  57. 57Dominican Republic30.8%
  58. 58Lebanon30.7%
  59. 59Malta30.6%
  60. 60Australia30.6%
  61. 61Oman30.5%
  62. 62Brazil30.1%
  63. 63Guyana30.1%
  64. 64Bolivia29.7%
  65. 65Eswatini29.6%
  66. 66Peru29.2%
  67. 67Ecuador28.9%
  68. 68Turkiye28.8%
  69. 69Greenland28.1%
  70. 70Papua New Guinea28%
  71. 71Guatemala28%
  72. 72Ireland27.9%
  73. 73Azerbaijan27.6%
  74. 74Greece27.4%
  75. 75United Kingdom27.4%
  76. 76North Macedonia26.8%
  77. 77Czechia26.3%
  78. 78Tunisia26.1%
  79. 79Slovak Republic26.1%
  80. 80Canada26%
  81. 81Mongolia25.1%
  82. 82Armenia25%
  83. 83Colombia24.9%
  84. 84Iran, Islamic Rep.24.6%
  85. 85Pakistan24.5%
  86. 86Finland24.2%
  87. 87Albania24.1%
  88. 88Mauritania24.1%
  89. 89Algeria23.6%
  90. 90Malaysia23.3%
  91. 91Tajikistan23.1%
  92. 92Venezuela, RB23%
  93. 93Cuba23%
  94. 94Ukraine22.8%
  95. 95Gabon22.7%
  96. 96Vanuatu22.6%
  97. 97Latvia22.3%
  98. 98Moldova22.3%
  99. 99Israel22.2%
  100. 100Lesotho22.2%
  101. 101Turkmenistan22.2%
  102. 102Iceland22.2%
  103. 103Kyrgyz Republic22%
  104. 104Serbia21.8%
  105. 105Solomon Islands21.8%
  106. 106Poland21.8%
  107. 107Morocco21.6%
  108. 108Cyprus21.6%
  109. 109Lithuania21.3%
  110. 110Kazakhstan21.1%
  111. 111Mauritius21.1%
  112. 112Bosnia and Herzegovina21%
  113. 113Belgium20.8%
  114. 114Belarus20.6%
  115. 115Germany20.6%
  116. 116Afghanistan20.6%
  117. 117Bulgaria20.3%
  118. 118Estonia20.3%
  119. 119Norway20.2%
  120. 120Botswana19.8%
  121. 121Slovenia19.8%
  122. 122Equatorial Guinea19.2%
  123. 123Luxembourg19%
  124. 124Namibia18.3%
  125. 125Portugal18.1%
  126. 126Sao Tome and Principe17.9%
  127. 127Maldives17.9%
  128. 128Sudan17.8%
  129. 129Liberia17.8%
  130. 130Russian Federation17.6%
  131. 131Sweden17.5%
  132. 132Andorra17.1%
  133. 133Montenegro17.1%
  134. 134Singapore17%
  135. 135Comoros16.8%
  136. 136Cabo Verde16.7%
  137. 137Austria16.5%
  138. 138Thailand16.4%
  139. 139Cameroon16%
  140. 140Spain15.3%
  141. 141Somalia, Fed. Rep.14.9%
  142. 142Zimbabwe14.7%
  143. 143Netherlands14.7%
  144. 144Ghana14.5%
  145. 145Denmark14.3%
  146. 146Italy14%
  147. 147Nigeria13.7%
  148. 148Togo13.4%
  149. 149Yemen, Rep.13.3%
  150. 150Mali13.3%
  151. 151Bhutan13.1%
  152. 152Cote d'Ivoire12.8%
  153. 153Guinea-Bissau12.7%
  154. 154Angola12.7%
  155. 155Gambia, The12.4%
  156. 156Benin12.2%
  157. 157Congo, Rep.12.2%
  158. 158Korea, Dem. People's Rep.12%
  159. 159Indonesia11.8%
  160. 160Djibouti11.7%
  161. 161Senegal11.6%
  162. 162Zambia11.6%
  163. 163Tanzania11.5%
  164. 164Switzerland11.3%
  165. 165Kenya11.3%
  166. 166Sri Lanka11.2%
  167. 167France11.2%
  168. 168Haiti11.1%
  169. 169Central African Republic10.9%
  170. 170Mozambique10.6%
  171. 171Guinea10.6%
  172. 172Philippines9.6%
  173. 173Uganda9.5%
  174. 174China9.3%
  175. 175Lao PDR9.2%
  176. 176South Sudan8.9%
  177. 177Korea, Rep.8.4%
  178. 178Sierra Leone8.2%
  179. 179Myanmar8.1%
  180. 180India8%
  181. 181Malawi8%
  182. 182Nepal8%
  183. 183Burkina Faso7.7%
  184. 184Chad7.4%
  185. 185Niger6.8%
  186. 186Congo, Dem. Rep.6.7%
  187. 187Japan5.9%
  188. 188Bangladesh5.8%
  189. 189Rwanda5.6%
  190. 190Burundi5.2%
  191. 191Cambodia4.9%
  192. 192Madagascar4.5%
  193. 193Eritrea4.3%
  194. 194Timor-Leste3.6%
  195. 195Ethiopia2.9%
  196. 196Viet Nam2.4%

Obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 18+ years of age