List of countries by obesity rate
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This is a list of countries and territories by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2024. There are 191 registered countries on this ranking. This excludes Monaco, Liechtenstein, Vatican City and San Marino.

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Prevalence of obesity (BMI >30) among adults aged 18+ (WHO, 2024).[1]
| Rank | Country | Both sexes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 75.8% |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 72.4% |
| 3 | Tonga | 72.3% |
| 4 | Nauru | 71.4% |
| 5 | Tokelau | 70.0% |
| 6 | Niue | 66.2% |
| 7 | Tuvalu | 64.7% |
| 8 | Samoa | 63.2% |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 49.5% |
| 10 | The Bahamas | 48.4% |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47.9% |
| 12 | Micronesia | 46.8% |
| 13 | Kiribati | 45.3% |
| 14 | Belize | 43.2% |
| 15 | Egypt | 42.8% |
| 16 | Qatar | 42.4% |
| 17 | Palau | 42.1% |
| 18 | United States | 41.8% |
| 19 | Kuwait | 41.3% |
| 20 | Marshall Islands | 41.2% |
| 21 | Chile | 41.1% |
| 22 | Georgia | 40.1% |
| 23 | Barbados | 39.6% |
| 24 | Fiji | 39.3% |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 39.2% |
| 26 | Argentina | 38.1% |
| 27 | Panama | 37.8% |
| 28 | Brunei | 37.7% |
| 29 | Romania | 37.7% |
| 30 | Mexico | 37.4% |
| 31 | Hungary | 36.9% |
| 32 | Iraq | 36.8% |
| 33 | Croatia | 36.5% |
| 34 | Uruguay | 36.3% |
| 35 | Jamaica | 35.7% |
| 36 | Bahrain | 35.5% |
| 37 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.4% |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 35.4% |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 35.0% |
| 40 | Seychelles | 34.9% |
| 41 | New Zealand | 34.7% |
| 42 | Paraguay | 34.2% |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 34.0% |
| 44 | Greece | 33.7% |
| 45 | Libya | 33.5% |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 33.4% |
| 47 | Malta | 33.3% |
| 48 | Jordan | 33.2% |
| 49 | Palestine | 33.2% |
| 50 | Dominica | 32.9% |
| 51 | Australia | 32.4% |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.0% |
| 53 | Grenada | 31.9% |
| 54 | Czech Republic | 31.6% |
| 55 | Lebanon | 31.5% |
| 56 | El Salvador | 31.4% |
| 57 | South Africa | 31.3% |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 31.2% |
| 59 | Brazil | 30.9% |
| 60 | Honduras | 30.8% |
| 61 | Suriname | 30.8% |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 30.7% |
| 63 | Ireland | 30.6% |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 30.6% |
| 65 | Turkey | 30.5% |
| 66 | Slovakia | 30.3% |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 30.3% |
| 68 | Syria | 29.9% |
| 69 | Guyana | 29.8% |
| 70 | Oman | 29.4% |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 29.3% |
| 72 | Greenland | 29.3% |
| 73 | United Kingdom | 29.2% |
| 74 | Peru | 29.1% |
| 75 | Bolivia | 28.8% |
| 76 | Ecuador | 28.7% |
| 77 | Armenia | 28.6% |
| 78 | Latvia | 27.9% |
| 79 | Ukraine | 27.8% |
| 80 | Tunisia | 27.7% |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 27.6% |
| 82 | Albania | 27.3% |
| 83 | Canada | 27.1% |
| 84 | Eswatini | 27.1% |
| 85 | Moldova | 27.0% |
| 86 | Guatemala | 26.7% |
| 87 | Finland | 26.2% |
| 88 | Belarus | 26.1% |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.1% |
| 90 | Lithuania | 26.1% |
| 91 | Poland | 25.9% |
| 92 | Iran | 25.7% |
| 93 | Serbia | 25.6% |
| 94 | Mongolia | 25.5% |
| 95 | Colombia | 25.3% |
| 96 | Cuba | 25.0% |
| 97 | Estonia | 25.0% |
| 98 | Germany | 24.5% |
| 99 | Algeria | 24.3% |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 24.0% |
| 101 | Cyprus | 23.7% |
| 102 | Malaysia | 23.6% |
| 103 | Iceland | 23.5% |
| 104 | Pakistan | 23.5% |
| 105 | Israel | 23.3% |
| 106 | Portugal | 23.0% |
| 107 | Venezuela | 23.0% |
| 108 | Belgium | 22.9% |
| 109 | Slovenia | 22.8% |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 22.4% |
| 111 | Mauritania | 22.1% |
| 112 | Morocco | 22.0% |
| 113 | Gabon | 21.8% |
| 114 | Vanuatu | 21.6% |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.5% |
| 116 | Russia | 21.2% |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 21.2% |
| 118 | Mauritius | 21.1% |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 21.0% |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 20.9% |
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 20.9% |
| 122 | Norway | 20.7% |
| 123 | Montenegro | 20.6% |
| 124 | Lesotho | 20.2% |
| 125 | Andorra | 19.5% |
| 126 | Spain | 18.9% |
| 127 | Afghanistan | 18.8% |
| 128 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.8% |
| 129 | Sweden | 18.7% |
| 130 | Austria | 18.3% |
| 131 | Botswana | 18.1% |
| 132 | Maldives | 18.1% |
| 133 | Italy | 17.9% |
| 134 | Netherlands | 16.9% |
| 135 | Singapore | 16.8% |
| 136 | Liberia | 16.7% |
| 137 | Namibia | 16.7% |
| 138 | Cape Verde | 16.5% |
| 139 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 16.3% |
| 140 | Comoros | 16.1% |
| 141 | Sudan | 16.1% |
| 142 | Thailand | 15.5% |
| 143 | Denmark | 15.2% |
| 144 | Cameroon | 14.6% |
| 145 | Ghana | 13.8% |
| 146 | Zimbabwe | 13.1% |
| 147 | Bhutan | 13.0% |
| 148 | Somalia | 13.0% |
| 149 | Switzerland | 12.9% |
| 150 | France | 12.5% |
| 151 | Togo | 12.2% |
| 152 | Nigeria | 12.1% |
| 153 | North Korea | 12.1% |
| 154 | Indonesia | 12.0% |
| 155 | Ivory Coast | 12.0% |
| 156 | Angola | 11.8% |
| 157 | Mali | 11.6% |
| 158 | Yemen | 11.6% |
| 159 | Republic of the Congo | 11.5% |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.4% |
| 161 | Djibouti | 11.2% |
| 162 | The Gambia | 11.2% |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 11.2% |
| 164 | Benin | 10.9% |
| 165 | Haiti | 10.7% |
| 166 | Tanzania | 10.5% |
| 167 | Kenya | 10.4% |
| 168 | Senegal | 10.3% |
| 169 | Zambia | 10.1% |
| 170 | Philippines | 9.7% |
| 171 | Guinea | 9.4% |
| 172 | Mozambique | 9.4% |
| 173 | China | 9.1% |
| 174 | Laos | 9.0% |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 8.9% |
| 176 | Myanmar | 8.3% |
| 177 | South Sudan | 8.2% |
| 178 | Uganda | 8.2% |
| 179 | India | 8.0% |
| 180 | Nepal | 7.7% |
| 181 | South Korea | 7.5% |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 7.3% |
| 183 | Burkina Faso | 7.0% |
| 184 | Malawi | 6.7% |
| 185 | Chad | 6.3% |
| 186 | Niger | 6.0% |
| 187 | DR Congo | 5.9% |
| 188 | Bangladesh | 5.7% |
| 189 | Japan | 5.2% |
| 190 | Rwanda | 5.2% |
| 191 | Cambodia | 4.9% |
| 192 | Burundi | 4.7% |
| 193 | Eritrea | 3.7% |
| 194 | Madagascar | 4.1% |
| 195 | East Timor | 3.3% |
| 196 | Ethiopia | 2.5% |
| 197 | Vietnam | 2.5% |