List of countries by obesity rate

This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the Global Obesity Observatory and the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2024.

Global Obesity Observatory (2024)

The following data is from the World Obesity Federation's Global Obesity Observatory and CIA World Factbook details. These data are referenced from NCD Risk Factor collaboration and UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group joint malnutrition estimates for the referenced time frame of 9 August 2024 and considering the average of obesity in men, women, boys and girls.

Obesity rates by country (%) (2016 and 2024)

Country	2024	2016
Cook Islands	52.6	55.9
Niue	51.0	50.0
Tonga	49.7	48.2
Palau	42.9	55.3
United States	42.7	42.1
Antigua and Barbuda	42.5	18.9
Tuvalu	42.2	51.6
Samoa	40.5	47.3
Federated States of Micronesia	38.6	45.9
Nauru	37.4	71.7
Kuwait	34.4	37.9
Bahamas	32.1	31.6
Qatar	31.4	35.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	29.8	22.9
Bahrain	27.8	29.8
Mexico	27.5	28.9
Belize	26.4	24.1
Kiribati	26.0	46.0
Egypt	24.9	32.0
Libya	24.2	32.5
Chile	24.2	28.0
Barbados	23.8	23.1
Republic of Korea	23.4	4.7
Brunei	23.2	14.1
New Zealand	23.1	30.8
Panama	23.1	22.7
Moldova	22.7	18.9
United Arab Emirates	22.3	31.7
Georgia	22.3	21.7
Honduras	22.1	21.4
Seychelles	22.1	14.0
Jordan	22.0	35.5
Oman	21.9	27.0
Malta	21.8	28.9
United Kingdom	21.7	27.8
Nicaragua	20.9	23.7
Trinidad and Tobago	20.9	18.6
Azerbaijan	20.6	19.9
Marshall Islands	20.5	52.9
Finland	20.5	22.2
Iraq	20.3	30.4
Argentina	20.2	28.3
Ecuador	20.2	19.9
Saint Lucia	20.2	19.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20.1	23.7
Australia	19.9	29.0
Costa Rica	19.6	25.7
Peru	19.3	19.7
Fiji	19.2	30.2
Croatia	19.0	24.4
Russia	19.0	23.1
Belarus	18.9	24.5
Hungary	18.8	26.4
Jamaica	18.7	24.7
Iran	17.8	25.8
El Salvador	17.7	24.6
Canada	17.5	29.4
Brazil	17.5	22.1
Cyprus	17.2	21.8
Malaysia	17.1	15.6
Uruguay	17.0	27.9
Greece	16.9	24.9
Lebanon	16.5	32.0
Luxembourg	16.5	22.6
Grenada	16.4	21.3
Poland	16.3	23.1
Suriname	16.2	26.4
South Africa	16.0	28.3
Armenia	16.0	20.2
Estonia	15.9	21.2
Cuba	15.8	24.6
Saudi Arabia	15.6	35.4
Turkey	15.6	32.1
Paraguay	15.6	20.3
Uzbekistan	15.6	16.6
Bolivia	15.5	20.2
Latvia	15.4	23.6
Kazakhstan	15.2	21.0
Somalia	15.1	8.3
Slovakia	15.0	20.5
Dominica	14.9	27.9
Colombia	14.9	22.3
Serbia	14.8	21.5
Portugal	14.8	20.8
Germany	14.7	22.3
Ireland	14.6	25.3
Albania	14.6	21.7
Cape Verde	14.6	11.8
Czech Republic	14.2	26.0
Guyana	14.1	20.2
Guatemala	14.0	21.2
Spain	13.8	23.8
Mauritius	13.8	10.8
Andorra	13.7	25.6
Bulgaria	13.7	25.0
Iceland	13.7	21.9
Dominican Republic	13.6	27.6
Venezuela	13.5	25.6
Ukraine	13.5	24.1
Austria	13.2	20.1
Kyrgyzstan	13.2	16.6
Lithuania	13.0	26.3
Montenegro	13.0	23.3
Sweden	13.0	20.6
North Macedonia	12.9	22.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.8	17.9
Algeria	12.7	27.4
Slovenia	12.6	20.2
Syria	12.5	27.8
Romania	12.5	22.5
Sudan	12.2	6.6
Israel	12.0	26.1
Eswatini	11.8	16.5
Maldives	11.7	8.6
Morocco	11.5	26.1
Lesotho	11.4	16.6
Haiti	11.2	22.7
Denmark	11.1	19.7
France	10.7	21.6
Mauritania	10.4	12.7
Gabon	10.2	15.0
Afghanistan	10.0	5.5
Mongolia	9.9	20.6
Italy	9.9	19.9
Central African Republic	9.8	7.5
Belgium	9.7	22.1
Netherlands	9.7	20.4
Guinea-Bissau	?	9.5
São Tomé and Príncipe	9.4	12.4
Pakistan	9.2	8.6
Tunisia	9.1	26.9
Turkmenistan	9.1	18.6
Gambia	9.1	10.3
Nigeria	8.8	8.9
Mali	8.7	8.6
Comoros	8.7	7.8
Vanuatu	8.6	25.2
Botswana	8.6	18.9
Equatorial Guinea	8.6	8.0
Guinea	8.4	7.7
Norway	8.3	23.1
Switzerland	8.3	19.5
Singapore	8.1	6.1
Solomon Islands	7.8	22.5
Thailand	7.8	10.0
Ghana	7.7	10.9
Zimbabwe	7.6	15.5
Tanzania	7.6	8.4
Malawi	7.6	5.8
Tajikistan	7.0	14.2
Papua New Guinea	6.9	21.3
Sri Lanka	6.9	5.2
Liberia	6.8	9.9
North Korea	?	6.8
Bhutan	6.8	6.4
Angola	6.7	8.2
Philippines	6.7	6.4
Ivory Coast	6.6	10.3
South Sudan	?	6.6
Cameroon	6.5	11.4
Indonesia	6.1	6.9
China	6.1	6.2
Kenya	6.0	7.1
Chad	5.5	6.1
Mozambique	5.4	7.2
Burkina Faso	5.1	5.6
Niger	5.1	5.5
Namibia	5.0	17.2
Uganda	5.0	5.3
Djibouti	4.9	13.5
Benin	4.6	9.6
Rwanda	4.4	5.8
Togo	4.3	8.4
Japan	4.3	4.3
Yemen	4.1	17.1
Zambia	3.9	8.1
Nepal	3.9	4.1
Ethiopia	3.6	4.5
Vietnam	3.6	2.1
Laos	3.5	5.3
Eritrea	3.5	5.0
Senegal	3.4	8.8
Sierra Leone	3.4	8.7
Myanmar	3.3	5.8
Bangladesh	3.3	3.6
India	3.1	3.9
Madagascar	2.7	5.3
Cambodia	2.5	3.9
Republic of the Congo	2.3	9.6
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.3	6.7
Burundi	1.7	5.4
Timor-Leste	1.0	3.8

World Health Organization (2024)

The data is from the World Health Organization.

Rank	Country	Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI≥30)
1	Tonga	70.54
2	Nauru	70.18
3	Tuvalu	63.93
4	Samoa	61.24
5	Bahamas	47.61
6	Marshall Islands	47.29
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46.62
8	Kiribati	46.19
9	Micronesia	45.6
10	Kuwait	45.36
11	Qatar	43.76
12	Egypt	42.99
13	United States	42.87
14	Palau	42.2
15	Belize	41.91
16	Saudi Arabia	41.11
17	Chile	39.52
18	Georgia	38.94
19	Romania	38.24
20	Barbados	38.23
21	Iraq	37.36
22	Bahrain	37.19
23	Hungary	36.4
24	Libya	36.15
25	Mexico	36.09
26	Panama	36.08
27	Argentina	36.03
28	Croatia	35.65
29	Jordan	35.61
30	Uruguay	34.67
31	Malta	34.62
32	Turkey	34.26
33	New Zealand	34.25
34	Jamaica	34.18
35	Antigua and Barbuda	34.06
36	Saint Lucia	33.93
37	Fiji	33.84
38	Greece	33.68
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33.57
40	State of Palestine	32.82
41	Nicaragua	32.42
42	Brunei	32.38
43	Paraguay	32.08
44	Costa Rica	31.97
45	Australia	31.82
46	United Arab Emirates	31.55
47	Dominica	31.5
48	Poland	31.41
49	Czechia	31.3
50	Syria	31.18
51	Lithuania	31.14
52	Lebanon	31.07
53	Ireland	30.84
54	North Macedonia	30.65
55	Grenada	30.49
56	Slovakia	30.28
57	Seychelles	30.27
58	Oman	30.19
59	South Africa	30.03
60	El Salvador	29.89
61	Latvia	29.81
62	Ukraine	29.2
63	Trinidad and Tobago	29.15
64	Dominican Republic	29.12
65	Suriname	28.98
66	Brazil	28.76
67	United Kingdom	28.71
68	Honduras	28.54
69	Uzbekistan	28.52
70	Tunisia	28.26
71	Russia	28.05
72	Guyana	28
73	Armenia	27.87
74	Bolivia	27.8
75	Azerbaijan	27.5
76	Canada	27.32
77	Eswatini	27.31
78	Peru	27.18
79	Portugal	27.06
80	Ecuador	26.98
81	Estonia	26.67
82	Albania	26.58
83	Belarus	26.55
84	Serbia	26.05
85	Moldova	25.65
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.47
87	Iran	25.26
88	Guatemala	25.2
89	Cyprus	25.11
90	Kyrgyzstan	24.41
91	Algeria	24.25
92	Bulgaria	24.25
93	Germany	24.16
94	Mongolia	23.99
95	Colombia	23.85
96	Finland	23.7
97	Cuba	23.54
98	Israel	23.39
99	Venezuela	22.84
100	Iceland	22.59
101	Malaysia	22.4
102	Slovenia	22.2
103	Morocco	22.13
104	Belgium	22
105	Pakistan	21.85
106	Solomon Islands	21.63
107	Italy	21.55
108	Montenegro	21.05
109	Mauritania	20.84
110	Tajikistan	20.81
111	Andorra	20.47
112	Luxembourg	20.21
113	Turkmenistan	20.16
114	Papua New Guinea	20.12
115	Gabon	20
116	Vanuatu	19.95
117	Norway	19.77
118	Mauritius	19.47
119	Kazakhstan	19.34
120	Lesotho	19.29
121	Spain	19.17
122	Afghanistan	17.59
123	Maldives	17.57
124	Botswana	17.46
125	Equatorial Guinea	17.16
126	Austria	17.04
127	Netherlands	16.91
128	Sweden	16.41
129	Liberia	16.21
130	Comoros	15.55
131	Sudan	15.5
132	Namibia	15.29
133	Cabo Verde	15.09
134	Sao Tome and Principe	15.04
135	Thailand	14.51
136	Denmark	14.3
137	Switzerland	13.74
138	Singapore	13.54
139	Cameroon	13.35
140	Gambia	13.22
141	Somalia	12.7
142	Zimbabwe	12.43
143	Ghana	12.11
144	Bhutan	11.98
145	Yemen	11.56
146	Indonesia	11.5
147	Tanzania	11.39
148	Kenya	11.04
149	France	10.92
150	North Korea	10.87
151	Djibouti	10.87
152	Nigeria	10.84
153	Sri Lanka	10.61
154	Cote d'Ivoire	10.59
155	Angola	10.54
156	Togo	10.45
157	Haiti	10.23
158	Guinea-Bissau	10.08
159	Mali	9.95
160	Benin	9.89
161	Zambia	9.42
162	Mozambique	8.78
163	Philippines	8.74
164	Senegal	8.68
165	Guinea	8.29
166	China	8.21
167	South Sudan	7.98
168	Congo	7.96
169	Laos	7.76
170	Central African Republic	7.67
171	Myanmar	7.54
172	India	7.21
173	Uganda	6.88
174	South Korea	6.73
175	Nepal	6.58
176	Sierra Leone	6.48
177	Malawi	6.37
178	Burkina Faso	6.1
179	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.76
180	Chad	5.71
181	Niger	5.33
182	Bangladesh	5.29
183	Japan	4.94
184	Rwanda	4.57
185	Burundi	4.53
186	Cambodia	4.39
187	Eritrea	4.2
188	Madagascar	3.85
189	Ethiopia	2.41
190	Timor-Leste	2.25
191	Vietnam	2.08
~	Monaco	Unknown
~	San Marino	Unknown
~	Vatican City	Unknown
~	Liechtenstein	Unknown

See also

• List of countries by body mass index
• Obesity in the Pacific
• Obesity