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Percentage of adults having a Body Mass Index greater to or equal to 30 in the countries of the world

Rank
(total)
CountryTotal
(percent)
Date
1Cook Islands50.02014
2Palau47.12014
3Nauru45.12014
4Niue42.52014
5Marshall Islands42.32014
6Samoa41.62014
7Tonga41.12014
8Qatar41.02014
9Kiribati40.12014
10Tuvalu39.62014
11Kuwait38.32014
12Bahamas36.62014
13Fiji35.92014
14United States of America35.02014
15United Arab Emirates34.52014
16Bahrain34.12014
17Saudi Arabia33.72014
18Barbados33.22014
18Micronesia33.22014
20Vanuatu32.92014
21Trinidad and Tobago32.32014
22Andorra32.12014
23Libya31.92014
24Antigua and Barbuda31.02014
25Lebanon30.82014
26New Zealand30.62014
27Canada30.12014
28Australia29.92014
29United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland29.82014
30Turkey29.42014
31Czech Republic29.12014
32Malta28.72014
33Chile28.52014
34Saint Kitts and Nevis28.42014
35Jordan28.12014
36Egypt27.72014
37Mexico27.62014
37Uruguay27.62014
39Lithuania27.52014
40Slovakia27.42014
40Slovenia27.42014
42Cuba27.22014
43Tunisia27.12014
44Ireland27.02014
44Poland27.02014
44Saint Lucia27.02014
47Seychelles26.92014
48Jamaica26.82014
49Argentina26.52014
49Oman26.52014
49Panama26.52014
49Spain26.52014
53Russia26.22014
54Suriname26.12014
55Hungary26.02014
56Dominica25.92014
57Israel25.82014
58France25.72014
59Bulgaria25.62014
59Croatia25.62014
59Latvia25.62014
59South Africa25.62014
63Papua New Guinea25.52014
64Belarus25.22014
65Greece25.12014
66Solomon Islands25.02014
67Iran24.92014
68Luxembourg24.82014
68Norway24.82014
70Grenada24.62014
71Cyprus24.52014
71Estonia24.52014
73Venezuela24.32014
74Saint Vincent and the Grenadines24.12014
75Costa Rica24.02014
76Iceland23.92014
77Italy23.72014
78Algeria23.62014
79Kazakhstan23.52014
80Romania23.42014
81Dominican Republic23.02014
82Finland22.82014
83Germany22.72014
84Azerbaijan22.22014
85Belgium22.12014
85Georgia22.12014
85Portugal22.12014
88Sweden22.02014
89Guyana21.92014
89Netherlands21.92014
91Morocco21.72014
91Ukraine21.72014
93Syria21.62014
94Montenegro21.42014
95Iraq21.22014
96Serbia21.12014
97Denmark21.02014
97Switzerland21.02014
99Macedonia20.82014
100Colombia20.72014
101Belize20.62014
102Peru20.42014
103Austria20.12014
103Brazil20.12014
103El Salvador20.12014
106Armenia19.92014
107Botswana19.52014
108Bosnia and Herzegovina19.22014
109Mauritius18.82014
109Turkmenistan18.82014
111Brunei18.62014
112Albania18.12014
113Ecuador18.02014
114Namibia16.82014
115Guatemala16.42014
116Honduras16.32014
117Equatorial Guinea16.22014
118Bolivia15.82014
118Gabon15.82014
120Moldova15.72014
120Mongolia15.72014
122Nicaragua15.52014
123Paraguay15.12014
124Swaziland14.82014
125Uzbekistan14.32014
126Yemen14.22014
127Kyrgyzstan13.32014
128Malaysia12.92014
129Tajikistan12.02014
130Lesotho11.92014
131Cape Verde11.72014
132Ghana10.92014
133Haiti10.72014
134São Tomé and Príncipe10.62014
135Congo (Republic)9.72014
135Nigeria9.72014
137Cameroon9.62014
138Thailand9.22014
139Gambia9.12014
140Mauritania8.62014
141Angola8.52014
141Djibouti8.52014
143Zimbabwe8.42014
144Senegal8.32014
145Benin8.12014
146Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)8.02014
147China7.32014
148Zambia7.22014
149Maldives7.02014
150Singapore6.82014
150Sri Lanka6.82014
152Chad6.62014
152Sierra Leone6.62014
152South Sudan6.62014
152Sudan6.62014
156Togo6.42014
157Guinea-Bissau6.32014
157Korea (South)6.32014
159Bhutan5.92014
159Guinea5.92014
159Kenya5.92014
159Tanzania5.92014
163Comoros5.82014
163Liberia5.82014
165Indonesia5.72014
165Mali5.72014
167Burkina Faso5.22014
168Pakistan4.82014
169India4.72014
169Philippines4.72014
171Madagascar4.62014
172Mozambique4.52014
173Central African Republic4.42014
174Malawi4.32014
175Somalia3.92014
175Uganda3.92014
177Congo (Democratic Republic)3.72014
177Niger3.72014
179Japan3.52014
179Vietnam3.52014
181Eritrea3.42014
182Bangladesh3.32014
182Ethiopia3.32014
182Rwanda3.32014
185Laos3.02014
186Cambodia2.92014
186Myanmar (Burma)2.92014
186Nepal2.92014
189Korea (North)2.52014
190Afghanistan2.42014
191Burundi2.12014
192East Timor1.82014
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No information is available for non-listed countries.

The page reports the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater to or equal to 30.0. BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight in kg and dividing it by the person's squared height in meters.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2015-12-31)