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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) | Country | Total (percent) | Date |
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1 | Cook Islands | 50.0 | 2014 |
2 | Palau | 47.1 | 2014 |
3 | Nauru | 45.1 | 2014 |
4 | Niue | 42.5 | 2014 |
5 | Marshall Islands | 42.3 | 2014 |
6 | Samoa | 41.6 | 2014 |
7 | Tonga | 41.1 | 2014 |
8 | Qatar | 41.0 | 2014 |
9 | Kiribati | 40.1 | 2014 |
10 | Tuvalu | 39.6 | 2014 |
11 | Kuwait | 38.3 | 2014 |
12 | Bahamas | 36.6 | 2014 |
13 | Fiji | 35.9 | 2014 |
14 | United States of America | 35.0 | 2014 |
15 | United Arab Emirates | 34.5 | 2014 |
16 | Bahrain | 34.1 | 2014 |
17 | Saudi Arabia | 33.7 | 2014 |
18 | Barbados | 33.2 | 2014 |
18 | Micronesia | 33.2 | 2014 |
20 | Vanuatu | 32.9 | 2014 |
21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.3 | 2014 |
22 | Andorra | 32.1 | 2014 |
23 | Libya | 31.9 | 2014 |
24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.0 | 2014 |
25 | Lebanon | 30.8 | 2014 |
26 | New Zealand | 30.6 | 2014 |
27 | Canada | 30.1 | 2014 |
28 | Australia | 29.9 | 2014 |
29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 29.8 | 2014 |
30 | Turkey | 29.4 | 2014 |
31 | Czech Republic | 29.1 | 2014 |
32 | Malta | 28.7 | 2014 |
33 | Chile | 28.5 | 2014 |
34 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 28.4 | 2014 |
35 | Jordan | 28.1 | 2014 |
36 | Egypt | 27.7 | 2014 |
37 | Mexico | 27.6 | 2014 |
37 | Uruguay | 27.6 | 2014 |
39 | Lithuania | 27.5 | 2014 |
40 | Slovakia | 27.4 | 2014 |
40 | Slovenia | 27.4 | 2014 |
42 | Cuba | 27.2 | 2014 |
43 | Tunisia | 27.1 | 2014 |
44 | Ireland | 27.0 | 2014 |
44 | Poland | 27.0 | 2014 |
44 | Saint Lucia | 27.0 | 2014 |
47 | Seychelles | 26.9 | 2014 |
48 | Jamaica | 26.8 | 2014 |
49 | Argentina | 26.5 | 2014 |
49 | Oman | 26.5 | 2014 |
49 | Panama | 26.5 | 2014 |
49 | Spain | 26.5 | 2014 |
53 | Russia | 26.2 | 2014 |
54 | Suriname | 26.1 | 2014 |
55 | Hungary | 26.0 | 2014 |
56 | Dominica | 25.9 | 2014 |
57 | Israel | 25.8 | 2014 |
58 | France | 25.7 | 2014 |
59 | Bulgaria | 25.6 | 2014 |
59 | Croatia | 25.6 | 2014 |
59 | Latvia | 25.6 | 2014 |
59 | South Africa | 25.6 | 2014 |
63 | Papua New Guinea | 25.5 | 2014 |
64 | Belarus | 25.2 | 2014 |
65 | Greece | 25.1 | 2014 |
66 | Solomon Islands | 25.0 | 2014 |
67 | Iran | 24.9 | 2014 |
68 | Luxembourg | 24.8 | 2014 |
68 | Norway | 24.8 | 2014 |
70 | Grenada | 24.6 | 2014 |
71 | Cyprus | 24.5 | 2014 |
71 | Estonia | 24.5 | 2014 |
73 | Venezuela | 24.3 | 2014 |
74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.1 | 2014 |
75 | Costa Rica | 24.0 | 2014 |
76 | Iceland | 23.9 | 2014 |
77 | Italy | 23.7 | 2014 |
78 | Algeria | 23.6 | 2014 |
79 | Kazakhstan | 23.5 | 2014 |
80 | Romania | 23.4 | 2014 |
81 | Dominican Republic | 23.0 | 2014 |
82 | Finland | 22.8 | 2014 |
83 | Germany | 22.7 | 2014 |
84 | Azerbaijan | 22.2 | 2014 |
85 | Belgium | 22.1 | 2014 |
85 | Georgia | 22.1 | 2014 |
85 | Portugal | 22.1 | 2014 |
88 | Sweden | 22.0 | 2014 |
89 | Guyana | 21.9 | 2014 |
89 | Netherlands | 21.9 | 2014 |
91 | Morocco | 21.7 | 2014 |
91 | Ukraine | 21.7 | 2014 |
93 | Syria | 21.6 | 2014 |
94 | Montenegro | 21.4 | 2014 |
95 | Iraq | 21.2 | 2014 |
96 | Serbia | 21.1 | 2014 |
97 | Denmark | 21.0 | 2014 |
97 | Switzerland | 21.0 | 2014 |
99 | Macedonia | 20.8 | 2014 |
100 | Colombia | 20.7 | 2014 |
101 | Belize | 20.6 | 2014 |
102 | Peru | 20.4 | 2014 |
103 | Austria | 20.1 | 2014 |
103 | Brazil | 20.1 | 2014 |
103 | El Salvador | 20.1 | 2014 |
106 | Armenia | 19.9 | 2014 |
107 | Botswana | 19.5 | 2014 |
108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.2 | 2014 |
109 | Mauritius | 18.8 | 2014 |
109 | Turkmenistan | 18.8 | 2014 |
111 | Brunei | 18.6 | 2014 |
112 | Albania | 18.1 | 2014 |
113 | Ecuador | 18.0 | 2014 |
114 | Namibia | 16.8 | 2014 |
115 | Guatemala | 16.4 | 2014 |
116 | Honduras | 16.3 | 2014 |
117 | Equatorial Guinea | 16.2 | 2014 |
118 | Bolivia | 15.8 | 2014 |
118 | Gabon | 15.8 | 2014 |
120 | Moldova | 15.7 | 2014 |
120 | Mongolia | 15.7 | 2014 |
122 | Nicaragua | 15.5 | 2014 |
123 | Paraguay | 15.1 | 2014 |
124 | Swaziland | 14.8 | 2014 |
125 | Uzbekistan | 14.3 | 2014 |
126 | Yemen | 14.2 | 2014 |
127 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.3 | 2014 |
128 | Malaysia | 12.9 | 2014 |
129 | Tajikistan | 12.0 | 2014 |
130 | Lesotho | 11.9 | 2014 |
131 | Cape Verde | 11.7 | 2014 |
132 | Ghana | 10.9 | 2014 |
133 | Haiti | 10.7 | 2014 |
134 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 10.6 | 2014 |
135 | Congo (Republic) | 9.7 | 2014 |
135 | Nigeria | 9.7 | 2014 |
137 | Cameroon | 9.6 | 2014 |
138 | Thailand | 9.2 | 2014 |
139 | Gambia | 9.1 | 2014 |
140 | Mauritania | 8.6 | 2014 |
141 | Angola | 8.5 | 2014 |
141 | Djibouti | 8.5 | 2014 |
143 | Zimbabwe | 8.4 | 2014 |
144 | Senegal | 8.3 | 2014 |
145 | Benin | 8.1 | 2014 |
146 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 8.0 | 2014 |
147 | China | 7.3 | 2014 |
148 | Zambia | 7.2 | 2014 |
149 | Maldives | 7.0 | 2014 |
150 | Singapore | 6.8 | 2014 |
150 | Sri Lanka | 6.8 | 2014 |
152 | Chad | 6.6 | 2014 |
152 | Sierra Leone | 6.6 | 2014 |
152 | South Sudan | 6.6 | 2014 |
152 | Sudan | 6.6 | 2014 |
156 | Togo | 6.4 | 2014 |
157 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.3 | 2014 |
157 | Korea (South) | 6.3 | 2014 |
159 | Bhutan | 5.9 | 2014 |
159 | Guinea | 5.9 | 2014 |
159 | Kenya | 5.9 | 2014 |
159 | Tanzania | 5.9 | 2014 |
163 | Comoros | 5.8 | 2014 |
163 | Liberia | 5.8 | 2014 |
165 | Indonesia | 5.7 | 2014 |
165 | Mali | 5.7 | 2014 |
167 | Burkina Faso | 5.2 | 2014 |
168 | Pakistan | 4.8 | 2014 |
169 | India | 4.7 | 2014 |
169 | Philippines | 4.7 | 2014 |
171 | Madagascar | 4.6 | 2014 |
172 | Mozambique | 4.5 | 2014 |
173 | Central African Republic | 4.4 | 2014 |
174 | Malawi | 4.3 | 2014 |
175 | Somalia | 3.9 | 2014 |
175 | Uganda | 3.9 | 2014 |
177 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 3.7 | 2014 |
177 | Niger | 3.7 | 2014 |
179 | Japan | 3.5 | 2014 |
179 | Vietnam | 3.5 | 2014 |
181 | Eritrea | 3.4 | 2014 |
182 | Bangladesh | 3.3 | 2014 |
182 | Ethiopia | 3.3 | 2014 |
182 | Rwanda | 3.3 | 2014 |
185 | Laos | 3.0 | 2014 |
186 | Cambodia | 2.9 | 2014 |
186 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.9 | 2014 |
186 | Nepal | 2.9 | 2014 |
189 | Korea (North) | 2.5 | 2014 |
190 | Afghanistan | 2.4 | 2014 |
191 | Burundi | 2.1 | 2014 |
192 | East Timor | 1.8 | 2014 |
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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)