Obesity Rates by Country

Obesity rate is the percentage of adults aged 18 years and older with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. The data on this page are based on official estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) for 2022, allowing direct comparisons between countries using the same methodology.

Obesity has become one of the most significant public health concerns worldwide. While some countries report obesity rates below 5%, others exceed 60%, showing how dramatically lifestyles, diets, healthcare systems, and economic conditions can differ across the globe.

Global Obesity Rankings

The ranking below shows the estimated percentage of adults living with obesity in each country during 2022. The figures are age-standardized, making them more suitable for international comparisons than simple national averages.

Several Pacific Island nations occupy the top positions, with Tonga, Nauru, Cook Islands, and Samoa recording the highest obesity rates. Many countries in the Middle East and the Americas also report relatively high levels of adult obesity.

Obesity Rates by Country

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#	Country	2022 (%)
1	Tonga TO	71.65%
2	Nauru NR	69.92%
3	Cook Islands CK	68.92%
4	Niue NU	66.58%
5	Tuvalu TV	64.2%
6	Samoa WS	62.43%
7	Bahamas BS	47.26%
8	Micronesia FM	47.1%
9	Kiribati KI	46.3%
10	Marshall Islands MH	45.9%
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	45.64%
12	Egypt EG	44.27%
13	Qatar QA	43.14%
14	Belize BZ	42.32%
15	United States US	41.99%
16	Kuwait KW	41.42%
17	Palau PW	41.14%
18	Saudi Arabia SA	40.6%
19	Iraq IQ	40.49%
20	Chile CL	38.91%
21	Jordan JO	38.51%
22	Barbados BB	38.02%
23	Libya LY	36.71%
24	Bahrain BH	36.13%
25	Panama PA	36.07%
26	Mexico MX	36.03%
27	Argentina AR	35.36%
28	Georgia GE	34.66%
29	Romania RO	34.04%
30	Syria SY	33.94%
31	Fiji FJ	33.84%
32	Jamaica JM	33.81%
33	Nicaragua NI	33.63%
34	New Zealand NZ	33.62%
35	Saint Lucia LC	33.47%
36	Uruguay UY	33.34%
37	Türkiye TR	33.3%
38	Antigua and Barbuda AG	33.25%
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	33.25%
40	Paraguay PY	32.96%
41	Malta MT	32.29%
42	United Arab Emirates AE	32.08%
43	Brunei BN	31.71%
44	Hungary HU	31.7%
45	Costa Rica CR	31.39%
46	Dominica DM	31.34%
47	Oman OM	31.1%
48	El Salvador SV	30.88%
49	South Africa ZA	30.82%
50	Croatia HR	30.62%
51	Grenada GD	30.25%
52	Australia AU	30.24%
53	Eswatini SZ	30.09%
54	Uzbekistan UZ	30.03%
55	Lebanon LB	29.78%
56	Honduras HN	29.49%
57	Seychelles SC	29.36%
58	Dominican Republic DO	29.34%
59	Suriname SR	29.02%
60	Bolivia BO	28.68%
61	Guyana GY	28.46%
62	Ireland IE	28.35%
63	Brazil BR	28.14%
64	Trinidad and Tobago TT	28.05%
65	Greece GR	27.98%
66	North Macedonia MK	27.54%
67	Poland PL	27.5%
68	Ecuador EC	27.38%
69	Peru PE	27.29%
70	Tunisia TN	26.83%
71	Slovakia SK	26.82%
72	United Kingdom GB	26.82%
73	Guatemala GT	26.81%
74	Kyrgyzstan KG	26.6%
75	Azerbaijan AZ	26.55%
76	Canada CA	26.23%
77	Czech Republic CZ	25.98%
78	Lithuania LT	25.36%
79	Armenia AM	24.51%
80	Iran IR	24.27%
81	Latvia LV	24.27%
82	Russia RU	24.19%
83	Mongolia MN	24.11%
84	Algeria DZ	23.81%
85	Tajikistan TJ	23.79%
86	Ukraine UA	23.63%
87	Colombia CO	23.62%
88	Albania AL	23.36%
89	Pakistan PK	23.01%
90	Moldova MD	22.97%
91	Cyprus CY	22.94%
92	Venezuela VE	22.72%
93	Mauritania MR	22.69%
94	Solomon Islands SB	22.6%
95	Serbia RS	22.51%
96	Israel IL	22.49%
97	Estonia EE	22.16%
98	Malaysia MY	22.1%
99	Portugal PT	21.79%
100	Morocco MA	21.78%
101	Cuba CU	21.76%
102	Finland FI	21.51%
103	Turkmenistan TM	21.4%
104	Belarus BY	21.37%
105	Vanuatu VU	21.28%
106	Iceland IS	21.23%
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	21.19%
108	Gabon GA	21.02%
109	Lesotho LS	21%
110	Bulgaria BG	20.59%
111	Papua New Guinea PG	20.52%
112	Germany DE	20.4%
113	Belgium BE	20.03%
114	Slovenia SI	19.44%
115	Mauritius MU	19.23%
116	Afghanistan AF	19.22%
117	Norway NO	19.15%
118	Luxembourg LU	18.43%
119	Kazakhstan KZ	18.38%
120	Botswana BW	18.29%
121	Andorra AD	18.1%
122	Montenegro ME	18%
123	Equatorial Guinea GQ	17.67%
124	Maldives MV	17.3%
125	Italy IT	17.29%
126	Liberia LR	17.01%
127	Sudan SD	17%
128	Namibia NA	16.97%
129	Sao Tome and Principe ST	16.46%
130	Comoros KM	16.28%
131	Cape Verde CV	15.77%
132	Spain ES	15.67%
133	Thailand TH	15.38%
134	Austria AT	15.37%
135	Sweden SE	15.27%
136	Gambia GM	14.93%
137	Cameroon CM	14.88%
138	Somalia SO	14.61%
139	Netherlands NL	14.54%
140	Zimbabwe ZW	14.21%
141	Singapore SG	13.88%
142	Yemen YE	13.65%
143	Denmark DK	13.28%
144	Ghana GH	12.93%
145	Tanzania TZ	12.58%
146	Kenya KE	12.41%
147	Nigeria NG	12.36%
148	Bhutan BT	12.18%
149	Switzerland CH	12.11%
150	Ivory Coast CI	11.64%
151	Togo TG	11.56%
152	Angola AO	11.47%
153	Guinea-Bissau GW	11.47%
154	Mali ML	11.37%
155	Djibouti DJ	11.35%
156	Indonesia ID	11.23%
157	Benin BJ	11.17%
158	Zambia ZM	11.08%
159	North Korea KP	10.8%
160	Haiti HT	10.69%
161	Sri Lanka LK	10.56%
162	Mozambique MZ	10.26%
163	Senegal SN	10.21%
164	France FR	9.7%
165	Guinea GN	9.53%
166	Central African Republic CF	9.3%
167	Philippines PH	8.74%
168	South Sudan SS	8.6%
169	Congo CG	8.54%
170	China CN	8.28%
171	Laos LA	8.01%
172	Uganda UG	7.9%
173	Malawi MW	7.74%
174	Myanmar MM	7.43%
175	South Korea KR	7.33%
176	India IN	7.27%
177	Sierra Leone SL	7.13%
178	Nepal NP	6.99%
179	Burkina Faso BF	6.75%
180	Chad TD	6.69%
181	DR Congo CD	6.64%
182	Niger NE	5.97%
183	Japan JP	5.54%
184	Bangladesh BD	5.3%
185	Burundi BI	5.02%
186	Rwanda RW	4.92%
187	Eritrea ER	4.83%
188	Cambodia KH	4.36%
189	Madagascar MG	4.26%
190	Ethiopia ET	2.82%
191	Timor-Leste TL	2.35%
192	Vietnam VN	2.02%

Countries With Lower Obesity Rates

Countries such as Vietnam, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia, Cambodia, and India have some of the lowest obesity rates in the dataset. However, a low obesity rate does not necessarily indicate better overall health, as some countries continue to face challenges related to undernutrition and food insecurity.

Why Do Obesity Rates Differ?

Obesity is influenced by many factors, including diet, physical activity, urbanization, income levels, education, healthcare access, and national health policies. As countries develop economically, changes in eating habits and increasingly sedentary lifestyles often contribute to rising obesity rates.

Obesity Rates by Country

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#	Country	2017 (%)	2018 (%)	2019 (%)	2020 (%)	2021 (%)	2022 (%)
1	Tonga	67.29%	68.18%	69.07%	69.94%	70.8%	71.65%
2	Nauru	68.72%	68.97%	69.17%	69.38%	69.63%	69.92%
3	Cook Islands	65.77%	66.41%	67.05%	67.68%	68.3%	68.92%
4	Niue	63.72%	64.25%	64.86%	65.48%	66.05%	66.58%
5	Tuvalu	61.45%	62.01%	62.55%	63.1%	63.65%	64.2%
6	Samoa	59.09%	59.77%	60.44%	61.11%	61.77%	62.43%
7	Bahamas	43.57%	44.31%	45.05%	45.78%	46.52%	47.26%
8	Micronesia	44.63%	45.11%	45.6%	46.09%	46.59%	47.1%
9	Kiribati	44.72%	45.03%	45.35%	45.66%	45.98%	46.3%
10	Marshall Islands	43.86%	44.24%	44.64%	45.06%	45.48%	45.9%
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42.22%	42.91%	43.59%	44.27%	44.96%	45.64%
12	Egypt	41.08%	41.74%	42.37%	43.01%	43.64%	44.27%
13	Qatar	39.88%	40.62%	41.33%	41.98%	42.56%	43.14%
14	Belize	38.7%	39.41%	40.12%	40.85%	41.58%	42.32%
15	United States	39.47%	39.97%	40.46%	40.97%	41.48%	41.99%
16	Kuwait	41.05%	41.05%	41.1%	41.2%	41.3%	41.42%
17	Palau	40.03%	40.23%	40.44%	40.67%	40.9%	41.14%
18	Saudi Arabia	38%	38.54%	39.06%	39.57%	40.08%	40.6%
19	Iraq	37.6%	38.18%	38.75%	39.33%	39.91%	40.49%
20	Chile	34.1%	35.04%	35.99%	36.95%	37.93%	38.91%
21	Jordan	37.66%	37.84%	38%	38.17%	38.34%	38.51%
22	Barbados	34.39%	35.1%	35.82%	36.55%	37.28%	38.02%
23	Libya	34.52%	34.96%	35.4%	35.83%	36.27%	36.71%
24	Bahrain	34.06%	34.48%	34.91%	35.32%	35.72%	36.13%
25	Panama	31.32%	32.25%	33.19%	34.14%	35.1%	36.07%
26	Mexico	32.69%	33.34%	34%	34.67%	35.35%	36.03%
27	Argentina	30.57%	31.49%	32.43%	33.39%	34.37%	35.36%
28	Georgia	31%	31.73%	32.46%	33.19%	33.92%	34.66%
29	Romania	27.73%	28.96%	30.2%	31.46%	32.75%	34.04%
30	Syria	31.81%	32.25%	32.67%	33.09%	33.52%	33.94%
31	Fiji	30.78%	31.37%	31.96%	32.58%	33.2%	33.84%
32	Jamaica	30%	30.75%	31.5%	32.25%	33.02%	33.81%
33	Nicaragua	30.59%	31.19%	31.79%	32.39%	33.01%	33.63%
34	New Zealand	31.46%	31.88%	32.3%	32.73%	33.17%	33.62%
35	Saint Lucia	29.64%	30.37%	31.12%	31.88%	32.67%	33.47%
36	Uruguay	28.98%	29.82%	30.67%	31.55%	32.44%	33.34%
37	Türkiye	31.56%	31.92%	32.26%	32.6%	32.95%	33.3%
38	Antigua and Barbuda	29.94%	30.59%	31.24%	31.9%	32.57%	33.25%
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.8%	30.47%	31.14%	31.83%	32.53%	33.25%
40	Paraguay	28.72%	29.54%	30.37%	31.22%	32.08%	32.96%
41	Malta	31.17%	31.37%	31.57%	31.8%	32.04%	32.29%
42	United Arab Emirates	32%	32%	32%	32.01%	32.02%	32.08%
43	Brunei	27.42%	28.27%	29.13%	29.99%	30.85%	31.71%
44	Hungary	28.3%	28.96%	29.63%	30.31%	31%	31.7%
45	Costa Rica	28.1%	28.74%	29.38%	30.04%	30.71%	31.39%
46	Dominica	27.83%	28.51%	29.21%	29.92%	30.63%	31.34%
47	Oman	27.71%	28.33%	29%	29.75%	30.48%	31.1%
48	El Salvador	28.1%	28.65%	29.19%	29.75%	30.31%	30.88%
49	South Africa	29.64%	29.86%	30.08%	30.32%	30.56%	30.82%
50	Croatia	26.6%	27.37%	28.15%	28.95%	29.78%	30.62%
51	Grenada	26.98%	27.61%	28.25%	28.91%	29.57%	30.25%
52	Australia	27.88%	28.34%	28.8%	29.27%	29.75%	30.24%
53	Eswatini	26.36%	27.04%	27.74%	28.49%	29.27%	30.09%
54	Uzbekistan	25.59%	26.48%	27.36%	28.24%	29.13%	30.03%
55	Lebanon	28.09%	28.41%	28.73%	29.06%	29.42%	29.78%
56	Honduras	26.07%	26.74%	27.41%	28.09%	28.79%	29.49%
57	Seychelles	27.01%	27.44%	27.88%	28.34%	28.84%	29.36%
58	Dominican Republic	25.7%	26.4%	27.12%	27.84%	28.59%	29.34%
59	Suriname	25.77%	26.4%	27.03%	27.67%	28.33%	29.02%
60	Bolivia	24.36%	25.18%	26.02%	26.88%	27.77%	28.68%
61	Guyana	24.87%	25.5%	26.19%	26.98%	27.71%	28.46%
62	Ireland	26.63%	26.96%	27.3%	27.64%	27.99%	28.35%
63	Brazil	23.39%	24.3%	25.23%	26.18%	27.15%	28.14%
64	Trinidad and Tobago	26.28%	26.59%	26.93%	27.3%	27.67%	28.05%
65	Greece	26.22%	26.54%	26.88%	27.23%	27.6%	27.98%
66	North Macedonia	24.69%	25.23%	25.78%	26.34%	26.93%	27.54%
67	Poland	24.73%	25.26%	25.8%	26.35%	26.92%	27.5%
68	Ecuador	23.52%	24.25%	24.99%	25.77%	26.57%	27.38%
69	Peru	22.55%	23.45%	24.38%	25.33%	26.3%	27.29%
70	Tunisia	24.46%	24.92%	25.38%	25.85%	26.34%	26.83%
71	Slovakia	23.63%	24.24%	24.86%	25.5%	26.15%	26.82%
72	United Kingdom	25.77%	25.97%	26.17%	26.38%	26.6%	26.82%
73	Guatemala	23.34%	24.02%	24.69%	25.39%	26.09%	26.81%
74	Kyrgyzstan	23.4%	24.04%	24.68%	25.31%	25.95%	26.6%
75	Azerbaijan	24%	24.5%	24.99%	25.5%	26.02%	26.55%
76	Canada	25.43%	25.57%	25.72%	25.88%	26.05%	26.23%
77	Czech Republic	23.77%	24.19%	24.62%	25.06%	25.51%	25.98%
78	Lithuania	24.13%	24.36%	24.6%	24.84%	25.09%	25.36%
79	Armenia	22.43%	22.84%	23.24%	23.65%	24.08%	24.51%
80	Iran	22.24%	22.66%	23.06%	23.46%	23.86%	24.27%
81	Latvia	22.97%	23.22%	23.47%	23.73%	24%	24.27%
82	Russia	23.23%	23.41%	23.59%	23.78%	23.98%	24.19%
83	Mongolia	20.9%	21.53%	22.16%	22.8%	23.45%	24.11%
84	Algeria	21.29%	21.79%	22.28%	22.78%	23.3%	23.81%
85	Tajikistan	20.44%	21.1%	21.76%	22.43%	23.11%	23.79%
86	Ukraine	22.7%	22.87%	23.05%	23.23%	23.43%	23.63%
87	Colombia	20.93%	21.45%	21.97%	22.51%	23.06%	23.62%
88	Albania	20.23%	20.82%	21.42%	22.04%	22.69%	23.36%
89	Pakistan	17.46%	18.52%	19.61%	20.72%	21.85%	23.01%
90	Moldova	23.03%	23.02%	23%	22.99%	22.98%	22.97%
91	Cyprus	22.16%	22.29%	22.43%	22.59%	22.76%	22.94%
92	Venezuela	22.92%	22.88%	22.83%	22.79%	22.75%	22.72%
93	Mauritania	19.13%	19.8%	20.49%	21.21%	21.94%	22.69%
94	Solomon Islands	20.71%	21.06%	21.43%	21.8%	22.2%	22.6%
95	Serbia	20.17%	20.6%	21.05%	21.51%	22%	22.51%
96	Israel	22.13%	22.19%	22.24%	22.31%	22.4%	22.49%
97	Estonia	21.55%	21.67%	21.79%	21.91%	22.03%	22.16%
98	Malaysia	18.91%	19.52%	20.15%	20.78%	21.43%	22.1%
99	Portugal	20.12%	20.43%	20.74%	21.08%	21.43%	21.79%
100	Morocco	19.23%	19.74%	20.23%	20.74%	21.26%	21.78%
101	Cuba	18.91%	19.46%	20.01%	20.58%	21.16%	21.76%
102	Finland	20.3%	20.52%	20.75%	20.99%	21.24%	21.51%
103	Turkmenistan	19.36%	19.77%	20.17%	20.57%	20.98%	21.4%
104	Belarus	21.23%	21.26%	21.27%	21.3%	21.33%	21.37%
105	Vanuatu	19.68%	19.97%	20.27%	20.59%	20.92%	21.28%
106	Iceland	19.87%	20.13%	20.39%	20.66%	20.94%	21.23%
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.07%	19.46%	19.86%	20.28%	20.73%	21.19%
108	Gabon	17.99%	18.55%	19.13%	19.74%	20.37%	21.02%
109	Lesotho	18.18%	18.7%	19.23%	19.79%	20.38%	21%
110	Bulgaria	19.09%	19.37%	19.66%	19.96%	20.27%	20.59%
111	Papua New Guinea	18.46%	18.83%	19.22%	19.64%	20.07%	20.52%
112	Germany	20.39%	20.38%	20.37%	20.37%	20.38%	20.4%
113	Belgium	18.79%	19.01%	19.25%	19.49%	19.75%	20.03%
114	Slovenia	17.38%	17.71%	18.09%	18.5%	18.95%	19.44%
115	Mauritius	17.63%	17.92%	18.21%	18.53%	18.87%	19.23%
116	Afghanistan	14.33%	15.26%	16.21%	17.19%	18.19%	19.22%
117	Norway	17.74%	18.01%	18.27%	18.55%	18.84%	19.15%
118	Luxembourg	18.22%	18.25%	18.28%	18.32%	18.37%	18.43%
119	Kazakhstan	17.2%	17.42%	17.64%	17.87%	18.12%	18.38%
120	Botswana	16.35%	16.7%	17.07%	17.46%	17.87%	18.29%
121	Andorra	17.26%	17.4%	17.56%	17.72%	17.91%	18.1%
122	Montenegro	16.26%	16.58%	16.91%	17.26%	17.62%	18%
123	Equatorial Guinea	15.52%	15.89%	16.29%	16.73%	17.19%	17.67%
124	Maldives	13.92%	14.55%	15.19%	15.87%	16.57%	17.3%
125	Italy	16.61%	16.73%	16.86%	17%	17.14%	17.29%
126	Liberia	13%	13.69%	14.44%	15.25%	16.11%	17.01%
127	Sudan	13.88%	14.44%	15.03%	15.65%	16.31%	17%
128	Namibia	15.33%	15.63%	15.94%	16.26%	16.6%	16.97%
129	Sao Tome and Principe	13.79%	14.27%	14.76%	15.3%	15.87%	16.46%
130	Comoros	13.24%	13.8%	14.37%	14.98%	15.62%	16.28%
131	Cape Verde	13.26%	13.71%	14.19%	14.7%	15.23%	15.77%
132	Spain	17.21%	16.87%	16.55%	16.24%	15.95%	15.67%
133	Thailand	12.43%	12.98%	13.55%	14.14%	14.75%	15.38%
134	Austria	14.64%	14.77%	14.9%	15.04%	15.2%	15.37%
135	Sweden	14.86%	14.93%	15%	15.08%	15.17%	15.27%
136	Gambia	11.81%	12.38%	12.98%	13.6%	14.26%	14.93%
137	Cameroon	13.12%	13.44%	13.77%	14.13%	14.5%	14.88%
138	Somalia	11.83%	12.34%	12.87%	13.43%	14.01%	14.61%
139	Netherlands	14.09%	14.17%	14.25%	14.34%	14.44%	14.54%
140	Zimbabwe	11.91%	12.33%	12.77%	13.23%	13.71%	14.21%
141	Singapore	10.55%	11.15%	11.77%	12.44%	13.14%	13.88%
142	Yemen	11.28%	11.73%	12.19%	12.66%	13.15%	13.65%
143	Denmark	12.82%	12.9%	12.98%	13.07%	13.17%	13.28%
144	Ghana	11.41%	11.69%	11.98%	12.28%	12.6%	12.93%
145	Tanzania	9.72%	10.24%	10.78%	11.35%	11.95%	12.58%
146	Kenya	10.06%	10.49%	10.94%	11.41%	11.9%	12.41%
147	Nigeria	10.22%	10.6%	11.01%	11.44%	11.89%	12.36%
148	Bhutan	9.38%	9.91%	10.45%	11.01%	11.58%	12.18%
149	Switzerland	11.87%	11.9%	11.94%	11.99%	12.05%	12.11%
150	Ivory Coast	9.62%	9.98%	10.36%	10.77%	11.19%	11.64%
151	Togo	9%	9.46%	9.94%	10.46%	11%	11.56%
152	Angola	9.82%	10.12%	10.43%	10.76%	11.11%	11.47%
153	Guinea-Bissau	9.41%	9.78%	10.17%	10.58%	11.02%	11.47%
154	Mali	9.21%	9.6%	10.01%	10.44%	10.9%	11.37%
155	Djibouti	8.97%	9.4%	9.85%	10.32%	10.82%	11.35%
156	Indonesia	8.28%	8.82%	9.39%	9.98%	10.59%	11.23%
157	Benin	9.41%	9.72%	10.05%	10.4%	10.77%	11.17%
158	Zambia	8.68%	9.1%	9.56%	10.04%	10.54%	11.08%
159	North Korea	8.5%	8.92%	9.36%	9.82%	10.3%	10.8%
160	Haiti	9.41%	9.65%	9.89%	10.15%	10.41%	10.69%
161	Sri Lanka	7.87%	8.37%	8.89%	9.42%	9.98%	10.56%
162	Mozambique	7.89%	8.31%	8.76%	9.23%	9.73%	10.26%
163	Senegal	8.73%	8.99%	9.27%	9.57%	9.88%	10.21%
164	France	10.68%	10.47%	10.26%	10.07%	9.88%	9.7%
165	Guinea	7.44%	7.81%	8.21%	8.63%	9.07%	9.53%
166	Central African Republic	7.35%	7.7%	8.06%	8.45%	8.86%	9.3%
167	Philippines	7.07%	7.38%	7.69%	8.03%	8.38%	8.74%
168	South Sudan	6.74%	7.08%	7.43%	7.8%	8.19%	8.6%
169	Congo	7.87%	7.98%	8.11%	8.24%	8.38%	8.54%
170	China	6.11%	6.49%	6.9%	7.33%	7.79%	8.28%
171	Laos	6.16%	6.5%	6.85%	7.22%	7.61%	8.01%
172	Uganda	5.66%	6.04%	6.45%	6.9%	7.38%	7.9%
173	Malawi	5.89%	6.23%	6.57%	6.94%	7.33%	7.74%
174	Myanmar	6.22%	6.44%	6.67%	6.91%	7.16%	7.43%
175	South Korea	5.4%	5.73%	6.09%	6.48%	6.89%	7.33%
176	India	5.52%	5.85%	6.18%	6.53%	6.89%	7.27%
177	Sierra Leone	6.33%	6.47%	6.61%	6.77%	6.95%	7.13%
178	Nepal	4.97%	5.34%	5.73%	6.13%	6.55%	6.99%
179	Burkina Faso	4.97%	5.28%	5.61%	5.97%	6.35%	6.75%
180	Chad	5.38%	5.6%	5.85%	6.11%	6.39%	6.69%
181	DR Congo	5.34%	5.57%	5.81%	6.07%	6.35%	6.64%
182	Niger	4.76%	4.97%	5.19%	5.44%	5.7%	5.97%
183	Japan	4.59%	4.76%	4.94%	5.13%	5.33%	5.54%
184	Bangladesh	3.73%	4.02%	4.32%	4.64%	4.96%	5.3%
185	Burundi	3.79%	4%	4.22%	4.47%	4.74%	5.02%
186	Rwanda	3.47%	3.72%	3.99%	4.28%	4.59%	4.92%
187	Eritrea	3.56%	3.78%	4.02%	4.27%	4.54%	4.83%
188	Cambodia	3.14%	3.36%	3.59%	3.83%	4.09%	4.36%
189	Madagascar	3.1%	3.3%	3.51%	3.74%	3.99%	4.26%
190	Ethiopia	2.03%	2.16%	2.31%	2.47%	2.64%	2.82%
191	Timor-Leste	1.62%	1.74%	1.88%	2.02%	2.18%	2.35%
192	Vietnam	1.32%	1.44%	1.57%	1.71%	1.86%	2.02%

Understanding the Data

The percentages shown in this ranking represent adults aged 18 years and older with a BMI of at least 30 kg/m². The estimates are produced by the World Health Organization using internationally standardized methods, making the results comparable across countries.

Comparing obesity rates between countries can help researchers, policymakers, and the public better understand global health trends and identify regions where prevention and public health interventions may have the greatest impact.

Quick summary: Obesity rates vary significantly between countries due to differences in diet, physical activity, urbanization, economic development, healthcare access, and public health policies. While some countries report obesity rates below 10%, others exceed 40%, highlighting the growing global impact of obesity.