Obesity – adult prevalence rate

This entry gives 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.

Country Comparison Ranking

• Afghanistan

  5.5% (2016)

• Albania

  21.7% (2016)

• Algeria

  27.4% (2016)

• Andorra

  25.6% (2016)

• Angola

  8.2% (2016)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  18.9% (2016)

• Argentina

  28.3% (2016)

• Armenia

  20.2% (2016)

• Australia

  29% (2016)

• Austria

  20.1% (2016)

• Azerbaijan

  19.9% (2016)

• Bahamas, The

  31.6% (2016)

• Bahrain

  29.8% (2016)

• Bangladesh

  3.6% (2016)

• Barbados

  23.1% (2016)

• Belarus

  24.5% (2016)

• Belgium

  22.1% (2016)

• Belize

  24.1% (2016)

• Benin

  9.6% (2016)

• Bhutan

  6.4% (2016)

• Bolivia

  20.2% (2016)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  17.9% (2016)

• Botswana

  18.9% (2016)

• Brazil

  22.1% (2016)

• Brunei

  14.1% (2016)

• Bulgaria

  25% (2016)

• Burkina Faso

  5.6% (2016)

• Burma

  5.8% (2016)

• Burundi

  5.4% (2016)

• Cabo Verde

  11.8% (2016)

• Cambodia

  3.9% (2016)

• Cameroon

  11.4% (2016)

• Canada

  29.4% (2016)

• Central African Republic

  7.5% (2016)

• Chad

  6.1% (2016)

• Chile

  28% (2016)

• China

  6.2% (2016)

• Colombia

  22.3% (2016)

• Comoros

  7.8% (2016)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  6.7% (2016)

• Congo, Republic of the

  9.6% (2016)

• Cook Islands

  55.9% (2016)

• Costa Rica

  25.7% (2016)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  10.3% (2016)

• Croatia

  24.4% (2016)

• Cuba

  24.6% (2016)

• Cyprus

  21.8% (2016)

• Czechia

  26% (2016)

• Denmark

  19.7% (2016)

• Djibouti

  13.5% (2016)

• Dominica

  27.9% (2016)

• Dominican Republic

  27.6% (2016)

• Ecuador

  19.9% (2016)

• Egypt

  32% (2016)

• El Salvador

  24.6% (2016)

• Equatorial Guinea

  8% (2016)

• Eritrea

  5% (2016)

• Estonia

  21.2% (2016)

• Eswatini

  16.5% (2016)

• Ethiopia

  4.5% (2016)

• Fiji

  30.2% (2016)

• Finland

  22.2% (2016)

• France

  21.6% (2016)

• Gabon

  15% (2016)

• Gambia, The

  10.3% (2016)

• Georgia

  21.7% (2016)

• Germany

  22.3% (2016)

• Ghana

  10.9% (2016)

• Greece

  24.9% (2016)

• Grenada

  21.3% (2016)

• Guatemala

  21.2% (2016)

• Guinea

  7.7% (2016)

• Guinea-Bissau

  9.5% (2016)

• Guyana

  20.2% (2016)

• Haiti

  22.7% (2016)

• Honduras

  21.4% (2016)

• Hungary

  26.4% (2016)

• Iceland

  21.9% (2016)

• India

  3.9% (2016)

• Indonesia

  6.9% (2016)

• Iran

  25.8% (2016)

• Iraq

  30.4% (2016)

• Ireland

  25.3% (2016)

• Israel

  26.1% (2016)

• Italy

  19.9% (2016)

• Jamaica

  24.7% (2016)

• Japan

  4.3% (2016)

• Jordan

  35.5% (2016)

• Kazakhstan

  21% (2016)

• Kenya

  7.1% (2016)

• Kiribati

  46% (2016)

• Korea, North

  6.8% (2016)

• Korea, South

  4.7% (2016)

• Kuwait

  37.9% (2016)

• Kyrgyzstan

  16.6% (2016)

• Laos

  5.3% (2016)

• Latvia

  23.6% (2016)

• Lebanon

  32% (2016)

• Lesotho

  16.6% (2016)

• Liberia

  9.9% (2016)

• Libya

  32.5% (2016)

• Lithuania

  26.3% (2016)

• Luxembourg

  22.6% (2016)

• Madagascar

  5.3% (2016)

• Malawi

  5.8% (2016)

• Malaysia

  15.6% (2016)

• Maldives

  8.6% (2016)

• Mali

  8.6% (2016)

• Malta

  28.9% (2016)

• Marshall Islands

  52.9% (2016)

• Mauritania

  12.7% (2016)

• Mauritius

  10.8% (2016)

• Mexico

  28.9% (2016)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  45.8% (2016)

• Moldova

  18.9% (2016)

• Mongolia

  20.6% (2016)

• Montenegro

  23.3% (2016)

• Morocco

  26.1% (2016)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  7.2% (2016)

• Namibia

  17.2% (2016)

• Nauru

  61% (2016)

• Nepal

  4.1% (2016)

• Netherlands

  20.4% (2016)

• New Zealand

  30.8% (2016)

• Nicaragua

  23.7% (2016)

• Niger

  5.5% (2016)

• Nigeria

  8.9% (2016)

• Niue

  50% (2016)

• North Macedonia

  22.4% (2016)

• Norway

  23.1% (2016)

• Oman

  27% (2016)

• Pakistan

  8.6% (2016)

• Palau

  55.3% (2016)

• Panama

  22.7% (2016)

• Papua New Guinea

  21.3% (2016)

• Paraguay

  20.3% (2016)

• Peru

  19.7% (2016)

• Philippines

  6.4% (2016)

• Poland

  23.1% (2016)

• Portugal

  20.8% (2016)

• Qatar

  35.1% (2016)

• Romania

  22.5% (2016)

• Russia

  23.1% (2016)

• Rwanda

  5.8% (2016)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  22.9% (2016)

• Saint Lucia

  19.7% (2016)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  23.7% (2016)

• Samoa

  47.3% (2016)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  12.4% (2016)

• Saudi Arabia

  35.4% (2016)

• Senegal

  8.8% (2016)

• Serbia

  21.5% (2016)

• Seychelles

  14% (2016)

• Sierra Leone

  8.7% (2016)

• Singapore

  6.1% (2016)

• Slovakia

  20.5% (2016)

• Slovenia

  20.2% (2016)

• Solomon Islands

  22.5% (2016)

• Somalia

  8.3% (2016)

• South Africa

  28.3% (2016)

• South Sudan

  6.6% (2014)

• Spain

  23.8% (2016)

• Sri Lanka

  5.2% (2016)

• Sudan

  6.6% (2014)

• Suriname

  26.4% (2016)

• Sweden

  20.6% (2016)

• Switzerland

  19.5% (2016)

• Syria

  27.8% (2016)

• Tajikistan

  14.2% (2016)

• Tanzania

  8.4% (2016)

• Thailand

  10% (2016)

• Timor-Leste

  3.8% (2016)

• Togo

  8.4% (2016)

• Tonga

  48.2% (2016)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  18.6% (2016)

• Tunisia

  26.9% (2016)

• Turkey

  32.1% (2016)

• Turkmenistan

  18.6% (2016)

• Tuvalu

  51.6% (2016)

• Uganda

  5.3% (2016)

• Ukraine

  24.1% (2016)

• United Arab Emirates

  31.7% (2016)

• United Kingdom

  27.8% (2016)

• United States

  36.2% (2016)

• Uruguay

  27.9% (2016)

• Uzbekistan

  16.6% (2016)

• Vanuatu

  25.2% (2016)

• Venezuela

  25.6% (2016)

• Vietnam

  2.1% (2016)

• Yemen

  17.1% (2016)

• Zambia

  8.1% (2016)

• Zimbabwe

  15.5% (2016)