Online Data Supplementary Table 1 Table 1. Characteristics of studies by world region Men Women Age Study sample size Overweight Obese Overweight Obese Year range (n) Prevalence Prevalence Mean BMI Prevalence Prevalence Mean BMI (years) (SE) (SE) (SE) (SE) Established market economies (EME) Australia1 1999-2000 >25 National 11067 48.2 (0.7) 19.3 (0.5) 26.9 29.9 (0.6) 22.2 (0.6) 26.4 Belgium2 2002-2004 18-74 Multi-Site 5066 41.4 (0.9) 10.9 (0.6) .. 29.8 (0.9) 10.8 (0.6) .. Canada3 2004 >18 National 23985 42.0 (1.4) 22.9 (1.1) 27.2 30.2 (1.1) 23.2 (1.0) 26.7 Denmark4 1991-1992 25-64 Regional 1217 41.0 (2.0) 13.2 (1.4) 26.0 26.3 (1.8) 12.1 (1.3) 24.7 Finland5 1997-2002 25-64 National 3883 48.0 (1.2) 21.0 (1.0) 27.1 33.0 (1.0) 19.9 (0.9) 26.4 Germany6 1997-1999 18-79 National 6806 48.9 (0.9) 19.9 (0.7) .. 31.5 (0.8) 22.8 (0.7) .. Greece7 2001-2002 20-89 Multi-Site 3042 53.0 (1.3) 20.0 (1.0) 27.4 31.0 (1.2) 15.0 (0.9) 25.3 Iceland4 1993-1994 25-64 National 1408 49.2 (1.9) 17.0 (1.4) 26.9 39.7 (1.8) 18.4 (1.4) 26.5 Ireland8 1997-1999 18-64 National 1379 47.0 (1.9) 20.0 (1.5) .. 33.0 (1.8) 16.0 (1.4) .. Japan9,10 2004 >20 National 6148 26.2 (0.8) 2.2 (0.3) .. 17.9 (0.7) 2.7 (0.3) .. New Zealand11 2002-2004 >15 National 12929 40.5 (0.6) 19.2 (0.5) .. 27.5 (0.6) 21.0 (0.5) .. Portugal12 2003† 18-90 Regional 1436 49.9 (2.1) 13.9 (1.5) .. 36.5 (1.6) 26.1 (1.5) .. Spain13 1990-2000 25-60 National 9885 45.0 (0.7) 13.4 (0.5) 26.0 32.0 (0.6) 15.8 (0.5) 25.5 Sweden14 2000-2001 20-65 National 596 48.9 (2.9) 10.6 (1.8) .. 27.8 (2.6) 9.8 (1.7) .. Switzerland4 1992-1993 25-64 Multi-Site 2648 44.2 (1.4) 13.0 (0.9) .. 26.8 (1.2) 10.3 (0.8) .. United Kingdom15 2003 ≥ 16 National 13089 43.2 (0.6) 22.2 (0.5) 26.9 32.6 (0.6) 23.0 (0.5) 26.7 United States16,17 1999-2002 ≥ 20 National 3096 41.3 (1.0) 26.8 (0.9) 27.8 28.5 (1.2) 33.1 (1.2) 28.2 Former Socialist Economies Albania18 2001 ≥ 25 Regional 1120 56.5 (2.1) 22.8 (1.8) 27.7 42.2 (2.0) 35.6 (2.0) 28.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina9,19 2002 25-64 National 2731 48.6 (1.5) 16.5 (1.1) 26.5 36.2 (1.2) 25.2 (1.1) 27.0 Bulgaria9 1996 25-64 Multi-Site 3200 44.8 (1.2) 20.9 (1.0) .. 29.0 (1.1) 25.1 (1.1) .. Croatia9,20 2003 >18 National 9040 46.7 (0.9) 21.6 (0.8) 27.1 35.5 (0.6) 22.7 (0.5) 26.5 Latvia21 1997 18-64 National 2292 41.0 (1.5) 9.5 (0.9) 25.5 33.0 (1.3) 17.4 (1.1) 25.8 Moldova22 2005 20-49 National 5684 ...... 26.6 (0.6) 21.2 (0.5) 25.1 Poland4 1993 35-64 Multi-Site 2824 43.5 (1.3) 19.6 (1.1) .. 36.1 (1.3) 32.4 (1.2) .. Romania9 1997 ≥ 15 National 9014 .. .. 9.1 (0.5) 24.3 .. .. 19.1 (0.6) 24.9 Russian Federation4 1992-1995 35-64 Multi-Site 2641 35.0 (1.3) 9.7 (0.8) .. 30.7 (1.3) 22.6 (1.2) .. Serbia23 2005* > 20 Regional 2467 41.0 (1.4) 19.6 (1.1) .. 29.4 (1.3) 26.0 (1.2) .. Ukraine24 1995 25-64 Regional 1680 38.3 (1.7) 9.8 (1.1) 25.0 27.7 (1.5) 23.5 (1.4) 26.2 Men Women Age Study sample size Overweight Obese Overweight Obese Year range (n) Prevalence Prevalence Mean BMI Prevalence Prevalence Mean BMI (years) (SE) (SE) (SE) (SE) India (IND) India rural25 1991-1995 35-64 Multi-Site 2487 7.1 (0.8) 0.7 (0.3) .. 9.1 (0.8) 2.2 (0.4) .. India urban26 2000 ≥ 20 Multi-Site 11216 20.5 (0.6) 4.9 (0.3) .. 24.0 (0.6) 11.8 (0.4) .. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Argentina27 2001* 15-75 Regional 1523 39.4 (2.1) 15.4 (1.5) .. 37.5 (1.6) 15.4 (1.2) .. Barbados9,28 1991-1994 ≥ 30 Regional 811 .. .. 14.3 (1.9) 25.9 .. .. 40.2 (2.2) 29.4 Bolivia9,29 1998 ≥ 25 Multi-Site 2530 19.4 (1.1) 36.4 (1.4) .. 30.5 (1.3) 33.4 (1.3) .. Brazil30 1996-1997 ≥ 20 Multi-Site 10522 30.0 (0.7) 6.7 (0.4) .. 26.6 (0.6) 12.7 (0.4) .. Chile9 2003 ≥ 17 National 3428 .. .. 19.0 (1.0) ...... 25.0 (1.0) .. Colombia31 2005 20-49 National 33244 ...... 32.2 (0.3) 14.6 (0.2) 24.7 Dominican Republic9 1996 20-49 National 5749 ...... 30.1 (0.6) 15.4 (0.5) 24.3 Haiti32 2005 20-49 National 3620 ...... 17.8 (0.6) 8.0 (0.5) 22.4 Honduras33 2005-2006 20-49 National 13825 ...... 31.1 (0.4) 22.4 (0.4) 25.6 Jamaica34 2004* ≥ 15 National 1990 14.8 (1.3) 6.2 (0.9) .. 23.8 (1.2) 17.6 (1.1) .. Mexico35 2000 20-69 National 41188 41.3 (0.4) 19.4 (0.3) .. 36.2 (0.3) 29.0 (0.3) .. Netherland Antilles36 1999-2000 ≥ 18 Multi-Site 2025 .. .. 21.8 (1.3) 26.6 .. .. 33.8 (1.5) 28.1 Nicaragua37 2001 20-49 National 9013 ...... 33.8 (0.5) 21.4 (0.4) 25.7 Paraguay38 1991-1992 20-74 Regional 1606 21.5 (1.8) 40.2 (2.2) .. 32.1 (1.4) 35.1 (1.4) .. Saint Lucia9,28 1991-1994 ≥ 25 Regional 1084 .. .. 8.4 (1.3) 24.3 .. .. 28.7 (1.9) 27.3 Middle eastern crescent (MEC) Algeria9 2003 25-64 Multi-Site 4112 27.4 (1.1) 8.8 (0.7) 24.0 32.0 (0.9) 21.4 (0.8) 26.0 Armenia39 2005 20-49 National 4976 ...... 30.3 (0.7) 18.0 (0.5) 25.0 Bahrain40 1999 ≥ 19 National 2301 36.7 (1.4) 23.3 (1.3) .. 28.3 (1.3) 34.1 (1.4) .. Iran41 2005 15-64 National 89404 27.9 (0.2) 9.1 (0.1) 24.0 29.3 (0.2) 19.2 (0.2) 25.5 Israel42 1999-2000 25-64 National 2781 45.8 (1.3) 19.9 (1.1) 26.8 33.1 (1.3) 25.8 (1.2) 27.1 Jordan43 1994-1996 ≥ 25 Multi-Site 2836 .. .. 32.7 (1.5) 27.1 .. .. 59.8 (1.2) 30.6 Kazakhstan44 1999 20-49 National 1890 ...... 21.6 (0.9) 14.9 (0.8) 24.1 Kyrgyz Republic45 1997 20-49 National 2823 ...... 21.9 (0.8) 10.6 (0.6) 23.4 Lebanon46 1997 ≥ 20 National 1216 43.4 (2.2) 14.3 (1.6) .. 30.6 (1.7) 18.8 (1.5) .. Morocco47 2003-2004 20-49 National 12650 ...... 29.3 (0.4) 12.9 (0.3) 24.2 Oman48 2000 ≥ 20 National 6400 32.1 (0.8) 16.7 (0.7) 25.2 27.3 (0.8) 23.8 (0.7) 25.8 Pakistan49 1990-1994 ≥ 15 National 8972 12.5 (0.5) 4.0 (0.3) .. 18.6 (0.6) 7.3 (0.4) Saudi Arabia50 1995-2000 30-70 National 17223 42.4 (0.5) 26.4 (0.5) .. 31.8 (0.5) 44.0 (0.5) .. Men Women Age Study sample size Overweight Obese Overweight Obese Year range (n) Prevalence Prevalence Mean BMI Prevalence Prevalence Mean BMI (years) (SE) (SE) (SE) (SE) Middle eastern crescent (MEC) con’t Tunisia51 1996 ≥ 20 Regional 957 .. .. 12.4 (1.5) ...... 34.3 (2.2) .. Turkey52 1999-2000 ≥ 20 Multi-Site 20119 25.9 (0.4) 14.4 (0.3) .. 24.3 (0.6) 24.6 (0.6) .. Turkmenistan53 2000 20-49 National 5799 ...... 12.8 (0.4) 23.5 United Arab Emirates9,54 1999-2000 ≥ 20 National 5844 .. .. 25.6 (0.8) ...... 39.9 (0.9) .. Uzbekistan55 2002 20-59 National 7796 26.0 (0.9) 5.0 (0.5) .. 21.0 (0.6) 7.0 (0.3) .. West Bank and Gaza Strip56 1996-1997 30-65 Regional 477 39.9 (3.4) 18.8 (2.7) 26.5 33.8 (2.9) 37.5 (3.0) 28.6 China (CHN) China57 1991 20-74 National 154736 19.3 (0.0) 2.1 (0.0) 22.4 21.6 (0.0) 4.5 (0.0) 22.8 China58 2000-2001 35-74 National 15838 24.2 (0.6) 2.8 (0.2) 23.1 26.1 (0.6) 4.9 (0.3) 23.5 Other Asia and islands (OAI) Bangladesh9 2002 25-64 National 11366 18.6 (0.5) 2.3 (0.2) .. 23.2 (0.6) 7.1 (0.3) .. Cambodia59 2005-2006 20-49 National 6127 ...... 9.7 (0.4) 1.3 (0.1) 20.9 Indonesia60 2001 15-74 Regional 2963 4.2 (0.5) 0.6 (0.2) 20.2 9.1 (0.8) 2.9 (0.4) 20.9 Maldives9 2004 25-64 Regional 2026 31.9 (1.5) 8.7 (0.9) 24.5 34.3 (1.4) 17.9 (1.2) 25.8 Mauritius61 1992 25-74 National 5111 30.4 (0.9) 5.3 (0.4) .. 32.6 (0.9) 15.1 (0.7) .. Mongolia62 2005 15-64 National 3411 18.2 (0.9) 7.2 (0.6) 23.3 25.5 (1.0) 12.5 (0.8) 24.5 Nauru9 2004 15-64 National 2254 26.4 (1.3) 55.7 (1.5) 31.7 21.7 (1.2) 60.5 (1.4) 32.5 Nepal63 2006 20-49 National 7743 ...... 9.0 (0.3) 1.1 (0.1) 20.6 Philippines9 1998 ≥ 20 National 4485 .. .. 3.0 (0.4) 22.4 .. .. 6.2 (0.5) 22.6 Republic of Korea9,64,65 2005 ≥ 20 National 5463 32.8 (1.0) 2.4 (0.3) 24.0 25.1 (0.8) 3.2 (0.3) 23.3 Samoa9,66 1995 ≥ 29 Multi-Site 588 .. .. 32.9 (2.8) ...... 62.0 (2.8) .. Seychelles67 1994 25-64 National 1067 29.8 (2.0) 8.5 (1.2) .. 31.6 (2.0) 28.2 (1.9) .. Singapore68 2004 18-69 National 4084 28.6 (1.0) 6.4 (0.6) .. 22.6 (0.9) 7.3 (0.6) .. Sri Lanka69 2005* 30-65 Multi-Site 6047 17.9 (0.7) 2.4 (0.3) 21.5 27.7 (0.8) 8.8 (0.5) 23.3 Taiwan70 2002 20-79 National 5936 33.2 (0.9) 4.1 (0.4) 24.3 22.4 (0.7) 4.1 (0.4) 23.1 Thailand71 2000-2001 > 33 National 5350 23.5 (1.5) 4.3 (0.6) 23.1 32.3 (1.3) 10.8 (0.9) 24.8 Vanuatu9 1998 ≥ 20 National 1614 33.6 (1.7) 12.2 (1.1) 25.2 32.3 (1.7) 19.6 (1.4) 26.0 Viet Nam72,73 2004-2005 20-64 Multi-Site 3472 5.7 (0.6) 0.9 (0.2) .. 6.4 (0.6) 1.6 (0.3) .. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Benin74 2001 20-49 National 4206 ...... 14.6 (0.5) 7.3 (0.4) 22.4 Burkina Faso75 2003 20-49 National 12477 ...... 7.4 (0.3) 2.9 (0.2) 20.9 Cameroon76 2003 ≥ 15 Multi-Site 9454 21.6 (0.7) 6.5 (0.4) 23.4 28.6 (0.6) 19.5 (0.5) 25.7 Men Women Age Study sample size Overweight Obese Overweight Obese Year range (n) Prevalence Prevalence Mean BMI Prevalence Prevalence Mean BMI (years) (SE) (SE) (SE) (SE) Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Congo77 2005 20-49 National 4710 ...... 21.0 (0.6) 9.5 (0.4) 22.9 Cote d'Ivoire9 2005 25-64 Multi-Site 4444 18.9 (0.9) 5.7 (0.5) .. 26.0 (0.9) 11.6 (0.6) .. Eritrea78 2004 15-64 National 2342 .. .. 1.8 (0.4) ...... 3.4 (0.5) .. Ethiopia79 2005 20-49 National 4385 ...... 4.0 (0.3) 0.9 (0.1) 20.2 Gambia80 1996-1997 ≥ 15 Multi-Site 5373 6.9 (0.5) 1.1 (0.2) .. 12.5 (0.6) 9.1 (0.6) .. Ghana81 1998 ≥ 25 Regional 4733 17.5 (0.9) 4.6 (0.5) 22.6 23.4 (0.8) 20.2 (0.7) 25.6 Guinea82 2005 20-49 National 2722 ...... 12.1 (0.6) 3.4 (0.3) 21.8 Kenya83 2003 20-49 National 5435 ...... 19.5 (0.5) 7.7 (0.4) 22.7 Lesotho84 2004 20-49 National 2373 ...... 28.6 (0.9) 19.8 (0.8) 25.1 Madagascar9,85 2005 25-64 Multi-Site 5225 7.4 (0.5) 1.1 (0.2) .. 11.3 (0.6) 3.0 (0.3) .. Malawi86 2004 20-49 National 7369 ...... 12.5 (0.4) 2.8 (0.2) 22.0 Mauritania9,87 2000-2001 20-49 National 5261 ...... 24.7 (0.6) 20.4 (0.6) 24.3 Niger88 2006 20-49 National 3038 ...... 11.5 (0.6) 3.7 (0.3) 21.4 Nigeria89 2003 20-49 National 4857 ...... 17.5 (0.5) 7.1 (0.4) 22.3 Rwanda90 2005 20-49 National 3800 ...... 9.3 (0.5) 3.0 (0.3) 21.8 Senegal91 2005 20-49 National 3083 ...... 18.0 (0.7) 9.3 (0.5) 22.3 South Africa92 1998 ≥ 15 National 13127 19.3 (0.5) 9.0 (0.4) 23.4 25.8 (0.5) 28.9 (0.5) 27.2 Tanzania93,94 1996-1999 15-64 Multi-Site 10182 16.9 (0.5) 2.7 (0.2) .. 21.9 (0.6) 7.9 (0.4) .. Uganda95 2006 20-49 National 1855 ...... 13.6 (0.8) 4.7 (0.5) 22.2 Zambia96 2001-2002 20-49 National 4990 ...... 10.3 (0.4) 3.6 (0.3) 21.6 Zimbabwe97 2005-2006 20-49 National 6068 ...... 19.9 (0.5) 8.6 (0.4) 23.1 * Year of publication of study as year of survey not given Online Data Supplementary Table 2 Table 2. Sources of data used to estimate missing overweight and obesity prevalence by country GNI98,99 Data Source GNI Data Source Established Market Economies Latin America and the Caribbean Andorra … Spain Aruba … Mexico Austria 36,980 Finland Belize 3,500 Brazil Bermuda 35,264 Belgium British Virgin Islands … Jamaica United Faeroe Islands … Kingdom Cayman Islands … Mexico France 34,810 Germany Costa Rica 4,590 Argentina Gibraltar … Spain Cuba 1,170 Paraguay Greenland … Iceland Dominica 3,790 Brazil United Guernsey … Kingdom Ecuador 2,630 Jamaica Isle of Man 27,770 New Zealand El Salvador 2,450 Jamaica Italy 30,010 Australia Grenada 3,920 Brazil United Jersey … Kingdom Guatemala 2,400 Jamaica Liechtenstein … Sweden Guyana 1,010 Bolivia Luxembourg 65,630 Switzerland Montserrat … Jamaica Monaco … Switzerland Panama 4,630 Argentina Netherlands 36,620 Finland Peru 2,610 Jamaica Norway 59,590 Switzerland Puerto Rico … Mexico San Marino … Switzerland St. Kitts and Nevis 8,210 Mexico St. Pierre and Miquelon … Canada St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3,590 Brazil Former Socialist Economies Suriname 2,540 Jamaica Belarus 2,760 Albania The Bahamas … Mexico Czech Republic 10,710 Croatia Trinidad and Tobago 10,440 Mexico Estonia 9,100 Croatia Turks and Caicos Islands … Jamaica Hungary 10,030 Croatia Uruguay 4,360 Argentina Lithuania 7,050 Poland Venezuela, RB 4,810 Argentina Macedonia 2,830 Albania Virgin Islands (US) … Jamaica Slovak Republic 7,950 Croatia Middle Eastern Crescent Slovenia 17,350 Croatia Afghanistan 250 Uzbekistan Latin America and the Caribbean Azerbaijan 1,240 Pakistan Anguilla 33,469 Mexico Cyprus 16,510 Israel Antigua and Barbuda 10,920 Mexico Egypt 1,250 Pakistan GNI Data Source GNI Data Source Middle Eastern Crescent (con’t) Other Asia and Islands (con't) Georgia 1,350 Pakistan Solomon Islands 590 Vietnam Iraq 2,170 Algeria Timor-Leste 750 Mongolia Kuwait 24,040 Israel Tonga 2,190 Maldives Libya 5,530 Lebanon Tuvalu 1,350 Indonesia Malta 13,590 Bahrain Sub-saharan African Qatar 12,000 Saudi Arabia Angola 1,350 Cameroon Syrian Arab Republic 1,380 Pakistan Botswana 5,180 South Africa Tajikistan 330 Uzbekistan Burundi 100 Madagascar Western Sahara … Algeria Cape Verde 1,870 Cameroon Yemen 600 Pakistan Central African Republic 350 Tanzania GNI = Gross National Income Other Asia and Islands Comoros Chad 400 Ghana American Samoa … Vanuatu Comoros 640 Ghana Online Supplementary Table 3 Table 3. Age-standardized prevalence of overweight and obesity in people aged 20 years and older by world regions Men Women Overall Overweight Obesity Overweight Obesity Overweight Obesity Established market economies (EME) Australia1 47.7 19.2 29.0 21.3 38.3 20.2 Belgium2 40.1 9.3 26.7 9.1 33.4 9.2 Canada3 41.4 22.7 29.3 22.0 35.3 22.3 Denmark4 36.8 11.7 24.1 10.5 30.5 11.1 Finland5 46.5 19.1 30.8 18.1 38.7 18.6 Germany6 46.2 17.6 28.4 19.5 37.4 18.6 Greece7 52.8 15.4 33.0 13.6 42.7 14.5 Iceland4 43.9 13.3 34.7 15.9 39.3 14.6 Ireland8 .. 19.7 .. 15.7 .. 17.6 Japan9,10 24.9 2.4 13.2 2.0 19.0 2.2 New Zealand11 39.8 18.5 27.2 20.6 33.5 19.5 Portugal12 45.7 11.2 33.1 18.5 39.2 15.0 Spain13 44.6 12.8 31.3 14.6 38.0 13.7 Sweden14 46.9 9.7 25.7 8.7 36.5 9.2 Switzerland4 41.9 11.8 24.8 9.3 33.4 10.6 United Kingdom15 40.0 19.9 30.0 20.9 35.0 20.4 United States16,17 40.5 26.1 27.7 32.3 34.0 29.2 Former socialist economies (FSE) Albania18 52.2 21.2 39.0 30.1 45.6 25.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina9,19 46.4 15.1 34.2 20.8 39.0 18.2 Bulgaria9 43.8 20.1 26.7 21.7 35.1 21.0 Croatia9,20 41.1 18.3 29.6 16.8 32.9 17.0 Latvia21 38.7 6.1 27.6 12.8 33.1 9.7 Moldova22 .. .. 26.3 20.1 .. .. Poland4 43.5 18.8 35.1 30.6 39.3 24.8 Romania9 .. 7.2 .. 15.0 .. 11.2 Russian Federation4 34.3 9.5 29.7 20.8 31.9 15.5 Serbia23 39.8 17.7 27.5 21.2 33.6 19.5 Ukraine24 37.5 9.6 27.3 22.6 32.1 16.5 India (IND)25,26 10.4 1.9 11.9 4.5 11.1 3.2 Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Argentina27 35.9 13.7 35.4 13.6 35.7 13.6 Barbados9,28 .. 14.1 .. 39.7 .. 29.1 Bolivia9,29 20.0 37.5 28.9 31.6 24.7 34.5 Brazil30 30.2 6.7 26.7 12.9 28.4 9.9 Men Women Overall Overweight Obesity Overweight Obesity Overweight Obesity Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Chile9 .. 18.4 .. 23.3 .. 20.9 Colombia31 .. .. 31.9 14.3 .. .. Dominican Republic9 .. .. 30.4 15.7 .. .. Haiti32 .. .. 17.9 8.9 .. .. Honduras33 .. .. 31.7 23.7 .. .. Jamaica34 14.7 6.0 24.2 18.9 19.6 12.6 Mexico35 41.8 20.1 36.7 30.5 39.1 25.6 Netherland Antilles36 .. 21.3 .. 33.6 .. 27.8 Nicaragua37 .. .. 34.4 23.0 .. .. Paraguay38 21.8 40.9 33.8 36.1 27.7 38.6 Saint Lucia9,28 .. 8.5 .. 28.2 .. 19.3 Middle eastern crescent (MEC) Algeria9 27.1 8.7 32.2 21.7 29.7 16.4 Armenia39 .. .. 29.7 16.7 .. .. Bahrain40 37.1 24.7 28.4 33.9 33.6 28.2 Iran41 29.7 9.9 31.1 22.1 30.4 15.9 Israel42 44.6 18.8 32.2 24.4 38.4 21.6 Jordan43 .. 32.4 .. 60.5 .. 45.5 Kazakhstan44 .. .. 21.6 14.2 .. .. Kyrgyz Republic45 .. .. 22.2 10.9 .. .. Lebanon46 44.1 14.8 31.9 20.0 37.0 17.5 Morocco47 .. .. 30.2 13.6 .. .. Oman48 32.8 17.0 28.2 23.9 31.1 19.6 Pakistan49 8.9 4.2 11.8 7.6 10.3 5.9 Saudi Arabia50 42.5 26.8 31.9 44.1 37.8 34.5 Tunisia51 .. 12.2 .. 34.4 .. 27.2 Turkey52 34.3 22.7 27.3 37.0 30.8 29.8 Turkmenistan53 ...... 13.3 .. .. United Arab Emirates9,54 .. 23.5 .. 37.6 .. 26.7 Uzbekistan55 30.6 5.5 24.4 9.1 27.5 7.3 West Bank and Gaza Strip56 38.8 19.2 33.1 39.4 36.0 29.1 China (CHN)57,58 19.4 2.4 19.8 3.7 19.6 3.0 Other Asia and Islands (OAI) Bangladesh9 19.0 2.4 23.6 7.5 21.3 4.8 Cambodia59 .. .. 10.1 1.4 .. .. Indonesia60 4.8 0.6 9.4 3.0 7.1 1.8 Maldives9 31.7 8.7 34.0 17.3 32.8 13.0 Mauritius61 30.8 5.3 33.5 15.6 32.2 10.6 Men Women Overall Overweight Obesity Overweight Obesity Overweight Obesity Other Asia and Islands (OAI) Mongolia62 19.8 8.0 27.6 14.1 23.7 11.1 Nauru9 24.7 62.0 20.6 66.2 22.5 64.2 Nepal63 .. .. 9.5 1.2 .. .. Philippines9 .. 3.0 .. 6.0 .. 4.6 Republic of Korea9,64,65 32.1 2.3 24.2 3.0 28.2 2.7 Samoa9,66 .. 35.1 .. 65.1 .. 49.8 Seychelles67 29.4 8.4 31.4 27.6 30.5 18.4 Singapore68 27.9 6.6 21.9 7.1 24.8 6.9 Sri Lanka69 17.2 2.4 26.6 7.9 22.1 5.3 Taiwan70 33.0 4.1 22.3 4.1 27.6 4.1 Thailand71 23.2 4.3 31.7 10.3 27.6 7.5 Vanuatu9 34.0 12.0 32.0 19.8 33.2 15.8 Viet Nam72,73 5.9 1.0 6.6 1.6 6.3 1.3 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Benin74 .. .. 15.4 8.2 .. .. Burkina Faso75 .. .. 7.6 3.1 .. .. Cameroon76 24.3 8.4 28.6 22.8 26.5 15.7 Congo77 .. .. 22.0 10.4 .. .. Cote d'Ivoire9 19.8 6.0 28.4 13.9 24.3 10.6 Eritrea78 .. 2.2 .. 3.9 .. 3.0 Ethiopia79 .. .. 4.2 1.0 .. .. Gambia80 8.3 1.4 13.6 11.3 11.0 6.3 Ghana81 17.4 4.5 27.3 20.6 22.5 12.8 Guinea82 .. .. 12.6 3.7 .. .. Kenya83 .. .. 20.8 9.0 .. .. Lesotho84 .. .. 29.0 21.6 .. .. Madagascar9,85 7.5 1.2 11.6 2.9 9.6 2.1 Malawi86 .. .. 13.4 3.3 .. .. Mauritania9,87 .. .. 47.2 22.0 .. .. Niger88 .. .. 11.9 4.1 .. .. Nigeria89 .. .. 18.3 7.8 .. .. Rwanda90 .. .. 9.1 2.9 .. .. Senegal91 .. .. 19.2 10.7 .. .. South Africa92 20.8 10.0 26.2 30.4 23.5 20.9 Tanzania93,94 18.6 3.6 22.6 10.0 20.7 6.9 Uganda95 .. .. 14.0 5.1 .. .. Zambia96 .. .. 11.0 4.6 .. .. Zimbabwe97 .. .. 21.0 10.3 .. .. All estimates are age-standardized to the 2005 world population. Online Data Supplementary References
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