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Ranking (% Obesity by Country), Adults Prevalence of Obesity (BMI ≥ 30Kg/M²) – Men, 2016 Ranking (% obesity by country), adults Prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²) – Men, 2016 # ▼ Country % obesity 1 Nauru 59.85 2 American Samoa 58.75 3 Cook Islands 53.97 4 Palau 53.15 5 Marshall Islands 49.85 6 Tahiti (French Polynesia) 48.89 7 Tuvalu 48.47 8 Niue 46.17 9 Kiribati 42.87 10 Tonga 42.72 11 Federated States of Micronesia 41.48 12 Tokelau 41.40 13 Samoa 41.28 14 United States 36.47 15 Kuwait 34.28 16 Qatar 33.46 17 Saudi Arabia 31.73 18 New Zealand 31.07 19 Australia 30.57 20 Canada 30.47 21 Malta 30.11 22 Bermuda 29.91 23 Jordan 29.17 24 Hungary 29.12 25 Puerto Rico 29.05 26 United Arab Emirates 28.44 27 Lebanon 28.38 28 Argentina 28.23 # ▼ Country % obesity 29 United Kingdom 27.88 30 Czechia 27.32 31 Palestine 27.17 32 Israel 26.82 33 Andorra 26.75 34 Bahrain 26.46 35 Bulgaria 26.37 36 Ireland 25.97 37 Fiji 25.95 38 Libya 25.85 39 Uruguay 25.79 40 Chile 25.73 41 Spain 25.49 42 Luxembourg 25.38 43 Bahamas 25.30 44 Turkey 25.29 45 Mexico 25.12 46 Iceland 25.11 47 Germany 25.04 48 Greece 25.04 49 Lithuania 25.01 50 Croatia 24.98 51 Greenland 24.66 52 Poland 24.63 53 Finland 24.62 54 Norway 24.49 55 Iraq 24.30 56 Romania 24.22 57 Montenegro 24.11 58 Belgium 23.99 59 Sweden 23.89 # ▼ Country % obesity 60 Oman 23.77 61 Egypt 23.50 62 North Macedonia 23.44 63 Venezuela 23.21 64 Denmark 23.15 65 Switzerland 23.00 66 Belarus 22.91 67 France 22.86 68 Ukraine 22.76 69 Cyprus 22.65 70 Austria 22.65 71 Latvia 22.38 72 Albania 22.37 73 Serbia 21.86 74 Costa Rica 21.83 75 Dominican Republic 21.77 76 Slovakia 21.75 77 Syrian Arab Republic 21.64 78 Netherlands 21.57 79 Estonia 21.13 80 Portugal 21.12 81 Vanuatu 20.96 82 Italy 20.94 83 Dominica 20.69 84 Algeria 20.67 85 Morocco 20.17 86 Slovenia 20.12 87 Iran 19.98 88 Georgia 19.91 89 Tunisia 19.87 90 Cuba 19.67 # ▼ Country % obesity 91 Suriname 19.64 92 El Salvador 19.60 93 Kazakhstan 19.57 94 Brazil 19.24 95 Russian Federation 18.88 96 Haiti 18.63 97 Nicaragua 18.61 98 Solomon Islands 18.61 99 Panama 18.48 100 Colombia 18.28 101 Mongolia 18.24 102 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.82 103 Paraguay 17.80 104 Armenia 17.75 105 Papua New Guinea 17.26 106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.20 107 Belize 17.12 108 Moldova 16.80 109 Turkmenistan 16.49 110 Azerbaijan 16.47 111 Honduras 16.24 112 South Africa 15.98 113 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.92 114 Jamaica 15.89 115 Peru 15.77 116 Guatemala 15.67 117 Ecuador 15.45 118 Barbados 15.27 119 Bolivia 15.07 120 Kyrgyzstan 14.60 121 Uzbekistan 14.37 # ▼ Country % obesity 122 Grenada 13.88 123 Malaysia 13.44 124 Guyana 13.20 125 Brunei Darussalam 13.00 126 Saint Lucia 12.49 127 Yemen 12.46 128 Antigua and Barbuda 12.09 129 Tajikistan 12.05 130 Hong Kong 11.38 131 Trinidad and Tobago 11.23 132 Gabon 10.04 133 Djibouti 8.98 134 Botswana 8.50 135 Seychelles 7.90 136 Namibia 7.85 137 Sao Tome and Principe 7.51 138 Taiwan 7.27 139 Thailand 7.26 140 Cabo Verde 7.19 141 Mauritania 6.92 142 Cameroon 6.39 143 North Korea 6.34 144 Pakistan 6.26 145 China 6.11 146 Maldives 6.08 147 Singapore 6.07 148 Cote d'Ivoire 6.07 149 Gambia 5.87 150 Mauritius 5.83 151 Congo 5.77 152 Liberia 5.73 # ▼ Country % obesity 153 Eswatini 5.63 154 Philippines 5.47 155 Guinea-Bissau 5.25 156 Indonesia 4.98 157 Japan 4.97 158 Zimbabwe 4.93 159 Bhutan 4.92 160 Benin 4.90 161 Lesotho 4.86 162 Nigeria 4.82 163 Mali 4.76 164 Ghana 4.75 165 South Korea 4.57 166 Angola 4.23 167 Myanmar 4.21 168 Tanzania 4.16 169 Senegal 4.15 170 Somalia 4.12 171 Togo 4.03 172 Sierra Leone 3.98 173 Equatorial Guinea 3.95 174 Sudan 3.95 175 Laos 3.90 176 Guinea 3.87 177 Central African Republic 3.86 178 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.73 179 Zambia 3.72 180 Comoros 3.44 181 Mozambique 3.42 182 Afghanistan 3.36 183 Chad 3.23 # ▼ Country % obesity 184 Madagascar 3.11 185 Sri Lanka 2.98 186 Kenya 2.97 187 India 2.87 188 Cambodia 2.84 189 Nepal 2.80 190 Timor-Leste 2.76 191 Burkina Faso 2.70 192 Niger 2.58 193 Bangladesh 2.37 194 Malawi 2.31 195 Burundi 2.20 196 Eritrea 2.13 197 Rwanda 2.01 198 Ethiopia 1.98 199 Uganda 1.92 200 Vietnam 1.67 Source: NCD ris C estimates Ranking (% obesity by country), adults Prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²) – Women, 2016 # ▼ Country % obesity 1 American Samoa 65.32 2 Nauru 64.81 3 Cook Islands 60.85 4 Palau 60.48 5 Marshall Islands 59.02 6 Tuvalu 57.85 7 Tahiti (French Polynesia) 56.90 8 Niue 56.77 9 Samoa 56.62 10 Tonga 56.06 11 Federated States of Micronesia 53.17 12 Tokelau 52.18 13 Kiribati 51.96 14 Kuwait 47.08 15 Qatar 44.60 16 Jordan 44.60 17 Saudi Arabia 43.74 18 Bermuda 43.17 19 Egypt 42.48 20 United Arab Emirates 42.46 21 Puerto Rico 41.55 22 Libya 41.08 23 South Africa 40.99 24 Turkey 40.71 25 Palestine 40.22 26 Bahamas 39.48 27 Lebanon 38.44 28 Iraq 38.33 # ▼ Country % obesity 29 Bahrain 38.19 30 United States 38.16 31 Dominica 36.91 32 Fiji 36.50 33 Algeria 36.22 34 Syrian Arab Republic 36.09 35 Tunisia 35.62 36 Dominican Republic 35.42 37 Suriname 34.99 38 Oman 34.97 39 Jamaica 34.72 40 Mexico 33.98 41 Iran 33.47 42 Morocco 33.43 43 Belize 32.72 44 Barbados 32.58 45 New Zealand 32.58 46 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.27 47 Chile 32.13 48 Uruguay 31.80 49 Cuba 31.58 50 Costa Rica 31.53 51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 31.33 52 Vanuatu 31.21 53 Botswana 30.50 54 Canada 30.44 55 Grenada 30.22 56 Argentina 30.14 57 Nicaragua 30.08 58 El Salvador 30.03 59 Venezuela 29.75 # ▼ Country % obesity 60 United Kingdom 29.71 61 Malta 29.63 62 Australia 29.51 63 Lithuania 28.94 64 Panama 28.69 65 Guyana 28.19 66 Solomon Islands 28.13 67 Russian Federation 28.11 68 Saint Lucia 28.08 69 Haiti 28.07 70 Honduras 27.91 71 Lesotho 27.73 72 Colombia 27.70 73 Guatemala 27.45 74 Belarus 27.34 75 Israel 27.30 76 Eswatini 27.22 77 Trinidad and Tobago 27.10 78 Antigua and Barbuda 26.97 79 Papua New Guinea 26.79 80 Ukraine 26.72 81 Bolivia 26.56 82 Ireland 26.55 83 Czechia 26.50 84 Namibia 26.48 85 Greece 26.44 86 Brazil 26.44 87 Andorra 26.34 88 Zimbabwe 26.32 89 Latvia 26.17 90 Ecuador 25.64 # ▼ Country % obesity 91 Hungary 25.64 92 Croatia 25.57 93 Bulgaria 25.27 94 Peru 25.14 95 Georgia 24.77 96 Azerbaijan 24.55 97 Paraguay 24.39 98 Mongolia 24.22 99 Montenegro 24.10 100 Armenia 24.02 101 Spain 23.78 102 Kazakhstan 23.65 103 Norway 23.48 104 Poland 23.22 105 North Macedonia 23.00 106 Yemen 22.97 107 Serbia 22.79 108 Estonia 22.74 109 Greenland 22.72 110 Albania 22.72 111 Romania 22.55 112 Cyprus 22.52 113 Portugal 22.12 114 Moldova 22.03 115 France 21.97 116 Slovenia 21.87 117 Belgium 21.87 118 Turkmenistan 21.84 119 Luxembourg 21.57 120 Finland 21.50 121 Seychelles 21.39 # ▼ Country % obesity 122 Germany 21.33 123 Gabon 21.17 124 Netherlands 20.86 125 Slovakia 20.80 126 Italy 20.41 127 Iceland 20.24 128 Uzbekistan 19.86 129 Kyrgyzstan 19.47 130 Mauritania 19.26 131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.25 132 Djibouti 19.11 133 Austria 19.10 134 Sweden 18.83 135 Malaysia 18.64 136 Denmark 17.71 137 Sao Tome and Principe 17.66 138 Switzerland 17.59 139 Tajikistan 17.41 140 Ghana 17.34 141 Cameroon 17.17 142 Cabo Verde 17.03 143 Brunei Darussalam 16.43 144 Mauritius 16.35 145 Cote d'Ivoire 15.84 146 Gambia 15.46 147 Benin 14.84 148 Liberia 14.82 149 Guinea-Bissau 14.28 150 Congo 14.11 151 Sierra Leone 13.88 152 Nigeria 13.65 # ▼ Country % obesity 153 Senegal 13.50 154 Thailand 13.25 155 Tanzania 13.22 156 Equatorial Guinea 13.17 157 Togo 13.06 158 Zambia 12.99 159 Sudan 12.93 160 Mali 12.92 161 Somalia 12.82 162 Comoros 12.71 163 Angola 12.61 164 Guinea 12.01 165 Maldives 11.88 166 Pakistan 11.75 167 Kenya 11.61 168 Central African Republic 11.41 169 Mozambique 11.00 170 Hong Kong 10.74 171 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.12 172 Rwanda 9.74 173 Malawi 9.56 174 Chad 9.34 175 Indonesia 9.28 176 Niger 9.10 177 Uganda 9.00 178 Burundi 9.00 179 Bhutan 8.90 180 Taiwan 8.63 181 Burkina Faso 8.49 182 Afghanistan 8.00 183 Eritrea 7.91 # ▼ Country % obesity 184 Madagascar 7.89 185 Philippines 7.86 186 Myanmar 7.61 187 Sri Lanka 7.59 188 North Korea 7.59 189 Ethiopia 7.25 190 Laos 7.02 191 China 6.83 192 Singapore 6.63 193 Nepal 5.64 194 India 5.31 195 Bangladesh 5.19 196 Timor-Leste 5.15 197 Cambodia 5.06 198 South Korea 5.03 199 Japan 3.86 200 Vietnam 2.71 Source: NCD ris C estimates NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC).
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