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Obesity in every country

199 countries, ranked by the share of adults living with obesity in 2024. The range is huge: from 75.9% in American Samoa to 2.4% in Vietnam.

Countries ranked by adult obesity, 2024
Rank	Country	Region	Adults 2024	Adults 1980	Ages 5–19 2024
1	American Samoa	Western Pacific	75.9%	52.3%	27.1%
2	Tonga	Western Pacific	73.8%	39.4%	32.5%
3	Cook Islands	Western Pacific	72.4%	39.4%	36.2%
4	Naoero	Western Pacific	71.4%	64.0%	30.5%
5	Tokelau	Western Pacific	70.7%	45.1%	31.6%
6	Niue	Western Pacific	66.9%	40.7%	38.6%
7	Tuvalu	Western Pacific	65.1%	39.7%	28.2%
8	Samoa	Western Pacific	64.3%	27.9%	25.0%
9	French Polynesia	Western Pacific	49.2%	27.8%	25.6%
10	Micronesia	Western Pacific	48.6%	28.5%	18.8%
11	Bahamas	Americas	48.3%	11.9%	26.7%
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	46.7%	13.5%	22.6%
13	Kiribati	Western Pacific	45.6%	21.5%	13.2%
14	Egypt	Eastern Mediterranean	43.9%	13.5%	13.6%
15	Belize	Americas	43.4%	12.0%	21.5%
16	Puerto Rico	Americas	42.4%	11.8%	20.2%
17	Marshall Islands	Western Pacific	42.0%	27.8%	11.7%
17	Qatar	Eastern Mediterranean	42.0%	13.4%	23.5%
19	United States	Americas	41.0%	12.1%	21.8%
20	Chile	Americas	40.5%	8.2%	28.3%
20	Palau	Western Pacific	40.5%	26.7%	28.6%
22	Kuwait	Eastern Mediterranean	40.4%	20.4%	21.9%
23	Saudi Arabia	Eastern Mediterranean	40.1%	15.8%	18.3%
24	Iraq	Eastern Mediterranean	39.7%	14.6%	18.0%
25	Barbados	Americas	39.4%	11.2%	22.7%
26	Fiji	Western Pacific	39.0%	15.7%	12.9%
27	Panama	Americas	37.7%	7.0%	14.8%
28	Mexico	Americas	37.4%	8.7%	18.3%
28	Palestine	Eastern Mediterranean	37.4%	15.1%	11.2%
30	Argentina	Americas	37.2%	8.7%	21.7%
31	Brunei	Western Pacific	37.1%	4.7%	24.5%
32	Georgia	Europe	35.7%	12.2%	10.0%
33	Jordan	Eastern Mediterranean	35.4%	17.8%	14.1%
34	Jamaica	Americas	35.2%	6.6%	14.3%
35	Bahrain	Eastern Mediterranean	34.9%	12.0%	20.0%
35	Nicaragua	Americas	34.9%	8.0%	13.1%
35	Uruguay	Americas	34.9%	8.5%	17.8%
38	Saint Lucia	Americas	34.8%	6.4%	19.1%
39	Paraguay	Americas	34.7%	8.3%	16.7%
40	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	34.6%	8.6%	24.2%
40	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	34.6%	8.8%	18.8%
42	Bermuda	Americas	34.1%	8.1%	18.2%
43	New Zealand	Western Pacific	34.0%	7.6%	18.3%
44	Seychelles	Africa	33.9%	9.1%	18.0%
45	Libya	Eastern Mediterranean	33.7%	13.7%	14.0%
46	Syria	Eastern Mediterranean	33.0%	13.0%	15.1%
47	Costa Rica	Americas	32.7%	6.9%	14.5%
48	Dominica	Americas	32.5%	8.3%	18.1%
49	Romania	Europe	32.4%	7.5%	9.8%
50	El Salvador	Americas	32.2%	7.4%	12.3%
51	Honduras	Americas	31.8%	5.0%	12.7%
51	South Africa	Africa	31.8%	10.7%	7.8%
53	United Arab Emirates	Eastern Mediterranean	31.6%	12.8%	21.2%
54	Grenada	Americas	31.5%	7.9%	18.2%
55	Hungary	Europe	31.4%	10.2%	14.1%
56	Uzbekistan	Europe	31.2%	7.2%	3.1%
57	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	30.9%	10.8%	17.4%
58	Croatia	Europe	30.8%	10.3%	9.4%
58	Dominican Republic	Americas	30.8%	5.0%	14.8%
58	Suriname	Americas	30.8%	6.9%	17.7%
61	Lebanon	Eastern Mediterranean	30.7%	10.4%	17.4%
62	Australia	Western Pacific	30.6%	7.6%	16.4%
62	Malta	Europe	30.6%	21.8%	12.8%
64	Oman	Eastern Mediterranean	30.5%	12.3%	17.7%
65	Brazil	Americas	30.1%	6.3%	17.4%
65	Guyana	Americas	30.1%	6.1%	13.1%
67	Bolivia	Americas	29.7%	5.9%	11.5%
68	Eswatini	Africa	29.6%	7.5%	6.1%
69	Peru	Americas	29.2%	6.5%	16.8%
70	Ecuador	Americas	28.9%	7.0%	12.9%
71	Türkiye	Europe	28.8%	13.5%	9.7%
72	Greenland	Europe	28.1%	11.0%	5.2%
73	Guatemala	Americas	28.0%	4.0%	8.0%
73	Papua New Guinea	Western Pacific	28.0%	10.1%	12.1%
75	Ireland	Europe	27.9%	8.9%	7.9%
76	Azerbaijan	Europe	27.6%	11.0%	9.7%
77	Greece	Europe	27.4%	12.0%	11.9%
77	United Kingdom	Europe	27.4%	6.9%	11.3%
79	North Macedonia	Europe	26.8%	13.7%	11.0%
80	Czechia	Europe	26.3%	20.6%	6.0%
81	Slovakia	Europe	26.1%	11.7%	10.1%
81	Tunisia	Eastern Mediterranean	26.1%	9.0%	13.2%
83	Canada	Americas	26.0%	8.8%	11.6%
84	Mongolia	Western Pacific	25.1%	6.7%	8.1%
85	Armenia	Europe	25.0%	11.1%	9.9%
86	Colombia	Americas	24.9%	4.7%	11.4%
87	Iran	Eastern Mediterranean	24.6%	8.2%	13.9%
88	Pakistan	Eastern Mediterranean	24.5%	1.6%	8.0%
89	Finland	Europe	24.2%	12.0%	12.8%
90	Albania	Europe	24.1%	10.4%	10.1%
90	Mauritania	Africa	24.1%	4.1%	6.6%
92	Algeria	Africa	23.6%	7.6%	14.4%
93	Malaysia	Western Pacific	23.3%	2.8%	17.6%
94	Tajikistan	Europe	23.1%	6.4%	3.3%
95	Cuba	Americas	23.0%	4.9%	17.3%
95	Venezuela	Americas	23.0%	7.9%	15.0%
97	Ukraine	Europe	22.8%	16.9%	5.0%
98	Gabon	Africa	22.7%	3.4%	5.2%
99	Vanuatu	Western Pacific	22.6%	11.0%	11.5%
100	Latvia	Europe	22.3%	14.9%	6.8%
100	Moldova	Europe	22.3%	18.2%	5.0%
102	Iceland	Europe	22.2%	6.9%	9.2%
102	Israel	Europe	22.2%	12.4%	8.9%
102	Lesotho	Africa	22.2%	6.1%	4.7%
102	Turkmenistan	Europe	22.2%	7.7%	3.9%
106	Kyrgyzstan	Europe	22.0%	8.0%	2.5%
107	Poland	Europe	21.8%	12.6%	9.8%
107	Serbia	Europe	21.8%	12.1%	10.6%
107	Solomon Islands	Western Pacific	21.8%	10.5%	6.3%
110	Cyprus	Europe	21.6%	13.2%	13.6%
110	Morocco	Eastern Mediterranean	21.6%	6.0%	5.0%
112	Lithuania	Europe	21.3%	22.0%	7.3%
113	Kazakhstan	Europe	21.1%	12.0%	5.9%
113	Mauritius	Africa	21.1%	5.2%	12.3%
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	21.0%	11.5%	11.8%
116	Belgium	Europe	20.8%	10.8%	7.3%
117	Afghanistan	Eastern Mediterranean	20.6%	1.0%	8.3%
117	Belarus	Europe	20.6%	17.2%	8.6%
117	Germany	Europe	20.6%	11.2%	9.6%
120	Bulgaria	Europe	20.3%	10.7%	12.4%
120	Estonia	Europe	20.3%	12.7%	11.4%
122	Norway	Europe	20.2%	6.2%	6.3%
123	Botswana	Africa	19.8%	3.4%	5.6%
123	Slovenia	Europe	19.8%	9.6%	10.7%
125	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	19.2%	3.5%	4.9%
126	Luxembourg	Europe	19.0%	10.3%	9.1%
127	Namibia	Africa	18.3%	3.7%	4.5%
128	Portugal	Europe	18.1%	11.3%	8.2%
129	Maldives	South-East Asia	17.9%	2.2%	12.8%
129	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	17.9%	1.9%	3.8%
131	Liberia	Africa	17.8%	0.9%	2.1%
131	Sudan	Eastern Mediterranean	17.8%	3.0%	5.9%
133	Russia	Europe	17.6%	16.7%	7.5%
134	Sweden	Europe	17.5%	6.7%	11.2%
135	Andorra	Europe	17.1%	10.1%	10.9%
135	Montenegro	Europe	17.1%	8.4%	8.6%
137	Singapore	Western Pacific	17.0%	4.7%	15.6%
138	Comoros	Africa	16.8%	2.1%	4.1%
139	Cabo Verde	Africa	16.7%	2.1%	3.5%
140	Austria	Europe	16.5%	7.8%	10.8%
141	Thailand	South-East Asia	16.4%	2.1%	13.5%
142	Cameroon	Africa	16.0%	1.7%	3.4%
143	Spain	Europe	15.3%	12.6%	11.5%
144	Somalia	Eastern Mediterranean	14.9%	2.2%	3.2%
145	Netherlands	Europe	14.7%	6.5%	4.9%
145	Zimbabwe	Africa	14.7%	5.5%	2.6%
147	Ghana	Africa	14.5%	1.6%	6.2%
148	Denmark	Europe	14.3%	6.0%	5.4%
149	Italy	Europe	14.0%	13.3%	9.9%
150	Nigeria	Africa	13.7%	1.3%	3.2%
151	Togo	Africa	13.4%	0.8%	2.7%
152	Mali	Africa	13.3%	0.7%	1.8%
152	Yemen	Eastern Mediterranean	13.3%	2.5%	8.9%
154	Bhutan	South-East Asia	13.1%	0.8%	5.7%
155	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	12.8%	1.6%	5.2%
156	Angola	Africa	12.7%	1.7%	4.3%
156	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	12.7%	1.1%	3.4%
158	Gambia	Africa	12.4%	0.7%	1.0%
159	Benin	Africa	12.2%	1.1%	4.5%
159	Congo	Africa	12.2%	1.5%	2.5%
161	North Korea	South-East Asia	12.0%	1.3%	9.5%
162	Indonesia	Western Pacific	11.8%	0.9%	10.3%
163	Djibouti	Eastern Mediterranean	11.7%	1.6%	3.1%
164	Senegal	Africa	11.6%	1.1%	2.4%
164	Zambia	Africa	11.6%	1.6%	4.6%
166	Tanzania	Africa	11.5%	1.2%	1.3%
167	Kenya	Africa	11.3%	1.4%	4.1%
167	Switzerland	Europe	11.3%	7.8%	7.0%
169	France	Europe	11.2%	9.8%	4.1%
169	Sri Lanka	South-East Asia	11.2%	0.5%	4.2%
171	Haiti	Americas	11.1%	1.9%	7.0%
172	Central African Republic	Africa	10.9%	0.9%	4.8%
173	Guinea	Africa	10.6%	0.7%	2.8%
173	Mozambique	Africa	10.6%	1.1%	2.9%
175	Philippines	Western Pacific	9.6%	0.8%	5.6%
176	Uganda	Africa	9.5%	0.8%	1.1%
177	China	Western Pacific	9.3%	0.8%	12.7%
178	Laos	Western Pacific	9.2%	0.9%	7.1%
179	South Sudan	Africa	8.9%	1.2%	4.7%
180	South Korea	Western Pacific	8.4%	1.1%	13.1%
181	Sierra Leone	Africa	8.2%	1.0%	3.3%
182	Myanmar	South-East Asia	8.1%	1.2%	8.0%
183	India	South-East Asia	8.0%	0.3%	4.0%
183	Malawi	Africa	8.0%	0.7%	0.8%
183	Nepal	South-East Asia	8.0%	0.2%	1.6%
186	Burkina Faso	Africa	7.7%	0.3%	1.0%
187	Chad	Africa	7.4%	0.5%	2.7%
188	Niger	Africa	6.8%	0.5%	3.3%
189	DR Congo	Africa	6.7%	0.7%	4.3%
190	Japan	Western Pacific	5.9%	1.6%	4.7%
191	Bangladesh	South-East Asia	5.8%	0.1%	2.2%
192	Rwanda	Africa	5.6%	0.4%	1.6%
193	Burundi	Africa	5.2%	0.6%	2.1%
194	Cambodia	Western Pacific	4.9%	0.3%	5.9%
195	Madagascar	Africa	4.5%	0.4%	2.0%
196	Eritrea	Africa	4.3%	0.5%	1.7%
197	Timor-Leste	South-East Asia	3.6%	0.2%	0.8%
198	Ethiopia	Africa	2.9%	0.3%	2.0%
199	Vietnam	Western Pacific	2.4%	0.2%	7.3%

Adults: share aged 18+ with BMI 30 or more, age-standardized so countries with older or younger populations can be compared fairly. Ages 5–19: BMI-for-age above +2 SD of the WHO reference. Source: WHO Global Health Observatory.

Last updated 30 September 2026