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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 | Obesity - adult prevalence rate |
|---|---|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| World |
|
| Yemen |
17.1%
(2016)
|
| Zambia |
8.1%
(2016)
|
| Zimbabwe |
15.5%
(2016)
|