Share of adults who are obese by country
Obesity is defined here as a body mass index (BMI) above 30. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
75.8%
American Samoa
Lowest
2.5%
Vietnam
Median
24.4%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,955
What the numbers show
Share of adults who are obese is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 75.8% in American Samoa; the lowest is 2.5% in Vietnam.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.4%, and the mean is 25.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 189 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 150.5%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 16.3%).
Share of adults who are obese: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 75.8% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 72.4% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 3 | Tonga | 72.3% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 4 | Nauru | 71.4% | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 5 | Tokelau | 70.0% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 6 | Niue | 66.2% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 7 | Tuvalu | 64.7% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 8 | Samoa | 63.2% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 49.5% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 48.4% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47.9% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 12 | Micronesia (country) | 46.8% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 13 | Kiribati | 45.3% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 14 | Belize | 43.2% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 42.8% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 16 | Qatar | 42.4% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 17 | Palau | 42.1% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 41.9% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 19 | United States | 41.8% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 20 | Kuwait | 41.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 21 | Marshall Islands | 41.2% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 41.1% | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 23 | Georgia | 40.1% | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 24 | Barbados | 39.6% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 25 | Fiji | 39.3% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 39.2% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 38.1% | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 28 | Panama | 37.8% | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Brunei | 37.7% | 2024 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Romania | 37.7% | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Mexico | 37.4% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 32 | Hungary | 36.9% | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 33 | Iraq | 36.8% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 36.5% | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 35 | Uruguay | 36.3% | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 36 | Jamaica | 35.7% | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 37 | Bahrain | 35.5% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 38 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.4% | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 35.4% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 40 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 35.0% | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 41 | Seychelles | 34.9% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 42 | Bermuda | 34.8% | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 43 | New Zealand | 34.7% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 44 | Paraguay | 34.2% | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 34.0% | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 46 | Greece | 33.7% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 47 | Libya | 33.5% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 33.4% | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 50 | Palestine | 33.2% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 51 | Jordan | 33.2% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 52 | Dominica | 32.9% | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 53 | Australia | 32.4% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.0% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 55 | Grenada | 31.9% | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 56 | Czechia | 31.6% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 57 | Lebanon | 31.5% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 58 | El Salvador | 31.4% | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 59 | South Africa | 31.3% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 31.2% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 30.9% | 2024 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Honduras | 30.8% | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Suriname | 30.8% | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 30.7% | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 30.6% | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Turkey | 30.5% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 68 | Slovakia | 30.3% | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 30.3% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 70 | Syria | 29.9% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 71 | Guyana | 29.8% | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 72 | Oman | 29.4% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 73 | Greenland | 29.3% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 29.3% | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 75 | United Kingdom | 29.2% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 76 | Peru | 29.1% | 2024 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Bolivia | 28.8% | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 78 | Ecuador | 28.7% | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 79 | Armenia | 28.6% | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 80 | Latvia | 27.9% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 81 | Ukraine | 27.8% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 27.7% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 27.6% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 84 | Albania | 27.3% | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 85 | Canada | 27.1% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 86 | Eswatini | 27.1% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 87 | Moldova | 27.0% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 88 | Guatemala | 26.7% | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Finland | 26.2% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 90 | Lithuania | 26.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 91 | Belarus | 26.1% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.1% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 93 | Poland | 25.9% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 94 | Iran | 25.7% | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 95 | Serbia | 25.6% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 96 | Mongolia | 25.5% | 2024 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Colombia | 25.3% | 2024 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Estonia | 25.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 99 | Cuba | 25.0% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 100 | Germany | 24.5% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 101 | Algeria | 24.3% | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 24.0% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 103 | Cyprus | 23.7% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 104 | Malaysia | 23.6% | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Pakistan | 23.5% | 2024 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Iceland | 23.5% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 107 | Israel | 23.3% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Portugal | 23.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 109 | Venezuela | 23.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 110 | Belgium | 22.9% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 111 | Slovenia | 22.8% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 22.4% | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritania | 22.1% | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 114 | Morocco | 22.0% | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 115 | Gabon | 21.8% | 2024 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 21.6% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.5% | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 118 | Russia | 21.2% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 21.2% | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 120 | Mauritius | 21.1% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 21.0% | 2024 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 122 | Solomon Islands | 20.9% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 124 | Norway | 20.7% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 125 | Montenegro | 20.6% | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 126 | Lesotho | 20.2% | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 127 | Andorra | 19.5% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 128 | Spain | 18.9% | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 129 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.8% | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 18.8% | 2024 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Sweden | 18.7% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 132 | Austria | 18.3% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 133 | Maldives | 18.1% | 2024 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Botswana | 18.1% | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 135 | Italy | 17.9% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 136 | Netherlands | 16.9% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 137 | Singapore | 16.8% | 2024 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Liberia | 16.7% | 2024 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Namibia | 16.7% | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 16.5% | 2024 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.3% | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Sudan | 16.1% | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Comoros | 16.1% | 2024 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Thailand | 15.5% | 2024 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Denmark | 15.2% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 146 | Cameroon | 14.6% | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Ghana | 13.8% | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 13.1% | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 13.0% | 2024 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Somalia | 13.0% | 2024 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Switzerland | 12.9% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 152 | France | 12.5% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 153 | Togo | 12.2% | 2024 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 154 | North Korea | 12.1% | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Nigeria | 12.1% | 2024 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Indonesia | 12.0% | 2024 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.0% | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Angola | 11.8% | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Mali | 11.6% | 2024 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Yemen | 11.6% | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Congo | 11.5% | 2024 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.4% | 2024 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 11.2% | 2024 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Djibouti | 11.2% | 2024 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Gambia | 11.2% | 2024 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Benin | 10.9% | 2024 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Haiti | 10.7% | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 168 | Tanzania | 10.5% | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Kenya | 10.4% | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Senegal | 10.3% | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Zambia | 10.1% | 2024 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Philippines | 9.7% | 2024 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Guinea | 9.4% | 2024 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Mozambique | 9.4% | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 175 | China | 9.1% | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Laos | 9.0% | 2024 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Central African Republic | 8.9% | 2024 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Myanmar | 8.3% | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 179 | South Sudan | 8.2% | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Uganda | 8.2% | 2024 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 181 | India | 8.0% | 2024 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Nepal | 7.7% | 2024 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 183 | South Korea | 7.5% | 2024 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 7.3% | 2024 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Burkina Faso | 7.0% | 2024 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Malawi | 6.7% | 2024 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Chad | 6.3% | 2024 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Niger | 6.0% | 2024 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.9% | 2024 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 5.7% | 2024 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Rwanda | 5.2% | 2024 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Japan | 5.2% | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 193 | Cambodia | 4.9% | 2024 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Burundi | 4.7% | 2024 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Madagascar | 4.1% | 2024 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Eritrea | 3.7% | 2024 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 197 | East Timor | 3.3% | 2024 | up 141.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Ethiopia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Vietnam | 2.5% | 2024 | up 150.5% | volatile |
About this data
Obesity is defined here as a body mass index (BMI) above 30. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters.