Share of adults who are obese vs. GDP per capita by country
Obesity is defined as having a body-mass index (BMI) ≥ 30. BMI is a person's weight (in kilograms) divided by their height (in meters) squared. GDP per capita is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.
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 vs. GDP per capita 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 vs. GDP per capita: 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 as having a body-mass index (BMI) ≥ 30. BMI is a person's weight (in kilograms) divided by their height (in meters) squared. GDP per capita is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.