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Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 (Age-standardized estimate) by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
71.65
Tonga
Lowest
2.02
Vietnam
Median
22.49
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
9,955

What the numbers show

Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 (Age-standardized estimate) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 71.65 in Tonga; the lowest is 2.02 in Vietnam.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.49, and the mean is 23.7.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 35.

Over the past decade 189 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 140.5%), and the largest decrease in France (down 17.3%).

Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tonga 71.65 2022 up 14.1% rising
2 Nauru 69.92 2022 up 3.8% rising
3 Tokelau 69.82 2022 up 7.3% rising
4 Cook Islands 68.92 2022 up 10.3% rising
5 Niue 66.58 2022 up 8.8% rising
6 Tuvalu 64.2 2022 up 9.0% rising
7 Samoa 62.43 2022 up 12.1% rising
8 Bahamas 47.26 2022 up 18.8% rising
9 Micronesia (country) 47.1 2022 up 11.2% rising
10 Kiribati 46.3 2022 up 7.2% rising
11 Marshall Islands 45.9 2022 up 9.3% rising
12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 45.64 2022 up 17.8% rising
13 Egypt 44.27 2022 up 18.3% rising
14 Qatar 43.14 2022 up 19.5% rising
15 Belize 42.32 2022 up 20.3% rising
16 United States 41.99 2022 up 13.7% rising
17 Kuwait 41.42 2022 up 1.8% rising
18 Palau 41.14 2022 up 5.0% rising
19 Saudi Arabia 40.6 2022 up 15.9% rising
20 Iraq 40.49 2022 up 17.8% rising
21 Chile 38.91 2022 up 31.4% rising
22 Jordan 38.51 2022 up 6.1% rising
23 Barbados 38.02 2022 up 23.2% rising
24 Palestine 37.56 2022 up 9.9% rising
25 Libya 36.71 2022 up 14.7% rising
26 Bahrain 36.13 2022 up 14.1% rising
27 Panama 36.07 2022 up 35.1% rising
28 Mexico 36.03 2022 up 22.8% rising
29 Argentina 35.36 2022 up 34.7% rising
30 Georgia 34.66 2022 up 27.4% rising
31 Romania 34.04 2022 up 55.3% rising
32 Syria 33.94 2022 up 16.2% rising
33 Fiji 33.84 2022 up 20.9% rising
34 Jamaica 33.81 2022 up 28.2% rising
35 New Zealand 33.62 2022 up 14.8% rising
36 Saint Lucia 33.47 2022 up 28.4% rising
37 Uruguay 33.34 2022 up 33.3% rising
38 Turkey 33.3 2022 up 12.5% rising
39 Antigua and Barbuda 33.25 2022 up 24.1% rising
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.25 2022 up 25.2% rising
41 Paraguay 32.96 2022 up 32.7% rising
42 Malta 32.29 2022 up 6.5% rising
43 United Arab Emirates 32.08 2022 up 0.4% rising
44 Brunei 31.71 2022 up 36.2% rising
45 Hungary 31.7 2022 up 25.8% rising
46 Costa Rica 31.39 2022 up 26.3% rising
47 Dominica 31.34 2022 up 27.7% rising
48 Oman 31.1 2022 up 25.1% rising
49 El Salvador 30.88 2022 up 22.2% rising
50 South Africa 30.82 2022 up 7.6% rising
51 Croatia 30.62 2022 up 33.3% rising
52 Grenada 30.25 2022 up 26.5% rising
53 Australia 30.24 2022 up 17.5% rising
54 Eswatini 30.09 2022 up 29.8% rising
55 Uzbekistan 30.03 2022 up 42.7% rising
56 Lebanon 29.78 2022 up 13.6% rising
57 Honduras 29.49 2022 up 30.2% rising
58 Seychelles 29.36 2022 up 16.8% rising
59 Dominican Republic 29.34 2022 up 31.6% rising
60 Suriname 29.02 2022 up 27.3% rising
61 Bolivia 28.68 2022 up 39.9% rising
62 Guyana 28.46 2022 up 33.1% rising
63 Ireland 28.35 2022 up 13.2% rising
64 Brazil 28.14 2022 up 47.2% rising
65 Trinidad and Tobago 28.05 2022 up 13.4% rising
66 Greece 27.98 2022 up 13.7% rising
67 North Macedonia 27.54 2022 up 24.1% rising
68 Poland 27.5 2022 up 23.8% rising
69 Ecuador 27.38 2022 up 36.2% rising
70 Peru 27.29 2022 up 47.8% rising
71 Tunisia 26.83 2022 up 21.7% rising
72 United Kingdom 26.82 2022 up 8.3% rising
72 Slovakia 26.82 2022 up 29.1% rising
74 Guatemala 26.81 2022 up 34.1% rising
75 Kyrgyzstan 26.6 2022 up 32.5% rising
76 Azerbaijan 26.55 2022 up 23.9% rising
77 Canada 26.23 2022 up 6.4% rising
78 Czechia 25.98 2022 up 19.0% rising
79 Lithuania 25.36 2022 up 10.3% rising
80 Armenia 24.51 2022 up 20.6% rising
81 Iran 24.27 2022 up 21.7% rising
81 Latvia 24.27 2022 up 11.9% rising
83 Russia 24.19 2022 up 8.6% rising
84 Mongolia 24.11 2022 up 36.7% rising
85 Algeria 23.81 2022 up 26.9% rising
86 Tajikistan 23.79 2022 up 39.0% rising
87 Ukraine 23.63 2022 up 8.4% rising
88 Colombia 23.62 2022 up 30.1% rising
89 Albania 23.36 2022 up 33.3% rising
90 Pakistan 23.01 2022 up 80.6% volatile
91 Moldova 22.97 2022 up 0.2% rising
92 Cyprus 22.94 2022 up 6.4% rising
93 Venezuela 22.72 2022 down 0.0% rising
94 Mauritania 22.69 2022 up 40.1% rising
95 Solomon Islands 22.6 2022 up 18.4% rising
96 Serbia 22.51 2022 up 23.6% rising
97 Israel 22.49 2022 up 2.6% rising
98 Estonia 22.16 2022 up 6.1% rising
99 Malaysia 22.1 2022 up 37.9% rising
100 Portugal 21.79 2022 up 16.6% rising
101 Morocco 21.78 2022 up 30.7% rising
102 Cuba 21.76 2022 up 33.3% rising
103 Finland 21.51 2022 up 11.3% rising
104 Turkmenistan 21.4 2022 up 24.4% rising
105 Belarus 21.37 2022 up 2.0% rising
106 Vanuatu 21.28 2022 up 15.2% rising
107 Iceland 21.23 2022 up 13.3% rising
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.19 2022 up 22.3% rising
109 Gabon 21.02 2022 up 35.2% rising
110 Lesotho 21 2022 up 32.2% rising
111 Bulgaria 20.59 2022 up 16.7% rising
112 Papua New Guinea 20.52 2022 up 22.1% rising
113 Germany 20.4 2022 down 0.3% rising
114 Belgium 20.03 2022 up 12.4% rising
115 Slovenia 19.44 2022 up 19.5% rising
116 Mauritius 19.23 2022 up 16.8% rising
117 Afghanistan 19.22 2022 up 87.3% volatile
118 Norway 19.15 2022 up 15.9% rising
119 Luxembourg 18.43 2022 up 1.2% rising
120 Kazakhstan 18.38 2022 up 14.3% rising
121 Botswana 18.29 2022 up 24.2% rising
122 Andorra 18.1 2022 up 8.6% rising
123 Montenegro 18 2022 up 21.8% rising
124 Equatorial Guinea 17.67 2022 up 27.0% rising
125 Maldives 17.3 2022 up 54.2% rising
126 Italy 17.29 2022 up 7.5% rising
127 Liberia 17.01 2022 up 65.5% volatile
127 Sudan 17.01 2022 up 48.0% rising
129 Namibia 16.97 2022 up 21.0% rising
130 Sao Tome and Principe 16.46 2022 up 39.3% rising
131 Comoros 16.28 2022 up 52.0% rising
132 Cape Verde 15.77 2022 up 39.3% rising
133 Spain 15.67 2022 down 17.0% rising
134 Thailand 15.38 2022 up 54.0% rising
135 Austria 15.37 2022 up 8.5% rising
136 Sweden 15.27 2022 up 4.4% rising
137 Gambia 14.93 2022 up 59.5% volatile
138 Cameroon 14.88 2022 up 26.6% rising
139 Somalia 14.61 2022 up 52.8% rising
140 Netherlands 14.54 2022 up 5.4% rising
141 Zimbabwe 14.21 2022 up 41.1% rising
142 Singapore 13.88 2022 up 72.0% rising
143 Yemen 13.65 2022 up 49.2% rising
144 Denmark 13.28 2022 up 5.8% rising
145 Ghana 12.93 2022 up 26.3% rising
146 Tanzania 12.58 2022 up 68.6% volatile
147 Kenya 12.41 2022 up 52.8% rising
148 Nigeria 12.36 2022 up 42.6% rising
149 Bhutan 12.18 2022 up 71.8% volatile
150 Switzerland 12.11 2022 up 2.5% rising
151 Cote d'Ivoire 11.64 2022 up 42.5% rising
152 Togo 11.56 2022 up 62.1% volatile
153 Angola 11.47 2022 up 34.6% rising
153 Guinea-Bissau 11.47 2022 up 45.6% rising
155 Mali 11.37 2022 up 49.2% volatile
156 Djibouti 11.35 2022 up 59.0% rising
157 Indonesia 11.23 2022 up 89.4% volatile
158 Benin 11.17 2022 up 37.2% rising
159 Zambia 11.08 2022 up 62.0% rising
160 North Korea 10.8 2022 up 62.4% rising
161 Haiti 10.69 2022 up 28.6% rising
162 Sri Lanka 10.56 2022 up 84.6% volatile
163 Mozambique 10.26 2022 up 68.2% volatile
164 Senegal 10.21 2022 up 33.6% rising
165 France 9.7 2022 down 17.3% flat
166 Guinea 9.53 2022 up 61.5% volatile
167 Central African Republic 9.3 2022 up 57.9% rising
168 Philippines 8.74 2022 up 52.3% rising
169 South Sudan 8.6 2022 up 62.3% rising
170 Congo 8.54 2022 up 16.0% rising
171 China 8.28 2022 up 84.4% volatile
172 Laos 8.01 2022 up 69.7% volatile
173 Uganda 7.9 2022 up 89.4% volatile
174 Malawi 7.74 2022 up 72.0% volatile
175 Myanmar 7.43 2022 up 41.8% rising
176 South Korea 7.33 2022 up 78.8% rising
177 India 7.27 2022 up 76.9% volatile
178 Sierra Leone 7.13 2022 up 22.1% rising
179 Nepal 6.99 2022 up 106.8% volatile
180 Burkina Faso 6.75 2022 up 82.4% volatile
181 Chad 6.69 2022 up 49.0% rising
182 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.64 2022 up 52.3% rising
183 Niger 5.97 2022 up 51.5% rising
184 Japan 5.54 2022 up 42.4% rising
185 Bangladesh 5.3 2022 up 111.2% volatile
186 Burundi 5.02 2022 up 69.0% rising
187 Rwanda 4.92 2022 up 101.6% volatile
188 Eritrea 4.83 2022 up 81.6% volatile
189 Cambodia 4.36 2022 up 95.5% volatile
190 Madagascar 4.26 2022 up 83.6% volatile
191 Ethiopia 2.82 2022 up 91.8% volatile
192 East Timor 2.35 2022 up 106.1% volatile
193 Vietnam 2.02 2022 up 140.5% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 (Age-standardized estimate)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
349 places, 9,955 data points, 1990–2022
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