List of countries by obesity rate explained

This is a list of countries ranked by the proportion of the population that is obese. The data are from the World Obesity federation globe observatory and world-factbook details. These data are referenced from NCD Risk Factor collaboration and UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Malnutrition Estimates for the referenced time frame till 9-Aug-2024^[1] and considering the average of obesity in men, women, boys and girls.

Referencing from

• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2017;390(10113):2627‐2642. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32129-3
• NCD RisC Collaboration. Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. The Lancet 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2
• UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Malnutrition Estimates, May 2018 edition
• UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York
• Adult http://ncdrisc.org/data-downloads-adiposity.html
• Child & Adolescent http://ncdrisc.org/data-downloads-adiposity-ado.html

Obesity rates by country (%) (The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency, 2016–2024)^[2]

text-align=left	Country	2024	2016
	49.7	48.2
	52.6	55.9
	42.2	51.6
	51.0	50.0
	37.4	71.7
	26.0	46.0
	40.5	47.3
	29.8	22.9
	20.5	52.9
	34.4	37.9
	32.1	31.6
	42.5	18.9
	42.7	42.1
	24.2	32.5
	31.4	35.1
	42.9	55.3
	38.6	45.9
	27.8	29.8
	27.5	28.9
	23.1	22.7
	24.9	32.0
	24.2	28.0
	23.1	30.8
	23.8	23.1
	26.4	24.1
	20.3	30.4
	22.3	21.7
	22.0	35.5
	20.2	28.3
	20.2	19.7
	19.9	29.0
	21.9	27.0
	19.0	23.1
	22.1	14.0
	19.2	30.2
	21.8	28.9
	18.7	24.7
	23.2	14.1
	22.3	31.7
	17.7	24.6
	16.5	32.0
	20.1	23.7
	9.1	26.9
	16.2	26.4
	15.5	20.2
	16.0	28.3
	17.5	22.1
	20.9	18.6
	16.4	21.3
	19.6	25.7
	17.8	25.8
	13.5	24.1
	13.5	25.6
	17.5	29.4
	13.8	23.8
	18.8	26.4
	17.0	27.9
	14.1	20.2
	15.2	21.0
	20.2	19.9
	13.0	23.3
	15.6	20.3
	13.2	16.6
	19.0	24.4
	11.2	22.7
	22.7	18.9
	12.8	17.9
	13.7	21.9
	15.4	23.6
	20.5	22.2
	20.9	23.7
	12.7	27.4
	15.9	21.2
	22.1	21.4
	14.6	21.7
	14.9	22.3
	14.0	21.2
	14.6	25.3
	14.8	21.5
	20.6	19.9
	11.8	16.5
	14.9	27.9
	15.6	35.4
	15.6	32.1
	21.7	27.8
	11.5	26.1
	12.6	20.2
	14.2	26.0
	17.1	15.6
	19.3	19.7
	16.0	20.2
	13.8	10.8
	15.0	20.5
	14.7	22.3
	16.3	23.1
	18.9	24.5
	13.0	26.3
	12.5	27.8
	9.9	20.6
	11.7	8.6
	13.2	20.1
	4.1	17.1
	12.0	26.1
	10.7	21.6
	14.8	20.8
	13.6	27.6
	15.6	16.6
	11.1	19.7
	16.5	22.6
	16.9	24.9
	9.7	22.1
	10.2	15.0
	13.0	20.6
	15.8	24.6
	9.7	20.4
	7.7	10.9
	9.1	18.6
	8.6	25.2
	17.2	21.8
	14.6	11.8
	8.3	23.1
	13.7	25.6
	8.7	7.8
	4.9	13.5
	7.0	14.2
	13.7	25.0
	7.8	22.5
	10.4	12.7
	8.6	18.9
	9.4	12.4
	7.8	10.0
	11.4	16.6
	6.8	6.4
	6.5	11.4
	8.3	19.5
	12.5	22.5
	6.0	7.1
	8.1	6.1
	12.9	22.4
	9.9	19.9
	9.1	10.3
	10.0	5.5
	6.6	10.3
	12.2	6.6
	6.8	9.9
	4.6	9.6
	2.3	9.6
	6.9	5.2
	?	9.5
	6.7	6.4
	5.4	7.2
	8.8	8.9
	3.4	8.7
	8.7	8.6
	9.2	8.6
	7.6	8.4
	4.3	8.4
	5.0	17.2
	8.6	8.0
	15.1	8.3
	8.4	7.7
	7.6	15.5
	7.6	5.8
	3.9	8.1
	9.8	7.5
	3.9	4.1
	6.1	6.9
	6.7	8.2
	?	6.8
	6.9	21.3
	3.4	8.8
	2.3	6.7
	?	6.6
	6.1	6.2
	5.5	6.1
	3.3	5.8
	5.1	5.6
	23.4	4.7
	3.5	5.3
	3.1	3.9
	3.3	3.6
	1.7	5.4
	2.7	5.3
	5.1	5.5
	5.0	5.3
	4.3	4.3
	4.4	5.8
	2.5	3.9
	3.5	5.0
	3.6	2.1
	1.0	3.8
	3.6	4.5

Related

• List of countries by body mass index
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• Obesity

References

1. Web site: Nitish . 13 August 2024 . This country has the highest obesity as on 2024? . live . https://www.worldobesity.org/ . 9 August 2024 . 9 August 2024 . worldobesity.
2. Web site: Obesity Rates by Country 2024 .