How common is obesity?
Adult obesity, 195 countries & territories. Share of adults with a body-mass index of 30 or more (crude estimate, adults 18+, WHO Global Health Observatory).
lowest≥ 9.9%≥ 15.8%≥ 21.6%≥ 26.6%≥ 31.1%≥ 36.9% no data
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health… via Our World in Data· 2024
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (2.5%) to the highest value (72.3%).
The ranking
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Tonga 72.3% 2024 - 2
Nauru 71.4% 2024 - 3
Tuvalu 64.7% 2024 - 4
Samoa 63.2% 2024 - 5
French Polynesia (France) 49.5% 2024 - 6
Bahamas 48.4% 2024 - 7
Saint Kitts and Nevis 47.9% 2024 - 8
Micronesia 46.8% 2024 - 9
Kiribati 45.3% 2024 - 10
Belize 43.2% 2024 - 11
Egypt 42.8% 2024 - 12
Qatar 42.4% 2024 - 13
Palau 42.1% 2024 - 14
Puerto Rico (United States) 41.9% 2024 - 15
United States 41.8% 2024 - 16
Kuwait 41.3% 2024 - 17
Marshall Islands 41.2% 2024 - 18
Chile 41.1% 2024 - 19
Georgia 40.1% 2024 - 20
Barbados 39.6% 2024 - 21
Fiji 39.3% 2024 - 22
Saudi Arabia 39.2% 2024 - 23
Argentina 38.1% 2024 - 24
Panama 37.8% 2024 - 25
Brunei 37.7% 2024 - 26
Romania 37.7% 2024 - 27
Mexico 37.4% 2024 - 28
Hungary 36.9% 2024 - 29
Iraq 36.8% 2024 - 30
Croatia 36.5% 2024 - 31
Uruguay 36.3% 2024 - 32
Jamaica 35.7% 2024 - 33
Bahrain 35.5% 2024 - 34
Antigua and Barbuda 35.4% 2024 - 35
Saint Lucia 35.4% 2024 - 36
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35% 2024 - 37
Seychelles 34.9% 2024 - 38
Bermuda (United Kingdom) 34.8% 2024 - 39
New Zealand 34.7% 2024 - 40
Paraguay 34.2% 2024 - 41
Nicaragua 34% 2024 - 42
Greece 33.7% 2024 - 43
Libya 33.5% 2024 - 44
Costa Rica 33.4% 2024 - 45
Malta 33.3% 2024 - 46
Palestine 33.2% 2024 - 47
Jordan 33.2% 2024 - 48
Dominica 32.9% 2024 - 49
Australia 32.4% 2024 - 50
Trinidad and Tobago 32% 2024