World Rankings: Obesity Rates by Country 2022

New research suggests there are about 676 million adult obese people in the World. When including for adults, children, and adolescents the number is approximately 800 million.

Our research suggests there are nearly 650 million obese adults on the planet, as defined as a body mass index (BMI) over 30. There are also about 125 million obese children and adolescents in the entire world according to a BMI over 30.

The majority of the obesity on the planet resides in a few countries, in fact, the top 10 countries contribute half the entire world’s obesity.

Study Facts:

World Population: 8,064,851,695
World Obesity Adult Population : 676,000,000

Obesity Percentage by Country
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Top 10 Most Obese Countries (October 2022)

United States – 77,020,887
China – 66,469,734
India – 46,914,668
Brazil – 29,093,160
Mexico – 24,205,842
Russia – 23,562,164
Egypt – 21,670,640
Turkey – 17,008,680
Nigeria – 16,241,109
Iran – 15,614,264

Obesity’s Rise in all Countries

Today no one country is immune to obesity. For the past 30 years, obesity has skyrocketed across western countries and small countries. Today in economic rich countries, like the United States, United Kingdom, or Australia, there are fewer countries still touched by obesity including Venezuela, Colombia, Egypt, and more.

Highest Regions for Obesity

Oceania Islands – The highest propensity of obesity can be seen in Oceania nations such as the Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Nauru, Palau, Niue, and the Marshall Islands. It should be noted that even though the high rates of obesity, these countries have significantly less population.
Middle East – The second highest region is the middle east, with as much as 75% of the population being obese or overweight. Countries include Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Oman, Jordan, Egypt, and Kuwait.
South America – South America continent is home of highly obese countries in terms of absolute numbers including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Chile

Research by the World Health Organization suggest there are an additional 124 million children and adolescents worldwide. While just under 1% of children and adolescents aged 5-19 were obese in 1975, more 124 million children and adolescents (6% of girls and 8% of boys) were obese in 2016.

Most Obese Countries by Percentage:

Cook Islands – 50.80%
Palau- 47.60%
Nauru- 45.60%
Samoa- 43.40%
Tonga- 43.30%
Niue- 43.20%
Marshall Islands – 42.80%
Qatar- 42.30%
Kiribati- 40.60%
Tuvalu- 40.30%
Kuwait- 39.70%
United Arab Emirates- 37.20%
Federated States of Micronesia – 37.20%
Fiji- 36.40%
Bahamas – 36.20%
Vanuatu- 35.40%
Bahrain – 35.10%
Saudi Arabia – 34.70%
United States of America – 33.70%
Libya – 33.10%

Least Obese Countries by Population:

Timor Leste – 2.20%
North Korea – 2.40%
Burundi – 2.60%
Myanmar – 2.90%
Afghanistan – 2.90%
Cambodia – 3.20%
Japan – 3.30%
Nepal – 3.30%
Laos – 3.50%
Bangladesh – 3.60%

Rank of Countries by Obesity:

Find out which country has the highest rate of obesity by population or by percentage.

Rank	Country	2022 Population	Adult Population	Obese	Percentage Obese
1	Cook Islands	17,380	11,742	5,965	50.80%
2	Palau	18,055	12,198	5,806	47.60%
3	Nauru	12,668	8,559	3,903	45.60%
4	Samoa	222,382	150,241	65,205	43.40%
5	Tonga	106,858	72,193	31,260	43.30%
6	Niue	1,618	1,093	472	43.20%
7	Marshall Islands	41,569	28,084	12,020	42.80%
8	Qatar	2,695,122	1,820,824	770,209	42.30%
9	Kiribati	131,232	88,660	35,996	40.60%
10	Tuvalu	11,312	7,642	3,080	40.30%
11	Kuwait	4,268,873	2,884,051	1,144,968	39.70%
12	Micronesia	114,164	77,129	28,692	37.20%
13	United Arab Emirates	9,441,129	6,378,427	2,372,775	37.20%
14	Puerto Rico	3,252,407	2,197,326	808,616	36.80%
15	Fiji	929,766	628,150	228,647	36.40%
16	Bahamas	409,984	276,985	100,269	36.20%
17	French Guiana	304,557	205,759	74,485	36.20%
18	Vanuatu	326,740	220,746	78,144	35.40%
19	Bahrain	1,472,233	994,641	349,119	35.10%
20	Saudi Arabia	36,408,820	24,597,799	8,535,436	34.70%
21	United States	338,289,857	228,548,627	77,020,887	33.70%
22	Libya	6,812,341	4,602,418	1,523,400	33.10%
23	Lebanon	5,489,739	3,708,868	1,183,129	31.90%
24	Barbados	281,635	190,273	59,555	31.30%
25	Trinidad and Tobago	1,531,044	1,034,373	321,690	31.10%
26	Antigua and Barbuda	93,763	63,346	19,574	30.90%
27	Oman	4,576,298	3,091,747	955,350	30.90%
28	Jordan	11,285,869	7,624,733	2,325,544	30.50%
29	Andorra	79,824	53,929	15,909	29.50%
30	Turkey	85,341,241	57,656,542	17,008,680	29.50%
31	New Zealand	5,185,288	3,503,181	1,022,929	29.20%
32	Egypt	110,990,103	74,984,914	21,670,640	28.90%
33	Australia	26,177,413	17,685,460	5,058,042	28.60%
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,657	32,197	9,112	28.30%
35	Mexico	127,504,125	86,141,787	24,205,842	28.10%
36	United Kingdom	67,508,936	45,609,037	12,816,139	28.10%
37	Canada	38,454,327	25,979,743	7,274,328	28.00%
38	England	57,367,811	38,757,693	10,852,154	28.00%
39	Northern Ireland	1,914,040	1,293,125	362,075	28.00%
40	Scotland	5,504,651	3,718,942	1,041,304	28.00%
41	Vatican City	510	345	96	28.00%
42	Wales	3,193,665	2,157,640	604,139	28.00%
43	Papua New Guinea	10,142,619	6,852,353	1,911,807	27.90%
44	Chile	19,603,733	13,244,282	3,681,910	27.80%
45	Solomon Islands	724,273	489,319	135,541	27.70%
46	Jamaica	2,827,377	1,910,176	519,568	27.20%
47	Tunisia	12,356,117	8,347,793	2,262,252	27.10%
48	Saint Lucia	179,857	121,511	32,687	26.90%
49	Czech Republic	10,493,986	7,089,737	1,900,050	26.80%
50	Palestine	5,250,072	3,546,949	950,582	26.80%
51	Panama	4,408,581	2,978,437	798,221	26.80%
52	South Africa	59,893,885	40,464,309	10,844,435	26.80%
53	Uruguay	3,422,794	2,312,440	617,421	26.70%
54	Malta	533,286	360,288	95,837	26.60%
55	Mayotte	326,101	220,314	58,603	26.60%
56	Argentina	45,510,318	30,746,771	8,086,401	26.30%
57	Seychelles	107,118	72,369	19,033	26.30%
58	Grenada	125,438	84,746	22,203	26.20%
59	Guadeloupe	395,752	267,370	70,051	26.20%
60	Ivory Coast	28,160,542	19,025,262	4,984,619	26.20%
61	Kosovo	1,802,250	1,217,600	319,011	26.20%
62	Iran	88,550,570	59,824,765	15,614,264	26.10%
63	Suriname	618,040	417,548	108,980	26.10%
64	Lithuania	2,750,055	1,857,937	481,206	25.90%
65	Dominica	72,737	49,141	12,678	25.80%
66	Slovakia	5,643,453	3,812,717	979,868	25.70%
67	Ireland	5,023,109	3,393,612	868,765	25.60%
68	Israel	9,038,309	6,106,282	1,544,889	25.30%
69	Cuba	11,212,191	7,574,956	1,908,889	25.20%
70	Poland	39,857,145	26,927,487	6,785,727	25.20%
71	Slovenia	2,119,844	1,432,167	359,474	25.10%
72	Algeria	44,903,225	30,336,619	7,523,481	24.80%
73	Venezuela	28,301,696	19,120,626	4,741,915	24.80%
74	Costa Rica	5,180,829	3,500,168	850,541	24.30%
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,948	70,227	17,065	24.30%
76	San Marino	33,660	22,741	5,526	24.30%
77	Russia	144,713,314	97,768,315	23,562,164	24.10%
78	Hungary	9,967,308	6,733,913	1,616,139	24.00%
79	Dominican Republic	11,228,821	7,586,191	1,813,100	23.90%
80	France	64,626,628	43,661,750	10,435,158	23.90%
81	Cyprus	1,251,488	845,505	201,230	23.80%
82	Iraq	44,496,122	30,061,580	7,154,656	23.80%
83	Latvia	1,850,651	1,250,300	296,321	23.70%
84	Spain	47,558,630	32,130,610	7,614,955	23.70%
85	Syria	22,125,249	14,947,818	3,512,737	23.50%
86	Belarus	9,534,954	6,441,815	1,507,385	23.40%
87	Kazakhstan	19,397,998	13,105,287	3,066,637	23.40%
88	Croatia	4,030,358	2,722,910	634,438	23.30%
89	Bulgaria	6,781,953	4,581,887	1,062,998	23.20%
90	Luxembourg	647,599	437,518	101,067	23.10%
91	Norway	5,434,319	3,671,426	848,099	23.10%
92	Greece	10,384,971	7,016,086	1,606,684	22.90%
93	Guyana	808,726	546,375	125,120	22.90%
94	Iceland	372,899	251,931	57,440	22.80%
95	Estonia	1,326,062	895,887	202,471	22.60%
96	Azerbaijan	10,358,074	6,997,915	1,574,531	22.50%
97	Belize	405,272	273,802	61,605	22.50%
98	Botswana	2,630,296	1,777,028	398,054	22.40%
99	Morocco	37,457,971	25,306,605	5,643,373	22.30%
100	Liechtenstein	39,327	26,569	5,898	22.20%
101	El Salvador	6,336,392	4,280,866	933,229	21.80%
102	Martinique	367,507	248,288	54,127	21.80%
103	Romania	19,659,267	13,281,801	2,882,151	21.70%
104	Peru	34,049,588	23,003,902	4,853,823	21.10%
105	Colombia	51,874,024	35,046,091	7,359,679	21.00%
106	Italy	59,037,474	39,885,717	8,376,001	21.00%
107	Georgia	3,744,385	2,529,707	526,179	20.80%
108	Finland	5,540,745	3,743,327	771,125	20.60%
109	Sweden	10,549,347	7,127,139	1,461,063	20.50%
110	Belgium	11,655,930	7,874,746	1,590,699	20.20%
111	Germany	83,369,843	56,324,666	11,321,258	20.10%
112	Portugal	10,270,865	6,938,996	1,394,738	20.10%
113	Turkmenistan	6,430,770	4,344,628	873,270	20.10%
114	Ukraine	39,701,739	26,822,495	5,391,321	20.10%
115	Brazil	215,313,498	145,465,799	29,093,160	20.00%
116	Montenegro	627,082	423,657	84,731	20.00%
117	Netherlands	17,564,014	11,866,248	2,349,517	19.80%
118	North Macedonia	2,093,599	1,414,435	277,229	19.60%
119	Armenia	2,780,469	1,878,485	366,305	19.50%
120	Serbia	7,221,365	4,878,754	951,357	19.50%
121	Denmark	5,882,261	3,974,056	766,993	19.30%
122	Namibia	2,567,012	1,734,273	327,778	18.90%
123	Ecuador	18,001,000	12,161,476	2,274,196	18.70%
124	Guatemala	17,843,908	12,055,344	2,242,294	18.60%
125	Austria	8,939,617	6,039,605	1,111,287	18.40%
126	Honduras	10,432,860	7,048,440	1,282,816	18.20%
127	Brunei	449,002	303,346	54,906	18.10%
128	Greenland	56,466	38,148	6,867	18%
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,233,526	2,184,570	391,038	17.90%
130	Mauritius	1,299,469	877,921	157,148	17.90%
131	Switzerland	8,740,472	5,905,063	1,045,196	17.70%
132	Albania	2,842,321	1,920,272	337,968	17.60%
133	Gabon	2,388,992	1,614,003	284,065	17.60%
134	Equatorial Guinea	1,674,908	1,131,568	198,024	17.50%
135	Hong Kong	7,488,865	5,059,477	870,230	17.20%
136	Yemen	33,696,614	22,765,432	3,915,654	17.20%
137	Bolivia	12,224,110	8,258,609	1,412,222	17.10%
138	Nicaragua	6,948,392	4,694,334	802,731	17.10%
139	Mongolia	3,398,366	2,295,936	383,421	16.70%
140	Paraguay	6,780,744	4,581,071	746,715	16.30%
141	Uzbekistan	34,627,652	23,394,442	3,626,138	15.50%
142	Moldova	3,272,996	2,211,236	329,474	14.90%
143	Monaco	36,469	24,638	3,671	14.90%
144	Kyrgyzstan	6,630,623	4,479,649	645,069	14.40%
145	Lesotho	2,305,825	1,557,815	221,210	14.20%
146	Tajikistan	9,952,787	6,724,103	914,478	13.60%
147	Malaysia	33,938,221	22,928,662	3,049,512	13.30%
148	Cape Verde	593,149	400,731	52,095	13.00%
149	Sao Tome and Principe	227,380	153,618	18,895	12.30%
150	Ghana	33,475,870	22,616,298	2,759,188	12.20%
151	Haiti	11,584,996	7,826,823	931,392	11.90%
152	Cameroon	27,914,536	18,859,061	2,149,933	11.40%
153	Nigeria	218,541,212	147,646,443	16,241,109	11.00%
154	Gambia	2,705,992	1,828,168	199,270	10.90%
155	Zimbabwe	16,320,537	11,026,155	1,157,746	10.50%
156	Angola	35,588,987	24,043,920	2,452,480	10.20%
157	Senegal	17,316,449	11,698,993	1,146,501	9.80%
158	Mauritania	4,736,139	3,199,736	310,374	9.70%
159	Djibouti	1,120,849	757,246	72,696	9.60%
160	Benin	13,352,864	9,021,195	838,971	9.30%
161	Cote d'Ivoire	24,294,750	16,413,533	1,510,045	9.20%
162	Zambia	20,017,675	13,523,941	1,203,631	8.90%
163	Thailand	71,697,030	48,438,513	4,117,274	8.50%
164	Chad	17,723,315	11,973,872	969,884	8.10%
165	Maldives	523,787	353,870	27,956	7.90%
166	Sierra Leone	8,605,718	5,814,023	441,866	7.60%
167	South Sudan	10,913,164	7,372,934	552,970	7.50%
168	Sudan	46,874,204	31,668,212	2,375,116	7.50%
169	Togo	8,848,699	5,978,181	448,364	7.50%
170	Guinea Bissau	2,105,566	1,422,520	102,421	7.20%
171	Tanzania	65,497,748	44,250,279	3,141,770	7.10%
172	Kenya	54,027,487	36,500,970	2,555,068	7.00%
173	China	1,425,887,337	963,329,485	66,469,734	6.90%
174	South Korea	51,815,810	35,006,761	2,415,467	6.90%
175	Taiwan	23,893,394	16,142,377	1,113,824	6.90%
176	Guinea	13,859,341	9,363,371	636,709	6.80%
177	Mali	22,593,590	15,264,229	1,037,968	6.80%
178	Bhutan	782,455	528,627	35,418	6.70%
179	Comoros	836,774	565,325	37,311	6.60%
180	Liberia	5,302,681	3,582,491	236,444	6.60%
181	Sri Lanka	21,832,143	14,749,796	958,737	6.50%
182	Burkina Faso	22,673,762	15,318,394	965,059	6.30%
183	Singapore	5,975,689	4,037,175	250,305	6.20%
184	Reunion	974,052	658,070	38,168	5.80%
185	Indonesia	275,501,339	186,128,705	10,609,336	5.70%
186	Madagascar	29,611,714	20,005,674	1,080,306	5.40%
187	Pakistan	235,824,862	159,323,277	8,603,457	5.40%
188	Malawi	20,405,317	13,785,832	730,649	5.30%
189	Mozambique	32,969,518	22,274,206	1,180,533	5.30%
190	Central African Republic	5,579,144	3,769,270	192,233	5.10%
191	Philippines	115,559,009	78,071,666	3,981,655	5.10%
192	India	1,417,173,173	957,442,196	46,914,668	4.90%
193	Uganda	47,249,585	31,921,820	1,564,169	4.90%
194	Western Sahara	575,986	389,136	19,068	4.90%
195	Eswatini	1,201,670	811,848	39,781	4.90%
196	Somalia	17,597,511	11,888,878	546,888	4.60%
197	DR Congo	99,010,212	66,891,299	2,943,217	4.40%
198	Niger	26,207,977	17,706,109	761,363	4.30%
199	Eritrea	3,684,032	2,488,932	102,046	4.10%
200	Ethiopia	123,379,924	83,355,477	3,334,219	4.00%
201	Republic of the Congo	5,970,424	4,033,618	161,345	4.00%
202	Rwanda	13,776,698	9,307,537	372,301	4.00%
203	Bangladesh	171,186,372	115,653,513	4,163,526	3.60%
204	Vietnam	98,186,856	66,335,040	2,388,061	3.60%
205	Laos	7,529,475	5,086,913	178,042	3.50%
206	Japan	123,951,692	83,741,763	2,763,478	3.30%
207	Nepal	30,547,580	20,637,945	681,052	3.30%
208	Cambodia	16,767,842	11,328,354	362,507	3.20%
209	Afghanistan	41,128,771	27,786,598	805,811	2.90%
210	Myanmar	54,179,306	36,603,539	1,061,503	2.90%
211	Burundi	12,889,576	8,708,198	226,413	2.60%
212	North Korea	26,069,416	17,612,497	422,700	2.40%
213	Timor Leste	1,341,296	906,180	19,936	2.20%
Totals		8,064,851,695	5,448,613,805	676,715,832	19.73%

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