Most Obese Countries 2025

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1	American Samoa	75.92
2	Tonga	72.35
3	Nauru	71.06
4	Cook Islands	69.58
5	Niue	67.27
6	Tuvalu	65.25
7	Samoa	63.67
8	French Polynesia	49
9	Micronesia	48.19
10	Bahamas	48.15
11	Marshall Islands	47.11
12	Kiribati	46.89
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46.65
14	Egypt	45.59
15	Kuwait	44.43
16	Qatar	44
17	Belize	43.29
18	United States	42.74
19	Saudi Arabia	42.45
20	Palau	42.08
21	Puerto Rico	42.05
22	Iraq	41.41
23	Jordan	39.93
24	Chile	39.67
25	Barbados	38.9
26	Palestine	38.52
27	Libya	37.91
28	Bahrain	37.25
29	Panama	37.06
30	Mexico	36.86
31	Argentina	36.39
32	Georgia	35.47
33	Romania	35.04
34	Fiji	34.9
35	Syria	34.7
36	Nicaragua	34.54
36	Jamaica	34.54
38	Turkey	34.4
39	New Zealand	34.28
40	Uruguay	34.23
41	Saint Lucia	34.15
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	34.11
43	Antigua and Barbuda	34.02
44	Bermuda	33.96
45	Paraguay	33.95
46	Malta	32.84
47	United Arab Emirates	32.63
48	Hungary	32.53
49	Oman	32.44
50	Costa Rica	32.29
51	Dominica	32.15
52	Brunei	32.09
53	Croatia	31.44
54	South Africa	31.35
55	El Salvador	31.31
56	Grenada	31.12
57	Uzbekistan	31.02
57	Australia	31.02
59	Lebanon	30.72
60	Eswatini	30.64
61	Honduras	30.31
62	Dominican Republic	30.25
63	Seychelles	30.19
64	Suriname	29.81
65	Bolivia	29.48
66	Ireland	29.27
67	Guyana	28.96
68	Trinidad and Tobago	28.9
69	Brazil	28.89
70	Greece	28.85
71	North Macedonia	28.41
72	Ecuador	28.28
72	Poland	28.28
74	Peru	28.12
75	Tunisia	27.71
76	United Kingdom	27.63
77	Greenland	27.58
78	Slovakia	27.57
78	Guatemala	27.57
80	Azerbaijan	27.33
81	Czech Republic	26.85
82	Kyrgyzstan	26.83
83	Canada	26.73
84	Lithuania	26.02
85	Iran	25.08
86	Armenia	25.06
87	Latvia	24.85
88	Mongolia	24.82
89	Russia	24.77
90	Tajikistan	24.64
91	Algeria	24.56
92	Ukraine	24.41
93	Colombia	24.33
94	Albania	24.31
95	Pakistan	23.69
96	Moldova	23.68
97	Cyprus	23.55
98	Venezuela	23.33
99	Solomon Islands	23.29
100	Israel	23.16
101	Serbia	23.1
102	Mauritania	22.97
103	Estonia	22.76
104	Cuba	22.55
105	Morocco	22.53
106	Portugal	22.52
107	Malaysia	22.41
108	Turkmenistan	22.15
109	Vanuatu	22.05
109	Belarus	22.05
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.97
111	Finland	21.97
113	Gabon	21.95
114	Iceland	21.76
115	Lesotho	21.74
116	Bulgaria	21.24
117	Papua New Guinea	21.15
118	Germany	20.99
119	Belgium	20.51
120	Slovenia	19.93
121	Afghanistan	19.59
121	Mauritius	19.59
123	Norway	19.53
124	Kazakhstan	18.99
125	Luxembourg	18.89
126	Montenegro	18.68
127	Botswana	18.62
127	Equatorial Guinea	18.62
129	Andorra	18.61
130	Maldives	17.9
131	Italy	17.81
132	Namibia	17.47
133	Sudan	17.45
134	Liberia	17.44
135	Sao Tome and Principe	17.16
136	Comoros	16.81
137	Cape Verde	16.35
138	Spain	16.15
139	Austria	15.67
140	Sweden	15.6
141	Cameroon	15.46
142	Thailand	15.44
143	Gambia	15.33
144	Netherlands	14.98
145	Somalia	14.93
146	Zimbabwe	14.21
147	Yemen	14.06
148	Singapore	13.97
149	Denmark	13.55
150	Ghana	13.28
151	Tanzania	12.95
152	Kenya	12.87
153	Nigeria	12.84
154	Bhutan	12.68
155	Switzerland	12.47
156	Ivory Coast	12.09
157	Togo	11.96
158	Mali	11.82
159	Angola	11.77
160	Guinea Bissau	11.72
161	Djibouti	11.68
162	Indonesia	11.52
163	Benin	11.51
164	Taiwan	11.27
165	Zambia	11.24
166	North Korea	11.06
167	Haiti	11.05
168	Sri Lanka	10.87
169	Mozambique	10.46
170	Senegal	10.25
171	France	10
172	Guinea	9.74
173	Central African Republic	9.57
174	Philippines	8.96
175	Republic of the Congo	8.84
176	South Sudan	8.79
177	China	8.37
178	Laos	8.32
179	Uganda	8.05
180	Malawi	7.87
181	Myanmar	7.71
182	India	7.51
183	Sierra Leone	7.32
184	South Korea	7.24
185	Nepal	7.18
186	Chad	7.01
187	Burkina Faso	6.9
188	DR Congo	6.89
189	Niger	6.21
190	Japan	5.57
191	Bangladesh	5.41
192	Burundi	5.27
193	Rwanda	4.99
194	Eritrea	4.94
195	Cambodia	4.5
196	Madagascar	4.45
197	Ethiopia	2.9
198	Timor Leste	2.41
199	Vietnam	2.04

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The Global Scale of Obesity

Obesity is an urgent public health issue impacting countries across the globe, with staggering implications for healthcare systems, economies, and most importantly, the health and wellbeing of millions of individuals. The World Health Organization defines obesity as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. The pervasiveness and gravity of this global epidemic require immediate attention, as over 650 million adults were obese as of 2016. Recent data reveals a strikingly high prevalence of obesity in several nations, with the Pacific Island nations leading the list. The following key findings open up a broader discourse on the severity and pattern of the obesity crisis worldwide:

The Pacific Island nation Nauru holds the ominous distinction of having the highest obesity rate in the world. A shocking 61.0% of adults in Nauru are considered obese, according to the available data.
The United States appears 12th on the list with 36.2% of its adults classified as obese, indicating a pressing concern for public health.
Other countries with significant obesity rates include Kuwait (37.9%), Jordan (35.5%), and Saudi Arabia (35.4%).
The Asian continent shows significant diversity in the prevalence of obesity. Countries like Japan and South Korea report low obesity rates (4.3% and 4.7%), yet others like Kuwait and Jordan report a percentage more than seven times higher.
The lowest obesity rate is recorded in Vietnam, a Southeast Asian country, with only 2.1% of its adults considered obese. These figures represent just the surface of the complex issue of obesity worldwide. Beyond these numbers are the millions of individuals affected and the urgent need for strategies to address the underlying social, economic, and health factors contributing to global obesity rates. Together, through collective effort and commitments to promoting healthier lifestyles, we can look forward to turning the tide on this global public health concern.

Region ↕	Obesity Rate 2022↕	Male Obesity Rate 2022↕	Female Obesity Rate 2022↕
American Samoa	75.92	70.29	81.42
Tonga	72.35	63.37	81.46
Nauru	71.06	69.65	72.52
Cook Islands	69.58	66.05	73.11
Niue	67.27	63.71	70.9
Tuvalu	65.25	57.73	73.17
Samoa	63.67	52.83	74.93
French Polynesia	49	47.02	51.03
Micronesia	48.19	39.02	57.45
Bahamas	48.15	39.78	55.81
Marshall Islands	47.11	38.09	56.52
Kiribati	46.89	36.08	57.16
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46.65	37.59	55.1
Egypt	45.59	32.48	58.99
Kuwait	44.43	38.88	49.94
Qatar	44	40.79	52.46
Belize	43.29	33.62	53.07
United States	42.74	41.64	43.82
Saudi Arabia	42.45	38.13	48.34
Palau	42.08	39.1	45.3
Puerto Rico	42.05	36.46	47.05
Iraq	41.41	33.35	49.5
Jordan	39.93	34.2	46.1
Chile	39.67	34.1	45.17
Barbados	38.9	27.78	49.15
Palestine	38.52	29.77	47.24
Libya	37.91	28.08	47.67
Bahrain	37.25	32.91	44.32
Panama	37.06	29.88	44.23
Mexico	36.86	32.22	41.28
Argentina	36.39	35.53	37.24
Georgia	35.47	34.34	36.47
Romania	35.04	38.34	31.95
Fiji	34.9	26.62	43.22
Syria	34.7	26.71	42.7
Nicaragua	34.54	28.68	40.24
Jamaica	34.54	19.21	49.63
Turkey	34.4	26.22	42.62
New Zealand	34.28	32.99	35.55
Uruguay	34.23	31.64	36.66
Saint Lucia	34.15	20.87	47.15
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	34.11	19.23	49.55
Antigua and Barbuda	34.02	24.4	42.81
Bermuda	33.96	24.47	42.79
Paraguay	33.95	30.76	37.15
Malta	32.84	36.02	29.38
United Arab Emirates	32.63	29.02	40.8
Hungary	32.53	36.43	28.94
Oman	32.44	26.79	41.21
Costa Rica	32.29	25.55	39.04
Dominica	32.15	18.38	45.77
Brunei	32.09	30.22	34.1
Croatia	31.44	34.8	28.26
South Africa	31.35	14.5	47.35
El Salvador	31.31	23.44	38.46
Grenada	31.12	19.06	43.17
Uzbekistan	31.02	27.88	34.16
Australia	31.02	32.05	30
Lebanon	30.72	29.53	31.76
Eswatini	30.64	15.62	45.43
Honduras	30.31	23.59	37.17
Dominican Republic	30.25	24.02	36.52
Seychelles	30.19	20.58	40.88
Suriname	29.81	19.67	39.85
Bolivia	29.48	23.41	35.58
Ireland	29.27	30.7	27.86
Guyana	28.96	18.1	39.38
Trinidad and Tobago	28.9	22.99	34.64
Brazil	28.89	25.05	32.6
Greece	28.85	30.06	27.69
North Macedonia	28.41	29.11	27.72
Ecuador	28.28	23.06	33.49
Poland	28.28	32.19	24.62
Peru	28.12	23.62	32.53
Tunisia	27.71	19.92	35.3
United Kingdom	27.63	26.94	28.3
Greenland	27.58	24.37	31.14
Slovakia	27.57	31.42	23.9
Guatemala	27.57	22.62	32.42
Azerbaijan	27.33	20.39	34.1
Czech Republic	26.85	30.72	23.1
Kyrgyzstan	26.83	24.96	29.75
Canada	26.73	28.16	25.32
Lithuania	26.02	27.87	24.12
Iran	25.08	18.26	32.04
Armenia	25.06	19.81	29.36
Latvia	24.85	25.72	23.98
Mongolia	24.82	22.46	27.15
Russia	24.77	24.34	25.14
Tajikistan	24.64	20.57	28.76
Algeria	24.56	16.03	33.4
Ukraine	24.41	20.77	27.5
Colombia	24.33	18.58	29.92
Albania	24.31	22.27	26.34
Pakistan	23.69	20.49	26.94
Moldova	23.68	22.01	25.21
Cyprus	23.55	26.18	20.91
Venezuela	23.33	20.82	25.77
Solomon Islands	23.29	18.13	28.69
Israel	23.16	23.81	22.52
Serbia	23.1	26.44	20.03
Mauritania	22.97	9.25	36.15
Estonia	22.76	23.37	22.21
Cuba	22.55	19.19	25.87
Morocco	22.53	13.79	31.4
Portugal	22.52	21.97	23.02
Malaysia	22.41	17.7	27.34
Turkmenistan	22.15	19.6	24.66
Vanuatu	22.05	17.04	27.12
Belarus	22.05	20.13	23.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.97	22.41	21.55
Finland	21.97	21.88	22.07
Gabon	21.95	11.41	32.87
Iceland	21.76	23.64	19.78
Lesotho	21.74	8.82	33.91
Bulgaria	21.24	24.08	18.56
Papua New Guinea	21.15	16.61	25.99
Germany	20.99	23.08	18.96
Belgium	20.51	19.79	21.21
Slovenia	19.93	25.66	14.13
Afghanistan	19.59	14.88	24.39
Mauritius	19.59	13.07	25.93
Norway	19.53	20.93	18.1
Kazakhstan	18.99	19.07	18.92
Luxembourg	18.89	20.99	17.03
Montenegro	18.68	21.35	16.14
Botswana	18.62	8.76	28.25
Equatorial Guinea	18.62	8.08	30.4
Andorra	18.61	21.06	16.05
Maldives	17.9	13.23	24.22
Italy	17.81	17.97	17.65
Namibia	17.47	10.65	23.83
Sudan	17.45	11.74	23.16
Liberia	17.44	13.05	21.71
Sao Tome and Principe	17.16	10.06	24.22
Comoros	16.81	8.31	25.39
Cape Verde	16.35	8.79	23.82
Spain	16.15	19.39	13.03
Austria	15.67	18.81	12.62
Sweden	15.6	17.18	14
Cameroon	15.46	9.69	21.2
Thailand	15.44	12.1	18.6
Gambia	15.33	9.77	20.82
Netherlands	14.98	15.05	14.92
Somalia	14.93	6.07	23.84
Zimbabwe	14.21	5.73	21.8
Yemen	14.06	10.49	17.7
Singapore	13.97	16.09	11.65
Denmark	13.55	15.7	11.42
Ghana	13.28	5.37	21.14
Tanzania	12.95	6.73	19.02
Kenya	12.87	6.32	19.31
Nigeria	12.84	8.52	17.26
Bhutan	12.68	9.61	16.12
Switzerland	12.47	15.07	9.91
Ivory Coast	12.09	7.95	16.32
Togo	11.96	5.88	18.11
Mali	11.82	10.24	13.43
Angola	11.77	6.53	16.88
Guinea Bissau	11.72	7.86	15.48
Djibouti	11.68	6.35	16.94
Indonesia	11.52	6.53	16.58
Benin	11.51	7.41	15.62
Taiwan	11.27	12.44	10.08
Zambia	11.24	5.34	16.99
North Korea	11.06	8.65	13.42
Haiti	11.05	6.73	15.3
Sri Lanka	10.87	6.76	14.68
Mozambique	10.46	6.5	14.28
Senegal	10.25	4.06	16.23
France	10	10.18	9.82
Guinea	9.74	6.16	13.23
Central African Republic	9.57	6.33	12.81
Philippines	8.96	7.34	10.63
Republic of the Congo	8.84	4.38	13.29
South Sudan	8.79	5.32	12.19
China	8.37	8.94	7.78
Laos	8.32	6.06	10.5
Uganda	8.05	4.25	11.77
Malawi	7.87	3.21	12.28
Myanmar	7.71	5.67	9.73
India	7.51	5.38	9.78
Sierra Leone	7.32	2.79	11.86
South Korea	7.24	8.82	5.65
Nepal	7.18	4.97	9.22
Chad	7.01	7.71	6.31
Burkina Faso	6.9	4.17	9.62
DR Congo	6.89	4.38	9.35
Niger	6.21	4.51	7.95
Japan	5.57	7.63	3.63
Bangladesh	5.41	2.97	7.81
Burundi	5.27	6.36	4.2
Rwanda	4.99	1.84	8.01
Eritrea	4.94	2.93	6.89
Cambodia	4.5	3.12	5.86
Madagascar	4.45	4.63	4.26
Ethiopia	2.9	1.1	4.71
Timor Leste	2.41	1.58	3.27
Vietnam	2.04	1.97	2.11

Most Obese Countries

The ten countries with the highest obesity rates are Nauru, Cook Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Niue, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati, and Micronesia. Nauru tops the list as the country with the highest amount of obese adults, with a shocking 61.0% of its adult population reported as obese. Coming in close second is the Cook Islands, with an obesity prevalence of 55.9% among adults. The small island nation of Palau is ranked third with 55.3% of its adult population being obese. Next is the Marshall Islands, 52.9% of its adults are categorized as obese. The fifth country with the highest obesity rate is Tuvalu, with an obesity prevalence of 51.6% in adults. Following Tuvalu is Niue, where exactly half of the adult population is reported to be obese. This is closely followed by Tonga with 48.2% and Samoa with 47.3% of adults being classified as obese. Kiribati and Micronesia round off the list, with 46.0% and 45.8% of their respective adult populations reported as being obese. 10 Countries with the Highest Obesity Rates:

Nauru - 61.0%
Cook Islands - 55.9%
Palau - 55.3%
Marshall Islands - 52.9%
Tuvalu - 51.6%
Niue - 50.0%
Tonga - 48.2%
Samoa - 47.3%
Kiribati - 46.0%
Micronesia - 45.8%

Least Obese Countries

The ten countries with the lowest obesity rates are Vietnam, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, India, Nepal, Japan, Ethiopia, South Korea, Eritrea, and Sri Lanka. Vietnam holds the position of the country with the lowest obesity rate with only 2.1% of its adult population being classified as obese. Following closely is Bangladesh with an obesity rate of 3.6%. Timor-Leste holds the third spot with 3.8% of obese adults, and India barely surpasses it with a rate of 3.9%. Nepal enters the chart with a rate of 4.1% obese adults whilst Japan's obesity rate sits at 4.3%. Ethiopia and South Korea report obesity rates at 4.5% and 4.7% respectively. Towards the end of the list, we see Eritrea and Sri Lanka, which both have relatively low obesity rates with each country marking 5.0% and 5.2% respectively among adults. The ten least obese countries, are: