| Field Listing :: Obesity - adult prevalence rate |
| This entry gives the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater to or equal to 30.0. BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight in kg and dividing it by the person's squared height in meters. | |
| Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate(%) |
|---|
| Afghanistan | 2.2% (2008) |
| Albania | 21.3% (2008) |
| Algeria | 16% (2008) |
| American Samoa | 74.6% (2007) |
| Andorra | 25.2% (2008) |
| Angola | 6.4% (2008) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 25.6% (2008) |
| Argentina | 29.7% (2008) |
| Armenia | 24% (2008) |
| Australia | 26.8% (2008) |
| Austria | 20.9% (2008) |
| Azerbaijan | 23.8% (2008) |
| Bahamas, The | 34.7% (2008) |
| Bahrain | 32.9% (2008) |
| Bangladesh | 1.1% (2008) |
| Barbados | 34.7% (2008) |
| Belarus | 24.3% (2008) |
| Belgium | 22.1% (2008) |
| Belize | 33.7% (2008) |
| Benin | 6% (2008) |
| Bhutan | 5.3% (2008) |
| Bolivia | 17.9% (2008) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.5% (2008) |
| Botswana | 11.2% (2008) |
| Brazil | 18.8% (2008) |
| Brunei | 7.5% (2008) |
| Bulgaria | 23.7% (2008) |
| Burkina Faso | 2.3% (2008) |
| Burma | 4% (2008) |
| Burundi | 2.9% (2008) |
| Cabo Verde | 10% (2008) |
| Cambodia | 2.1% (2008) |
| Cameroon | 10.3% (2008) |
| Canada | 26.2% (2008) |
| Central African Republic | 3.5% (2008) |
| Chad | 2.7% (2008) |
| Chile | 29.4% (2008) |
| China | 5.7% (2008) |
| Colombia | 17.3% (2008) |
| Comoros | 4.4% (2008) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.7% (2008) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 4.7% (2008) |
| Cook Islands | 63.7% (2008) |
| Costa Rica | 23.7% (2008) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 6.2% (2008) |
| Croatia | 24.2% (2008) |
| Cuba | 21.5% (2008) |
| Cyprus | 25.5% (2008) |
| Czech Republic | 32.7% (2008) |
| Denmark | 18.2% (2008) |
| Djibouti | 9.4% (2008) |
| Dominica | 24.9% (2008) |
| Dominican Republic | 21.2% (2008) |
| Ecuador | 21.4% (2008) |
| Egypt | 33.1% (2008) |
| El Salvador | 25.8% (2008) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 10.6% (2008) |
| Eritrea | 1.5% (2008) |
| Estonia | 20.6% (2008) |
| Ethiopia | 1.1% (2008) |
| Fiji | 30.6% (2008) |
| Finland | 23% (2008) |
| France | 18.2% (2008) |
| Gabon | 13.9% (2008) |
| Gambia, The | 7.9% (2008) |
| Georgia | 22.1% (2008) |
| Germany | 25.1% (2008) |
| Ghana | 7.5% (2008) |
| Greece | 20.1% (2008) |
| Grenada | 22.5% (2008) |
| Guatemala | 19.2% (2008) |
| Guinea | 4.4% (2008) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4.9% (2008) |
| Guyana | 17.2% (2008) |
| Haiti | 7.9% (2008) |
| Honduras | 18.4% (2008) |
| Hungary | 27.6% (2008) |
| Iceland | 23.2% (2008) |
| India | 1.9% (2008) |
| Indonesia | 4.8% (2008) |
| Iran | 19.4% (2008) |
| Iraq | 27% (2008) |
| Ireland | 25.2% (2008) |
| Israel | 26.2% (2008) |
| Italy | 19.8% (2008) |
| Jamaica | 24.1% (2008) |
| Japan | 5% (2008) |
| Jordan | 30% (2008) |
| Kazakhstan | 23.7% (2008) |
| Kenya | 4.2% (2008) |
| Kiribati | 46% (2008) |
| Korea, North | 3.9% (2008) |
| Korea, South | 7.7% (2008) |
| Kuwait | 42% (2008) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 15.5% (2008) |
| Laos | 2.6% (2008) |
| Latvia | 24.9% (2008) |
| Lebanon | 27.4% (2008) |
| Lesotho | 14.6% (2008) |
| Liberia | 4.8% (2008) |
| Libya | 27.8% (2008) |
| Lithuania | 27.6% (2008) |
| Luxembourg | 26% (2008) |
| Macedonia | 21.1% (2008) |
| Madagascar | 1.6% (2008) |
| Malawi | 4.3% (2008) |
| Malaysia | 14% (2008) |
| Maldives | 12.9% (2008) |
| Mali | 4.3% (2008) |
| Malta | 28.8% (2008) |
| Marshall Islands | 45.4% (2008) |
| Mauritania | 12.7% (2008) |
| Mauritius | 18.5% (2008) |
| Mexico | 32.1% (2008) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 40.6% (2008) |
| Moldova | 21.2% (2008) |
| Mongolia | 14.4% (2008) |
| Montenegro | 22.5% (2008) |
| Morocco | 16.4% (2008) |
| Mozambique | 4.9% (2008) |
| Namibia | 9.5% (2008) |
| Nauru | 71.1% (2008) |
| Nepal | 1.4% (2008) |
| Netherlands | 18.8% (2008) |
| New Zealand | 28.3% (2008) |
| Nicaragua | 22.2% (2008) |
| Niger | 2.4% (2008) |
| Nigeria | 6.5% (2008) |
| Norway | 21.5% (2008) |
| Oman | 20.9% (2008) |
| Pakistan | 5.5% (2008) |
| Palau | 48.9% (2008) |
| Panama | 25.4% (2008) |
| Papua New Guinea | 16.2% (2008) |
| Paraguay | 17.9% (2008) |
| Peru | 15.7% (2008) |
| Philippines | 6.3% (2008) |
| Poland | 25.3% (2008) |
| Portugal | 24% (2008) |
| Qatar | 33.2% (2008) |
| Romania | 19.1% (2008) |
| Russia | 26.5% (2008) |
| Rwanda | 4.3% (2008) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 40.7% (2008) |
| Saint Lucia | 21.4% (2008) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.4% (2008) |
| Samoa | 54.1% (2008) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 9.5% (2008) |
| Saudi Arabia | 33% (2008) |
| Senegal | 6.8% (2008) |
| Serbia | 24.8% (2008) |
| Seychelles | 23.9% (2008) |
| Sierra Leone | 6.8% (2008) |
| Singapore | 7.1% (2008) |
| Slovakia | 25.4% (2008) |
| Slovenia | 28.6% (2008) |
| Solomon Islands | 30% (2008) |
| Somalia | 4.8% (2008) |
| South Africa | 31.3% (2008) |
| Spain | 26.6% (2008) |
| Sri Lanka | 5.1% (2008) |
| Sudan | 6% (2008) |
| Suriname | 25.1% (2008) |
| Swaziland | 19.7% (2008) |
| Sweden | 18.6% (2008) |
| Switzerland | 17.5% (2008) |
| Syria | 27.1% (2008) |
| Tajikistan | 8.6% (2008) |
| Tanzania | 5% (2008) |
| Thailand | 8.8% (2008) |
| Timor-Leste | 2.7% (2008) |
| Togo | 4.3% (2008) |
| Tokelau | 63.4% (2007) |
| Tonga | 57.6% (2008) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 29.3% (2008) |
| Tunisia | 22.3% (2008) |
| Turkey | 27.8% (2008) |
| Turkmenistan | 13.2% (2008) |
| Uganda | 4.3% (2008) |
| Ukraine | 21.3% (2008) |
| United Arab Emirates | 32.7% (2008) |
| United Kingdom | 26.9% (2008) |
| United States | 33% (2008) |
| Uruguay | 24.8% (2008) |
| Uzbekistan | 15.1% (2008) |
| Vanuatu | 27.5% (2008) |
| Venezuela | 30.3% (2008) |
| Vietnam | 1.7% (2008) |
| Yemen | 14.5% (2008) |
| Zambia | 3.6% (2008) |
| Zimbabwe | 7% (2008) |