Ranking Countries

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Obesity

Share of adults with BMI ≥ 30. State figures are self-reported (which understates obesity); WHO country figures are measured or modeled. State ranks flatter the states.

Darker = better (lower), by rank · 190 countries · WHO Global Health Observatory · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

190 · WHO Global Health Observatory
  1. 1stVietnam2.5
  2. 2ndEthiopia2.5
  3. 3rdTimor-Leste3.3
  4. 4thEritrea3.7
  5. 5thMadagascar4.1
  6. 6thBurundi4.7
  7. 7thCambodia4.9
  8. 8thJapan5.2
  9. 9thRwanda5.2
  10. 10thBangladesh5.7
  11. 11thDR Congo5.9
  12. 12thNiger6
  13. 13thChad6.3
  14. 14thMalawi6.7
  15. 15thBurkina Faso7
  16. 16thSierra Leone7.3
  17. 17thSouth Korea7.5
  18. 18thNepal7.7
  19. 19thIndia8
  20. 20thUganda8.2
  21. 21stSouth Sudan8.2
  22. 22ndMyanmar8.3
  23. 23rdCentral African Republic8.9
  24. 24thLaos9
  25. 25thChina9.1
  26. 26thMozambique9.4
  27. 27thGuinea9.4
  28. 28thPhilippines9.7
  29. 29thZambia10.1
  30. 30thSenegal10.3
  31. 31stKenya10.4
  32. 32ndTanzania10.5
  33. 33rdHaiti10.7
  34. 34thBenin10.9
  35. 35thGambia11.2
  36. 36thDjibouti11.2
  37. 37thSri Lanka11.2
  38. 38thGuinea-Bissau11.4
  39. 39thRepublic of the Congo11.5
  40. 40thYemen11.6
  41. 41stMali11.6
  42. 42ndAngola11.8
  43. 43rdIvory Coast12
  44. 44thIndonesia12
  45. 45thNigeria12.1
  46. 46thNorth Korea12.1
  47. 47thTogo12.2
  48. 48thFrance12.5
  49. 49thSwitzerland12.9
  50. 50thSomalia13
  51. 51stBhutan13
  52. 52ndZimbabwe13.1
  53. 53rdGhana13.8
  54. 54thCameroon14.6
  55. 55thDenmark15.2
  56. 56thThailand15.5
  57. 57thComoros16.1
  58. 58thSudan16.1
  59. 59thSão Tomé and Príncipe16.3
  60. 60thCape Verde16.5
  61. 61stNamibia16.7
  62. 62ndLiberia16.7
  63. 63rdSingapore16.8
  64. 64thNetherlands16.9
  65. 65thItaly17.9
  66. 66thBotswana18.1
  67. 67thMaldives18.1
  68. 68thAustria18.3
  69. 69thSweden18.7
  70. 70thAfghanistan18.8
  71. 71stEquatorial Guinea18.8
  72. 72ndSpain18.9
  73. 73rdAndorra19.5
  74. 74thLesotho20.2
  75. 75thMontenegro20.6
  76. 76thNorway20.7
  77. 77thLuxembourg20.9
  78. 78thSolomon Islands20.9
  79. 79thTajikistan21
  80. 80thMauritius21.1
  81. 81stTurkmenistan21.2
  82. 82ndRussia21.2
  83. 83rdKyrgyzstan21.5
  84. 84thVanuatu21.6
  85. 85thGabon21.8
  86. 86thMorocco22
  87. 87thMauritania22.1
  88. 88thKazakhstan22.4
  89. 89thSlovenia22.8
  90. 90thBelgium22.9
  91. 91stVenezuela23
  92. 92ndPortugal23
  93. 93rdIsrael23.3
  94. 94thIceland23.5
  95. 95thPakistan23.5
  96. 96thMalaysia23.6
  97. 97thCyprus23.7
  98. 98thBulgaria24
  99. 99thAlgeria24.3
  100. 100thGermany24.5
  101. 101stCuba25
  102. 102ndEstonia25
  103. 103rdColombia25.3
  104. 104thMongolia25.5
  105. 105thSerbia25.6
  106. 106thIran25.7
  107. 107thPoland25.9
  108. 108thBosnia and Herzegovina26.1
  109. 109thBelarus26.1
  110. 110thLithuania26.1
  111. 111thFinland26.2
  112. 112thGuatemala26.7
  113. 113thMoldova27
  114. 114thEswatini27.1
  115. 115thCanada27.1
  116. 116thAlbania27.3
  117. 117thPapua New Guinea27.6
  118. 118thTunisia27.7
  119. 119thUkraine27.8
  120. 120thLatvia27.9
  121. 121stArmenia28.6
  122. 122ndEcuador28.7
  123. 123rdBolivia28.8
  124. 124thPeru29.1
  125. 125thUnited Kingdom29.2
  126. 126thAzerbaijan29.3
  127. 127thOman29.4
  128. 128thGuyana29.8
  129. 129thSyria29.9
  130. 130thUnited Arab Emirates30.3
  131. 131stSlovakia30.3
  132. 132ndTürkiye30.5
  133. 133rdUzbekistan30.6
  134. 134thIreland30.6
  135. 135thDominican Republic30.7
  136. 136thSuriname30.8
  137. 137thHonduras30.8
  138. 138thBrazil30.9
  139. 139thNorth Macedonia31.2
  140. 140thSouth Africa31.3
  141. 141stEl Salvador31.4
  142. 142ndLebanon31.5
  143. 143rdCzechia31.6
  144. 144thGrenada31.9
  145. 145thTrinidad and Tobago32
  146. 146thAustralia32.4
  147. 147thDominica32.9
  148. 148thJordan33.2
  149. 149thMalta33.3
  150. 150thCosta Rica33.4
  151. 151stLibya33.5
  152. 152ndGreece33.7
  153. 153rdNicaragua34
  154. 154thParaguay34.2
  155. 155thNew Zealand34.7
  156. 156thSeychelles34.9
  157. 157thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines35
  158. 158thSaint Lucia35.4
  159. 159thAntigua and Barbuda35.4
  160. 160thBahrain35.5
  161. 161stJamaica35.7
  162. 162ndUruguay36.3
  163. 163rdCroatia36.5
  164. 164thIraq36.8
  165. 165thHungary36.9
  166. 166thMexico37.4
  167. 167thRomania37.7
  168. 168thBrunei37.7
  169. 169thPanama37.8
  170. 170thArgentina38.1
  171. 171stSaudi Arabia39.2
  172. 172ndFiji39.3
  173. 173rdBarbados39.6
  174. 174thGeorgia40.1
  175. 175thChile41.1
  176. 176thMarshall Islands41.2
  177. 177thKuwait41.3
  178. 178thUnited States41.8
  179. 179thPalau42.1
  180. 180thQatar42.4
  181. 181stEgypt42.8
  182. 182ndBelize43.2
  183. 183rdKiribati45.3
  184. 184thMicronesia46.8
  185. 185thSaint Kitts and Nevis47.9
  186. 186thBahamas48.4
  187. 187thSamoa63.2
  188. 188thTuvalu64.7
  189. 189thNauru71.4
  190. 190thTonga72.3

US states

51 · CDC BRFSS
  1. 1stColorado252024
  2. 2ndDistrict of Columbia25.52024
  3. 3rdHawaii272024
  4. 3rdMassachusetts272024
  5. 5thNew Jersey27.72024
  6. 6thVermont292024
  7. 7thCalifornia29.12024
  8. 8thNew York29.52024
  9. 9thFlorida29.62024
  10. 10thMontana312024
  11. 10thUtah312024
  12. 12thNew Hampshire31.12024
  13. 12thRhode Island31.12024
  14. 14thWashington31.52024
  15. 15thConnecticut322024
  16. 16thMinnesota32.32024
  17. 16thVirginia32.32024
  18. 18thWyoming32.52024
  19. 19thIdaho32.72024
  20. 19thMaryland32.72024
  21. 21stMaine33.22024
  22. 22ndArizona33.32024
  23. 23rdOregon33.52024
  24. 24thAlaska342024
  25. 25thIllinois34.22024
  26. 25thNevada34.22024
  27. 25thPennsylvania34.22024
  28. 28thNew Mexico34.52024
  29. 28thNorth Carolina34.52024
  30. 30thMissouri34.62024
  31. 30thSouth Carolina34.62024
  32. 32ndGeorgia35.42024
  33. 33rdTexas35.62024
  34. 34thMichigan36.12024
  35. 35thDelaware36.62024
  36. 35thIowa36.62024
  37. 37thNorth Dakota36.82024
  38. 37thOklahoma36.82024
  39. 39thOhio36.92024
  40. 40thSouth Dakota372024
  41. 41stKentucky37.22024
  42. 42ndWisconsin37.42024
  43. 43rdKansas37.62024
  44. 43rdNebraska37.62024
  45. 43rdTennessee37.62023
  46. 46thIndiana38.42024
  47. 47thAlabama38.92024
  48. 47thArkansas38.92024
  49. 49thLouisiana39.22024
  50. 50thMississippi40.42024
  51. 51stWest Virginia41.42024

190 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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