Report: Obesity Rates by Country 2022

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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

Top 10 Most Obese Countries (October 2022)

  1. United States – 77,020,887
  2. China – 66,469,734
  3. India – 46,914,668
  4. Brazil – 29,093,160
  5. Mexico – 24,205,842
  6. Russia – 23,562,164
  7. Egypt – 21,670,640
  8. Turkey – 17,008,680
  9. Nigeria – 16,241,109
  10. 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:

  1. Cook Islands – 50.80%
  2. Palau- 47.60%
  3. Nauru- 45.60%
  4. Samoa- 43.40%
  5. Tonga- 43.30%
  6. Niue- 43.20%
  7. Marshall Islands – 42.80%
  8. Qatar- 42.30%
  9. Kiribati- 40.60%
  10. Tuvalu- 40.30%
  11. Kuwait- 39.70%
  12. United Arab Emirates- 37.20%
  13. Federated States of Micronesia – 37.20%
  14. Fiji- 36.40%
  15. Bahamas – 36.20%
  16. Vanuatu- 35.40%
  17. Bahrain – 35.10%
  18. Saudi Arabia – 34.70%
  19. United States of America – 33.70%
  20. Libya – 33.10%

Least Obese Countries by Population:

  1.  Timor Leste – 2.20%
  2. North Korea – 2.40%
  3. Burundi – 2.60%
  4. Myanmar – 2.90%
  5. Afghanistan – 2.90%
  6. Cambodia – 3.20%
  7. Japan – 3.30%
  8. Nepal – 3.30%
  9. Laos – 3.50%
  10. Bangladesh – 3.60%

Rank of Countries by Obesity:

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

RankCountry2022 PopulationAdult PopulationObesePercentage Obese
1Cook Islands17,38011,7425,96550.80%
2Palau18,05512,1985,80647.60%
3Nauru12,6688,5593,90345.60%
4Samoa222,382150,24165,20543.40%
5Tonga106,85872,19331,26043.30%
6Niue1,6181,09347243.20%
7Marshall Islands41,56928,08412,02042.80%
8Qatar2,695,1221,820,824770,20942.30%
9Kiribati131,23288,66035,99640.60%
10Tuvalu11,3127,6423,08040.30%
11Kuwait4,268,8732,884,0511,144,96839.70%
12Micronesia114,16477,12928,69237.20%
13United Arab Emirates9,441,1296,378,4272,372,77537.20%
14Puerto Rico3,252,4072,197,326808,61636.80%
15Fiji929,766628,150228,64736.40%
16Bahamas409,984276,985100,26936.20%
17French Guiana304,557205,75974,48536.20%
18Vanuatu326,740220,74678,14435.40%
19Bahrain1,472,233994,641349,11935.10%
20Saudi Arabia36,408,82024,597,7998,535,43634.70%
21United States338,289,857228,548,62777,020,88733.70%
22Libya6,812,3414,602,4181,523,40033.10%
23Lebanon5,489,7393,708,8681,183,12931.90%
24Barbados281,635190,27359,55531.30%
25Trinidad and Tobago1,531,0441,034,373321,69031.10%
26Antigua and Barbuda93,76363,34619,57430.90%
27Oman4,576,2983,091,747955,35030.90%
28Jordan11,285,8697,624,7332,325,54430.50%
29Andorra79,82453,92915,90929.50%
30Turkey85,341,24157,656,54217,008,68029.50%
31New Zealand5,185,2883,503,1811,022,92929.20%
32Egypt110,990,10374,984,91421,670,64028.90%
33Australia26,177,41317,685,4605,058,04228.60%
34Saint Kitts and Nevis47,65732,1979,11228.30%
35Mexico127,504,12586,141,78724,205,84228.10%
36United Kingdom67,508,93645,609,03712,816,13928.10%
37Canada38,454,32725,979,7437,274,32828.00%
38England57,367,81138,757,69310,852,15428.00%
39Northern Ireland1,914,0401,293,125362,07528.00%
40Scotland5,504,6513,718,9421,041,30428.00%
41Vatican City5103459628.00%
42Wales3,193,6652,157,640604,13928.00%
43Papua New Guinea10,142,6196,852,3531,911,80727.90%
44Chile19,603,73313,244,2823,681,91027.80%
45Solomon Islands724,273489,319135,54127.70%
46Jamaica2,827,3771,910,176519,56827.20%
47Tunisia12,356,1178,347,7932,262,25227.10%
48Saint Lucia179,857121,51132,68726.90%
49Czech Republic10,493,9867,089,7371,900,05026.80%
50Palestine5,250,0723,546,949950,58226.80%
51Panama4,408,5812,978,437798,22126.80%
52South Africa59,893,88540,464,30910,844,43526.80%
53Uruguay3,422,7942,312,440617,42126.70%
54Malta533,286360,28895,83726.60%
55Mayotte326,101220,31458,60326.60%
56Argentina45,510,31830,746,7718,086,40126.30%
57Seychelles107,11872,36919,03326.30%
58Grenada125,43884,74622,20326.20%
59Guadeloupe395,752267,37070,05126.20%
60Ivory Coast28,160,54219,025,2624,984,61926.20%
61Kosovo1,802,2501,217,600319,01126.20%
62Iran88,550,57059,824,76515,614,26426.10%
63Suriname618,040417,548108,98026.10%
64Lithuania2,750,0551,857,937481,20625.90%
65Dominica72,73749,14112,67825.80%
66Slovakia5,643,4533,812,717979,86825.70%
67Ireland5,023,1093,393,612868,76525.60%
68Israel9,038,3096,106,2821,544,88925.30%
69Cuba11,212,1917,574,9561,908,88925.20%
70Poland39,857,14526,927,4876,785,72725.20%
71Slovenia2,119,8441,432,167359,47425.10%
72Algeria44,903,22530,336,6197,523,48124.80%
73Venezuela28,301,69619,120,6264,741,91524.80%
74Costa Rica5,180,8293,500,168850,54124.30%
75Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103,94870,22717,06524.30%
76San Marino33,66022,7415,52624.30%
77Russia144,713,31497,768,31523,562,16424.10%
78Hungary9,967,3086,733,9131,616,13924.00%
79Dominican Republic11,228,8217,586,1911,813,10023.90%
80France64,626,62843,661,75010,435,15823.90%
81Cyprus1,251,488845,505201,23023.80%
82Iraq44,496,12230,061,5807,154,65623.80%
83Latvia1,850,6511,250,300296,32123.70%
84Spain47,558,63032,130,6107,614,95523.70%
85Syria22,125,24914,947,8183,512,73723.50%
86Belarus9,534,9546,441,8151,507,38523.40%
87Kazakhstan19,397,99813,105,2873,066,63723.40%
88Croatia4,030,3582,722,910634,43823.30%
89Bulgaria6,781,9534,581,8871,062,99823.20%
90Luxembourg647,599437,518101,06723.10%
91Norway5,434,3193,671,426848,09923.10%
92Greece10,384,9717,016,0861,606,68422.90%
93Guyana808,726546,375125,12022.90%
94Iceland372,899251,93157,44022.80%
95Estonia1,326,062895,887202,47122.60%
96Azerbaijan10,358,0746,997,9151,574,53122.50%
97Belize405,272273,80261,60522.50%
98Botswana2,630,2961,777,028398,05422.40%
99Morocco37,457,97125,306,6055,643,37322.30%
100Liechtenstein39,32726,5695,89822.20%
101El Salvador6,336,3924,280,866933,22921.80%
102Martinique367,507248,28854,12721.80%
103Romania19,659,26713,281,8012,882,15121.70%
104Peru34,049,58823,003,9024,853,82321.10%
105Colombia51,874,02435,046,0917,359,67921.00%
106Italy59,037,47439,885,7178,376,00121.00%
107Georgia3,744,3852,529,707526,17920.80%
108Finland5,540,7453,743,327771,12520.60%
109Sweden10,549,3477,127,1391,461,06320.50%
110Belgium11,655,9307,874,7461,590,69920.20%
111Germany83,369,84356,324,66611,321,25820.10%
112Portugal10,270,8656,938,9961,394,73820.10%
113Turkmenistan6,430,7704,344,628873,27020.10%
114Ukraine39,701,73926,822,4955,391,32120.10%
115Brazil215,313,498145,465,79929,093,16020.00%
116Montenegro627,082423,65784,73120.00%
117Netherlands17,564,01411,866,2482,349,51719.80%
118North Macedonia2,093,5991,414,435277,22919.60%
119Armenia2,780,4691,878,485366,30519.50%
120Serbia7,221,3654,878,754951,35719.50%
121Denmark5,882,2613,974,056766,99319.30%
122Namibia2,567,0121,734,273327,77818.90%
123Ecuador18,001,00012,161,4762,274,19618.70%
124Guatemala17,843,90812,055,3442,242,29418.60%
125Austria8,939,6176,039,6051,111,28718.40%
126Honduras10,432,8607,048,4401,282,81618.20%
127Brunei449,002303,34654,90618.10%
128Greenland56,46638,1486,86718%
129Bosnia and Herzegovina3,233,5262,184,570391,03817.90%
130Mauritius1,299,469877,921157,14817.90%
131Switzerland8,740,4725,905,0631,045,19617.70%
132Albania2,842,3211,920,272337,96817.60%
133Gabon2,388,9921,614,003284,06517.60%
134Equatorial Guinea1,674,9081,131,568198,02417.50%
135Hong Kong7,488,8655,059,477870,23017.20%
136Yemen33,696,61422,765,4323,915,65417.20%
137Bolivia12,224,1108,258,6091,412,22217.10%
138Nicaragua6,948,3924,694,334802,73117.10%
139Mongolia3,398,3662,295,936383,42116.70%
140Paraguay6,780,7444,581,071746,71516.30%
141Uzbekistan34,627,65223,394,4423,626,13815.50%
142Moldova3,272,9962,211,236329,47414.90%
143Monaco36,46924,6383,67114.90%
144Kyrgyzstan6,630,6234,479,649645,06914.40%
145Lesotho2,305,8251,557,815221,21014.20%
146Tajikistan9,952,7876,724,103914,47813.60%
147Malaysia33,938,22122,928,6623,049,51213.30%
148Cape Verde593,149400,73152,09513.00%
149Sao Tome and Principe227,380153,61818,89512.30%
150Ghana33,475,87022,616,2982,759,18812.20%
151Haiti11,584,9967,826,823931,39211.90%
152Cameroon27,914,53618,859,0612,149,93311.40%
153Nigeria218,541,212147,646,44316,241,10911.00%
154Gambia2,705,9921,828,168199,27010.90%
155Zimbabwe16,320,53711,026,1551,157,74610.50%
156Angola35,588,98724,043,9202,452,48010.20%
157Senegal17,316,44911,698,9931,146,5019.80%
158Mauritania4,736,1393,199,736310,3749.70%
159Djibouti1,120,849757,24672,6969.60%
160Benin13,352,8649,021,195838,9719.30%
161Cote d'Ivoire24,294,75016,413,5331,510,0459.20%
162Zambia20,017,67513,523,9411,203,6318.90%
163Thailand71,697,03048,438,5134,117,2748.50%
164Chad17,723,31511,973,872969,8848.10%
165Maldives523,787353,87027,9567.90%
166Sierra Leone8,605,7185,814,023441,8667.60%
167South Sudan10,913,1647,372,934552,9707.50%
168Sudan46,874,20431,668,2122,375,1167.50%
169Togo8,848,6995,978,181448,3647.50%
170Guinea Bissau2,105,5661,422,520102,4217.20%
171Tanzania65,497,74844,250,2793,141,7707.10%
172Kenya54,027,48736,500,9702,555,0687.00%
173China1,425,887,337963,329,48566,469,7346.90%
174South Korea51,815,81035,006,7612,415,4676.90%
175Taiwan23,893,39416,142,3771,113,8246.90%
176Guinea13,859,3419,363,371636,7096.80%
177Mali22,593,59015,264,2291,037,9686.80%
178Bhutan782,455528,62735,4186.70%
179Comoros836,774565,32537,3116.60%
180Liberia5,302,6813,582,491236,4446.60%
181Sri Lanka21,832,14314,749,796958,7376.50%
182Burkina Faso22,673,76215,318,394965,0596.30%
183Singapore5,975,6894,037,175250,3056.20%
184Reunion974,052658,07038,1685.80%
185Indonesia275,501,339186,128,70510,609,3365.70%
186Madagascar29,611,71420,005,6741,080,3065.40%
187Pakistan235,824,862159,323,2778,603,4575.40%
188Malawi20,405,31713,785,832730,6495.30%
189Mozambique32,969,51822,274,2061,180,5335.30%
190Central African Republic5,579,1443,769,270192,2335.10%
191Philippines115,559,00978,071,6663,981,6555.10%
192India1,417,173,173957,442,19646,914,6684.90%
193Uganda47,249,58531,921,8201,564,1694.90%
194Western Sahara575,986389,13619,0684.90%
195Eswatini1,201,670811,84839,7814.90%
196Somalia17,597,51111,888,878546,8884.60%
197DR Congo99,010,21266,891,2992,943,2174.40%
198Niger26,207,97717,706,109761,3634.30%
199Eritrea3,684,0322,488,932102,0464.10%
200Ethiopia123,379,92483,355,4773,334,2194.00%
201Republic of the Congo5,970,4244,033,618161,3454.00%
202Rwanda13,776,6989,307,537372,3014.00%
203Bangladesh171,186,372115,653,5134,163,5263.60%
204Vietnam98,186,85666,335,0402,388,0613.60%
205Laos7,529,4755,086,913178,0423.50%
206Japan123,951,69283,741,7632,763,4783.30%
207Nepal30,547,58020,637,945681,0523.30%
208Cambodia16,767,84211,328,354362,5073.20%
209Afghanistan41,128,77127,786,598805,8112.90%
210Myanmar54,179,30636,603,5391,061,5032.90%
211Burundi12,889,5768,708,198226,4132.60%
212North Korea26,069,41617,612,497422,7002.40%
213Timor Leste1,341,296906,18019,9362.20%
Totals8,064,851,6955,448,613,805676,715,83219.73%

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