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.

List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
231	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
230	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
242	.	Albania	NA		NA
238	.	Algeria	NA		NA
1	.	American Samoa	74.60		2007
235	.	Andorra	NA		NA
241	.	Angola	NA		NA
229	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
240	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
239	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
234	.	Argentina	NA		NA
233	.	Armenia	NA		NA
232	.	Aruba	NA		NA
237	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
28	.	Australia	16.40		2005
53	.	Austria	11.00		2008
245	.	Azerbaijan	NA		NA
257	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA
250	.	Bahrain	NA		NA
252	.	Bangladesh	NA		NA
256	.	Barbados	NA		NA
255	.	Belarus	NA		NA
54	.	Belgium	10.80		2001
247	.	Belize	NA		NA
246	.	Benin	NA		NA
243	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
249	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
244	.	Bolivia	NA		NA
20	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.70		2002
254	.	Botswana	NA		NA
253	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
52	.	Brazil	11.10		2003
251	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
248	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
200	.	Brunei	NA		NA
46	.	Bulgaria	12.40		2001
197	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
190	.	Burma	NA		NA
198	.	Burundi	NA		NA
196	.	Cambodia	NA		NA
199	.	Cameroon	NA		NA
14	.	Canada	23.10		2004
192	.	Cape Verde	NA		NA
193	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
191	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
188	.	Chad	NA		NA
19	.	Chile	21.90		2003
66	.	China	2.90		2002
195	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
194	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
189	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
42	.	Colombia	13.70		2007
187	.	Comoros	NA		NA
149	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA		NA
156	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
155	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
161	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
159	.	Costa Rica	NA		NA
157	.	Cote d'Ivoire	NA		NA
18	.	Croatia	22.30		2003
50	.	Cuba	11.80		2002
151	.	Curacao	NA		NA
48	.	Cyprus	12.30		2003
21	.	Czech Republic	21.00		2012
51	.	Denmark	11.40		2006
158	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
160	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
152	.	Dominica	NA		NA
154	.	Dominican Republic	NA		NA
153	.	Ecuador	NA		NA
8	.	Egypt	30.30		2006
150	.	El Salvador	NA		NA
212	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
63	.	Eritrea	3.30		2004
38	.	Estonia	14.40		2004
209	.	Ethiopia	NA		NA
211	.	European Union	NA		NA
207	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
203	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
12	.	Fiji	23.90		2004
33	.	Finland	15.70		2008
27	.	France	16.90		2007
204	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
202	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
205	.	Gabon	NA		NA
201	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
208	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
206	.	Georgia	NA		NA
45	.	Germany	12.90		2003
210	.	Ghana	NA		NA
213	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
17	.	Greece	22.50		2003
225	.	Greenland	NA		NA
227	.	Grenada	NA		NA
224	.	Guam	NA		NA
214	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
222	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
215	.	Guinea	NA		NA
217	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
216	.	Guyana	NA		NA
223	.	Haiti	NA		NA
226	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
219	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
220	.	Honduras	NA		NA
221	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
26	.	Hungary	17.70		2004
47	.	Iceland	12.40		2002
218	.	India	NA		NA
67	.	Indonesia	2.40		2001
41	.	Iran	14.20		2005
180	.	Iraq	NA		NA
44	.	Ireland	13.00		2002
186	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
15	.	Israel	22.90		2001
57	.	Italy	9.80		2005
178	.	Jamaica	NA		NA
181	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
65	.	Japan	3.10		2000
183	.	Jersey	NA		NA
24	.	Jordan	19.50		2004
179	.	Kazakhstan	NA		NA
185	.	Kenya	NA		NA
4	.	Kiribati	50.60		2006
177	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
64	.	Korea, South	3.20		2001
184	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
9	.	Kuwait	28.80		2000
182	.	Kyrgyzstan	NA		NA
69	.	Laos	1.20		2000
36	.	Latvia	15.60		2006
43	.	Lebanon	13.50		2004
130	.	Lesotho	NA		NA
132	.	Liberia	NA		NA
121	.	Libya	NA		NA
122	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
23	.	Lithuania	19.70		2006
128	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
125	.	Macau	NA		NA
124	.	Macedonia	NA		NA
68	.	Madagascar	2.10		2005
126	.	Malawi	NA		NA
30	.	Malaysia	16.30		2006
129	.	Maldives	NA		NA
123	.	Mali	NA		NA
22	.	Malta	20.70		2007
127	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
131	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
133	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
146	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
13	.	Mexico	23.60		2000
145	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
138	.	Moldova	NA		NA
148	.	Monaco	NA		NA
56	.	Mongolia	9.80		2005
147	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
139	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
32	.	Morocco	16.00		2000
140	.	Mozambique	NA		NA
134	.	Namibia	NA		NA
136	.	Nauru	NA		NA
143	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
142	.	Nepal	NA		NA
144	.	Netherlands	NA		NA
137	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
10	.	New Zealand	26.50		2007
141	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
135	.	Niger	NA		NA
114	.	Nigeria	NA		NA
113	.	Niue	NA		NA
116	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
119	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
55	.	Norway	10.00		2009
120	.	Oman	NA		NA
115	.	Pakistan	NA		NA
109	.	Palau	NA		NA
118	.	Panama	NA		NA
112	.	Papua New Guinea	NA		NA
107	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
111	.	Paraguay	NA		NA
29	.	Peru	16.30		2000
62	.	Philippines	4.30		2003
110	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
25	.	Poland	18.00		2001
40	.	Portugal	14.20		2005
108	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
117	.	Qatar	NA		NA
58	.	Romania	8.60		2000
174	.	Russia	NA		NA
163	.	Rwanda	NA		NA
175	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
164	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
170	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
172	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
176	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
171	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
169	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
173	.	Samoa	NA		NA
166	.	San Marino	NA		NA
165	.	Sao Tome and Principe	NA		NA
5	.	Saudi Arabia	35.60		2000
167	.	Senegal	NA		NA
168	.	Serbia	NA		NA
11	.	Seychelles	25.10		2004
162	.	Sierra Leone	NA		NA
61	.	Singapore	6.90		2004
71	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
39	.	Slovakia	14.30		2002
37	.	Slovenia	15.00		2001
83	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
73	.	Somalia	NA		NA
75	.	South Africa	NA		NA
79	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
72	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
35	.	Spain	15.60		2007
82	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
76	.	Sri Lanka	NA		NA
77	.	Sudan	NA		NA
78	.	Suriname	NA		NA
80	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
74	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
49	.	Sweden	12.00		2009
59	.	Switzerland	8.20		2007
81	.	Syria	NA		NA
86	.	Taiwan	NA		NA
85	.	Tajikistan	NA		NA
87	.	Tanzania	NA		NA
60	.	Thailand	7.80		2003
88	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
95	.	Togo	NA		NA
2	.	Tokelau	63.40		2007
3	.	Tonga	56.00		2000
84	.	Trinidad and Tobago	NA		NA
91	.	Tunisia	NA		NA
31	.	Turkey	16.10		2007
89	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
90	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
94	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
92	.	Uganda	NA		NA
93	.	Ukraine	NA		NA
7	.	United Arab Emirates	33.70		2000
16	.	United Kingdom	22.70		2002
6	.	United States	33.90		2006
106	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
99	.	Uruguay	NA		NA
102	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
101	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
105	.	Venezuela	NA		NA
70	.	Vietnam	0.50		2000
104	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
97	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
96	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
100	.	West Bank	NA		NA
103	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
98	.	World	NA		NA
236	.	Yemen	NA		NA
228	.	Zambia	NA		NA
34	.	Zimbabwe	15.70		2005

NOTE: The information regarding Obesity - adult prevalence rate 2013 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2013. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Obesity - adult prevalence rate 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Obesity - adult prevalence rate 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.