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
182	.	Afghanistan	2.20		2008
224	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
89	.	Albania	21.30		2008
116	.	Algeria	16.00		2008
1	.	American Samoa	74.60		2007
57	.	Andorra	25.20		2008
147	.	Angola	6.40		2008
223	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
222	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
52	.	Antigua and Barbuda	25.60		2008
29	.	Argentina	29.70		2008
69	.	Armenia	24.00		2008
225	.	Aruba	NA		NA
221	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
44	.	Australia	26.80		2008
94	.	Austria	20.90		2008
71	.	Azerbaijan	23.80		2008
14	.	Bahamas, The	34.70		2008
20	.	Bahrain	32.90		2008
191	.	Bangladesh	1.10		2008
13	.	Barbados	34.70		2008
65	.	Belarus	24.30		2008
83	.	Belgium	22.10		2008
15	.	Belize	33.70		2008
151	.	Benin	6.00		2008
255	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
154	.	Bhutan	5.30		2008
110	.	Bolivia	17.90		2008
47	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.50		2008
128	.	Botswana	11.20		2008
256	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
103	.	Brazil	18.80		2008
254	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
231	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
140	.	Brunei	7.50		2008
73	.	Bulgaria	23.70		2008
181	.	Burkina Faso	2.30		2008
172	.	Burma	4.00		2008
176	.	Burundi	2.90		2008
131	.	Cabo Verde	10.00		2008
183	.	Cambodia	2.10		2008
130	.	Cameroon	10.30		2008
48	.	Canada	26.20		2008
233	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
175	.	Central African Republic	3.50		2008
178	.	Chad	2.70		2008
30	.	Chile	29.40		2008
152	.	China	5.70		2008
232	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
234	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
237	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
112	.	Colombia	17.30		2008
164	.	Comoros	4.40		2008
186	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1.70		2008
163	.	Congo, Republic of the	4.70		2008
3	.	Cook Islands	63.70		2008
236	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
74	.	Costa Rica	23.70		2008
149	.	Cote d'Ivoire	6.20		2008
66	.	Croatia	24.20		2008
85	.	Cuba	21.50		2008
238	.	Curacao	NA		NA
53	.	Cyprus	25.50		2008
22	.	Czech Republic	32.70		2008
107	.	Denmark	18.20		2008
235	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
134	.	Djibouti	9.40		2008
62	.	Dominica	24.90		2008
91	.	Dominican Republic	21.20		2008
87	.	Ecuador	21.40		2008
17	.	Egypt	33.10		2008
51	.	El Salvador	25.80		2008
129	.	Equatorial Guinea	10.60		2008
188	.	Eritrea	1.50		2008
95	.	Estonia	20.60		2008
190	.	Ethiopia	1.10		2008
240	.	European Union	NA		NA
242	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
239	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
25	.	Fiji	30.60		2008
77	.	Finland	23.00		2008
108	.	France	18.20		2008
243	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
241	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
124	.	Gabon	13.90		2008
137	.	Gambia, The	7.90		2008
245	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
82	.	Georgia	22.10		2008
60	.	Germany	25.10		2008
141	.	Ghana	7.50		2008
246	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
96	.	Greece	20.10		2008
247	.	Greenland	NA		NA
79	.	Grenada	22.50		2008
248	.	Guam	NA		NA
100	.	Guatemala	19.20		2008
244	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
165	.	Guinea	4.40		2008
159	.	Guinea-Bissau	4.90		2008
113	.	Guyana	17.20		2008
138	.	Haiti	7.90		2008
249	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
250	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
106	.	Honduras	18.40		2008
251	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
38	.	Hungary	27.60		2008
76	.	Iceland	23.20		2008
184	.	India	1.90		2008
162	.	Indonesia	4.80		2008
99	.	Iran	19.40		2008
42	.	Iraq	27.00		2008
58	.	Ireland	25.20		2008
252	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
49	.	Israel	26.20		2008
97	.	Italy	19.80		2008
67	.	Jamaica	24.10		2008
253	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
157	.	Japan	5.00		2008
207	.	Jersey	NA		NA
28	.	Jordan	30.00		2008
72	.	Kazakhstan	23.70		2008
171	.	Kenya	4.20		2008
8	.	Kiribati	46.00		2008
173	.	Korea, North	3.90		2008
139	.	Korea, South	7.70		2008
208	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
10	.	Kuwait	42.00		2008
118	.	Kyrgyzstan	15.50		2008
179	.	Laos	2.60		2008
61	.	Latvia	24.90		2008
40	.	Lebanon	27.40		2008
120	.	Lesotho	14.60		2008
161	.	Liberia	4.80		2008
36	.	Libya	27.80		2008
209	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
37	.	Lithuania	27.60		2008
50	.	Luxembourg	26.00		2008
210	.	Macau	NA		NA
92	.	Macedonia	21.10		2008
187	.	Madagascar	1.60		2008
168	.	Malawi	4.30		2008
123	.	Malaysia	14.00		2008
126	.	Maldives	12.90		2008
169	.	Mali	4.30		2008
32	.	Malta	28.80		2008
9	.	Marshall Islands	45.40		2008
127	.	Mauritania	12.70		2008
105	.	Mauritius	18.50		2008
23	.	Mexico	32.10		2008
12	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	40.60		2008
90	.	Moldova	21.20		2008
211	.	Monaco	NA		NA
122	.	Mongolia	14.40		2008
78	.	Montenegro	22.50		2008
213	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
114	.	Morocco	16.40		2008
158	.	Mozambique	4.90		2008
132	.	Namibia	9.50		2008
2	.	Nauru	71.10		2008
215	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
189	.	Nepal	1.40		2008
102	.	Netherlands	18.80		2008
212	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
34	.	New Zealand	28.30		2008
81	.	Nicaragua	22.20		2008
180	.	Niger	2.40		2008
146	.	Nigeria	6.50		2008
214	.	Niue	NA		NA
220	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
216	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
84	.	Norway	21.50		2008
93	.	Oman	20.90		2008
153	.	Pakistan	5.50		2008
7	.	Palau	48.90		2008
55	.	Panama	25.40		2008
115	.	Papua New Guinea	16.20		2008
217	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
109	.	Paraguay	17.90		2008
117	.	Peru	15.70		2008
148	.	Philippines	6.30		2008
218	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
56	.	Poland	25.30		2008
68	.	Portugal	24.00		2008
219	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
16	.	Qatar	33.20		2008
101	.	Romania	19.10		2008
46	.	Russia	26.50		2008
170	.	Rwanda	4.30		2008
228	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
230	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
11	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.70		2008
86	.	Saint Lucia	21.40		2008
226	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
229	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
75	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.40		2008
6	.	Samoa	54.10		2008
227	.	San Marino	NA		NA
133	.	Sao Tome and Principe	9.50		2008
19	.	Saudi Arabia	33.00		2008
145	.	Senegal	6.80		2008
64	.	Serbia	24.80		2008
70	.	Seychelles	23.90		2008
144	.	Sierra Leone	6.80		2008
142	.	Singapore	7.10		2008
196	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
54	.	Slovakia	25.40		2008
33	.	Slovenia	28.60		2008
27	.	Solomon Islands	30.00		2008
160	.	Somalia	4.80		2008
24	.	South Africa	31.30		2008
192	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
194	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
45	.	Spain	26.60		2008
195	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
155	.	Sri Lanka	5.10		2008
150	.	Sudan	6.00		2008
59	.	Suriname	25.10		2008
193	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
98	.	Swaziland	19.70		2008
104	.	Sweden	18.60		2008
111	.	Switzerland	17.50		2008
41	.	Syria	27.10		2008
197	.	Taiwan	NA		NA
136	.	Tajikistan	8.60		2008
156	.	Tanzania	5.00		2008
135	.	Thailand	8.80		2008
177	.	Timor-Leste	2.70		2008
166	.	Togo	4.30		2008
4	.	Tokelau	63.40		2007
5	.	Tonga	57.60		2008
31	.	Trinidad and Tobago	29.30		2008
80	.	Tunisia	22.30		2008
35	.	Turkey	27.80		2008
125	.	Turkmenistan	13.20		2008
198	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
199	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
167	.	Uganda	4.30		2008
88	.	Ukraine	21.30		2008
21	.	United Arab Emirates	32.70		2008
43	.	United Kingdom	26.90		2008
18	.	United States	33.00		2008
205	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
63	.	Uruguay	24.80		2008
119	.	Uzbekistan	15.10		2008
39	.	Vanuatu	27.50		2008
26	.	Venezuela	30.30		2008
185	.	Vietnam	1.70		2008
203	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
200	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
202	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
204	.	West Bank	NA		NA
206	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
201	.	World	NA		NA
121	.	Yemen	14.50		2008
174	.	Zambia	3.60		2008
143	.	Zimbabwe	7.00		2008

NOTE: The information regarding Obesity - adult prevalence rate 2014 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2014. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Obesity - adult prevalence rate 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Obesity - adult prevalence rate 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.