Data: Obesity in Different Countries

The table below provides information on the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher.

Country	Percent
Ethiopia	1.10%
Bangladesh	1.10%
Nepal	1.40%
Eritrea	1.50%
Madagascar	1.60%
Vietnam	1.70%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.70%
India	1.90%
Cambodia	2.10%
Afghanistan	2.20%
Burkina Faso	2.30%
Niger	2.40%
Laos	2.60%
East Timor	2.70%
Chad	2.70%
Burundi	2.90%
Central African Republic	3.50%
Zambia	3.60%
North Korea	3.90%
Burma	4%
Kenya	4.20%
Malawi	4.30%
Rwanda	4.30%
Togo	4.30%
Mali	4.30%
Uganda	4.30%
Guinea	4.40%
Comoros	4.40%
Congo, Republic of the	4.70%
Liberia	4.80%
Indonesia	4.80%
Somalia	4.80%
Mozambique	4.90%
Guinea-Bissau	4.90%
Tanzania	5%
Japan	5%
Sri Lanka	5.10%
Bhutan	5.30%
Pakistan	5.50%
China	5.70%
Sudan	6%
Benin	6%
Cote d'Ivoire	6.20%
Philippines	6.30%
Angola	6.40%
Nigeria	6.50%
Sierra Leone	6.80%
Senegal	6.80%
Zimbabwe	7%
Singapore	7.10%
Ghana	7.50%
Brunei	7.50%
South Korea	7.70%
The Gambia	7.90%
Haiti	7.90%
Tajikistan	8.60%
Thailand	8.80%
Djibouti	9.40%
Sao Tome and Principe	9.50%
Namibia	9.50%
Norway	10%
Cape Verde	10%
Cameroon	10.30%
Equatorial Guinea	10.60%
Botswana	11.20%
Sweden	12%
Mauritania	12.70%
Maldives	12.90%
Turkmenistan	13.20%
Gabon	13.90%
Malaysia	14%
Mongolia	14.40%
Yemen	14.50%
Lesotho	14.60%
Uzbekistan	15.10%
Kyrgyzstan	15.50%
Peru	15.70%
Algeria	16%
Papua New Guinea	16.20%
Morocco	16.40%
Guyana	17.20%
Colombia	17.30%
Switzerland	17.50%
Paraguay	17.90%
Bolivia	17.90%
France	18.20%
Denmark	18.20%
Honduras	18.40%
Mauritius	18.50%
Netherlands	18.80%
Brazil	18.80%
Romania	19.10%
Guatemala	19.20%
Iran	19.40%
Swaziland	19.70%
Italy	19.80%
Greece	20.10%
Estonia	20.60%
Oman	20.90%
Austria	20.90%
Republic of Macedonia	21.10%
Dominican Republic	21.20%
Moldova	21.20%
Albania	21.30%
Ukraine	21.30%
Ecuador	21.40%
Saint Lucia	21.40%
Cuba	21.50%
Georgia	22.10%
Belgium	22.10%
Nicaragua	22.20%
Tunisia	22.30%
Montenegro	22.50%
Grenada	22.50%
Finland	23%
Iceland	23.20%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.40%
Costa Rica	23.70%
Bulgaria	23.70%
Kazakhstan	23.70%
Azerbaijan	23.80%
Seychelles	23.90%
Portugal	24%
Armenia	24%
Jamaica	24.10%
Croatia	24.20%
Belarus	24.30%
Serbia	24.80%
Uruguay	24.80%
Dominica	24.90%
Latvia	24.90%
Suriname	25.10%
Germany	25.10%
Andorra	25.20%
Ireland	25.20%
Poland	25.30%
Slovakia	25.40%
Panama	25.40%
Cyprus	25.50%
Antigua and Barbuda	25.60%
El Salvador	25.80%
Luxembourg	26%
Canada	26.20%
Israel	26.20%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.50%
Russia	26.50%
Spain	26.60%
Australia	26.80%
United Kingdom	26.90%
Iraq	27%
Syria	27.10%
Lebanon	27.40%
Vanuatu	27.50%
Hungary	27.60%
Lithuania	27.60%
Turkey	27.80%
Libya	27.80%
New Zealand	28.30%
Slovenia	28.60%
Malta	28.80%
Trinidad and Tobago	29.30%
Chile	29.40%
Argentina	29.70%
Jordan	30%
Solomon Islands	30%
Venezuela	30.30%
Fiji	30.60%
South Africa	31.30%
Mexico	32.10%
United Arab Emirates	32.70%
Czech Republic	32.70%
Bahrain	32.90%
Saudi Arabia	33%
United States	33%
Egypt	33.10%
Qatar	33.20%
Belize	33.70%
Barbados	34.70%
The Bahamas	34.70%
Federated States of Micronesia	40.60%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.70%
Kuwait	42%
Marshall Islands	45.40%
Kiribati	46%
Palau	48.90%
Samoa	54.10%
Tonga	57.60%
Tokelau	63.40%
Cook Islands	63.70%
Nauru	71.10%
American Samoa	74.60%

Source: www.nationmaster.com