Obesity is rising worldwide

More than a billion people are living with obesity around the world, global estimates published in The Lancet show^[1]Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults^[2]More than one billion people are living with obesity.

The international team of scientists say there is an urgent need for major changes in how obesity is tackled^[3]More than a billion people obese worldwide, research suggests.

Being overweight and especially obesity (severe overweight) are risk factors for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, some types of cancer and musculoskeletal diseases. There is also an association with mental health and quality of life^[4]Overweight and obesity.

Being overweight usually occurs due to an imbalance between the intake and output of energy. A healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and enough exercise are very important in this respect, but other factors such as stress, lack of sleep, consumption of medication, hormonal balance and a genetic disposition towards overweight or obesity also play a role.

These are the same lifestyle factors that influence heart rate variability(HRV), confirming the correlation between low HRV and these chronic conditions.

Men

Worldwide, the figures are worrying. At 76.1% men in the United States rank 13th for overweight and obese. In the United Kingdom, the men rank 56th at 67.3%.

Some European countries are showing an improvement, including France and Spain.

Selected countries

Overweight and obese men selected countries

Country	Overwheight & obese 2002	Overwheight & obese 2002 rank	Overwheight & obese 2022	Overwheight & obese 2022 rank	% change
United States of America	68.7	14	76.1	13	10.8
Mexico	62.1	30	72.8	22	17.2
Australia	65.5	20	71.9	28	9.8
Russian Federation	46.8	91	68.4	51	46.2
United Kingdom	64.0	25	67.3	56	5.2
Canada	64.5	22	66.3	62	2.8
Germany	63.6	26	64.5	68	1.4
Brazil	44.3	98	63.0	73	42.2
Spain	64.4	23	61.7	83	-4.2
Italy	57.8	51	58.2	95	0.7
Switzerland	53.6	68	53.6	114	0.0
South Korea	31.2	133	46.6	132	49.4
China	21.5	144	43.6	134	102.8
France	50.1	81	41.0	139	-18.2
South Africa	36.1	124	38.5	141	6.6
Nigeria	18.2	154	28.7	158	57.7
India	10.8	184	28.3	161	162.0
Viet Nam	4.1	200	19.2	186	368.3

Women

For women the figures are equally worrying. At 71.1% women in the United States rank 51st for overweight and obese. In the United Kingdom, the women rank 64th at 53.9%.

Women in France and Spain are leading the trend in the opposite direction with impressive improvements in levels of overweight and obesity.

Selected countries

Overweight and obese women selected countries

Country	Overwheight & obese 2002	Overwheight & obese 2002 rank	Overwheight & obese 2022	Overwheight & obese 2022 rank	% change
Mexico	64.3	30	76.9	25	19.6
South Africa	62.4	33	72.9	40	16.8
United States of America	58.7	43	71.1	51	21.1
Brazil	45.7	107	66.0	67	44.4
Australia	50.7	86	58.9	88	16.2
United Kingdom	53.9	64	58.7	90	8.9
Canada	50.3	89	54.6	108	8.5
Russian Federation	54.5	59	52.5	113	-3.7
Germany	46.4	105	45.8	141	-1.3
Italy	41.5	126	42.8	147	3.1
Nigeria	26.9	154	42.5	148	58.0
Spain	49.3	94	40.8	156	-17.2
India	15.0	186	32.8	179	118.7
China	21.8	170	32.6	180	49.5
France	36.2	135	29.9	186	-17.4
Switzerland	32.3	143	29.7	187	-8.0
South Korea	25.9	157	25.3	191	-2.3
Viet Nam	5.8	200	18.3	195	215.5

All data

Men

Overweight and obese

Overweight and obese men

Country	Overwheight & obese 2002	Overwheight & obese 2002 rank	Overwheight & obese 2022	Overwheight & obese 2022 rank	% change
American Samoa	90.3	1	90.6	1	0.3
Nauru	90.2	2	89.8	2	-0.4
Tokelau	85.2	3	89.3	3	4.8
Niue	84.1	4	87.9	4	4.5
Tonga	81.9	6	87.4	5	6.7
Cook Islands	84.0	5	87.0	6	3.6
Samoa	78.0	8	84.2	7	7.9
Tuvalu	79.7	7	83.6	8	4.9
Chile	61.6	34	80.0	9	29.9
Kuwait	72.8	10	79.7	10	9.5
Qatar	66.7	18	77.7	11	16.5
French Polynesia	72.9	9	76.3	12	4.7
United States of America	68.7	14	76.1	13	10.8
Poland	57.8	51	76.0	14	31.5
Romania	49.6	85	75.8	15	52.8
Kiribati	72.1	11	75.6	16	4.9
Slovakia	61.1	37	74.0	17	21.1
Argentina	60.4	40	73.9	18	22.4
Croatia	60.2	41	73.6	19	22.3
Malta	70.6	13	73.0	20	3.4
Hungary	59.2	46	72.9	21	23.1
Mexico	62.1	30	72.8	22	17.2
United Arab Emirates	66.9	17	72.7	23	8.7
Saudi Arabia	63.5	27	72.6	24	14.3
Puerto Rico	61.8	31	72.6	24	17.5
New Zealand	66.0	19	72.5	26	9.8
Lebanon	63.4	28	72.4	27	14.2
Uruguay	52.6	75	71.9	28	36.7
Australia	65.5	20	71.9	28	9.8
Bahamas	58.5	49	71.3	30	21.9
Palau	71.4	12	71.2	31	-0.3
Ireland	68.7	14	70.9	32	3.2
Czechia	64.1	24	70.8	33	10.5
Syrian Arab Republic	62.4	29	70.6	34	13.1
Brunei Darussalam	42.4	103	70.4	35	66.0
Marshall Islands	68.7	14	70.2	36	2.2
Iraq	57.2	58	70.2	36	22.7
Georgia	52.7	74	69.9	38	32.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	56.3	60	69.9	38	24.2
Latvia	53.6	68	69.8	40	30.2
Greece	61.8	31	69.8	40	12.9
North Macedonia	56.9	59	69.8	40	22.7
Lithuania	57.7	54	69.7	43	20.8
Moldova	49.9	82	69.6	44	39.5
Serbia	55.5	63	69.1	45	24.5
Panama	49.7	84	68.9	46	38.6
Paraguay	52.1	77	68.7	47	31.9
Albania	59.2	46	68.6	48	15.9
Jordan	65.3	21	68.6	48	5.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	56.3	60	68.5	50	21.7
Russian Federation	46.8	91	68.4	51	46.2
Estonia	52.9	71	67.9	52	28.4
Slovenia	60.8	38	67.7	53	11.3
Norway	58.9	48	67.6	54	14.8
Bahrain	57.6	56	67.6	54	17.4
United Kingdom	64.0	25	67.3	56	5.2
Iceland	59.9	43	67.3	56	12.4
Turkiye	59.6	45	67.2	58	12.8
Peru	42.4	103	67.1	59	58.3
Belize	52.8	73	67.1	59	27.1
Egypt	57.3	57	66.4	61	15.9
Federated States of Micronesia	61.8	31	66.3	62	7.3
Canada	64.5	22	66.3	62	2.8
Oman	49.5	86	66.3	62	33.9
Ecuador	46.2	96	65.8	65	42.4
State of Palestine	61.2	36	65.7	66	7.4
Nicaragua	51.8	78	64.8	67	25.1
Germany	63.6	26	64.5	68	1.4
Libya	55.1	64	64.1	69	16.3
Cyprus	61.4	35	63.5	70	3.4
Belarus	50.5	80	63.1	71	25.0
Costa Rica	53.7	66	63.1	71	17.5
Brazil	44.3	98	63.0	73	42.2
Bulgaria	53.7	66	62.9	74	17.1
Bolivia	40.3	113	62.7	75	55.6
Uzbekistan	42.8	102	62.6	76	46.3
Tajikistan	46.8	91	62.4	77	33.3
Israel	59.7	44	62.4	77	4.5
Portugal	57.8	51	62.2	79	7.6
El Salvador	51.5	79	62.1	80	20.6
Luxembourg	60.0	42	61.9	81	3.2
Finland	60.7	39	61.8	82	1.8
Turkmenistan	49.9	82	61.7	83	23.6
Spain	64.4	23	61.7	83	-4.2
Fiji	47.5	90	61.2	85	28.8
Sweden	54.3	65	61.2	85	12.7
Azerbaijan	46.8	91	61.1	87	30.6
Guatemala	41.6	107	60.8	88	46.2
Barbados	49.4	87	59.7	89	20.9
Montenegro	46.3	94	59.7	89	28.9
Honduras	46.3	94	59.6	91	28.7
Ukraine	45.4	97	59.6	91	31.3
Kazakhstan	43.8	100	59.2	93	35.2
Dominican Republic	40.7	110	58.9	94	44.7
Colombia	40.5	112	58.2	95	43.7
Italy	57.8	51	58.2	95	0.7
Andorra	55.6	62	58.2	95	4.7
Greenland	48.4	89	57.9	98	19.6
Austria	52.9	71	57.7	99	9.1
Kyrgyzstan	41.4	108	57.4	100	38.6
Mongolia	37.6	123	57.4	100	52.7
Belgium	58.2	50	57.2	102	-1.7
Iran	43.2	101	57.1	103	32.2
Denmark	52.2	76	55.6	104	6.5
Antigua and Barbuda	42.2	105	55.4	105	31.3
Bermuda	42.1	106	55.4	105	31.6
Solomon Islands	40.6	111	54.8	107	35.0
Trinidad and Tobago	48.6	88	54.4	108	11.9
Cuba	35.2	126	54.4	108	54.5
Seychelles	41.1	109	54.2	110	31.9
Pakistan	21.9	141	54.2	110	147.5
Venezuela	57.7	54	54.1	112	-6.2
Netherlands	53.3	70	53.9	113	1.1
Switzerland	53.6	68	53.6	114	0.0
Malaysia	34.5	128	53.1	115	53.9
Armenia	37.9	121	53.0	116	39.8
Tunisia	39.4	116	52.4	117	33.0
Algeria	35.4	125	51.8	118	46.3
Grenada	38.7	117	50.6	119	30.7
Saint Lucia	38.6	118	50.5	120	30.8
Taiwan	33.5	129	50.5	120	50.7
Suriname	37.9	121	50.1	122	32.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	38.2	120	49.4	123	29.3
Maldives	23.5	139	49.2	124	109.4
Jamaica	32.1	131	48.5	125	51.1
Singapore	32.6	130	47.8	126	46.6
Papua New Guinea	39.9	114	47.8	126	19.8
Mauritius	39.7	115	47.6	128	19.9
Morocco	38.5	119	47.3	129	22.9
Vanuatu	44.2	99	46.9	130	6.1
Guyana	35.0	127	46.7	131	33.4
South Korea	31.2	133	46.6	132	49.4
Afghanistan	21.6	143	45.3	133	109.7
China	21.5	144	43.6	134	102.8
Dominica	31.3	132	43.6	134	39.3
Eswatini	25.7	135	42.5	136	65.4
Bhutan	21.2	146	42.4	137	100.0
Thailand	21.3	145	41.9	138	96.7
France	50.1	81	41.0	139	-18.2
Cabo Verde	24.2	138	38.7	140	59.9
South Africa	36.1	124	38.5	141	6.6
Gabon	25.8	134	36.5	142	41.5
Gambia	13.5	169	36.0	143	166.7
Yemen	25.5	137	34.2	144	34.1
North Korea	16.5	158	34.1	145	106.7
Sao Tome and Principe	21.2	146	33.8	146	59.4
Cameroon	23.0	140	33.4	147	45.2
Sudan	21.8	142	33.2	148	52.3
Japan	25.6	136	33.2	148	29.7
Philippines	18.6	151	33.0	150	77.4
Mali	16.6	157	32.5	151	95.8
Comoros	19.6	149	31.9	152	62.8
Sri Lanka	12.7	174	31.9	152	151.2
Liberia	17.4	156	31.2	154	79.3
Cote d'Ivoire	18.9	150	30.7	155	62.4
Mauritania	17.5	155	29.5	156	68.6
Indonesia	11.5	180	29.1	157	153.0
Nigeria	18.2	154	28.7	158	57.7
Botswana	18.6	151	28.5	159	53.2
Lao PDR	14.1	167	28.5	159	102.1
Namibia	18.5	153	28.3	161	53.0
India	10.8	184	28.3	161	162.0
Nepal	14.9	164	28.0	163	87.9
Lesotho	15.3	162	27.0	164	76.5
Guinea Bissau	15.5	161	26.8	165	72.9
Equatorial Guinea	16.2	159	25.1	166	54.9
Ghana	15.7	160	24.9	167	58.6
Benin	14.7	166	24.4	168	66.0
Tanzania	14.8	165	23.9	169	61.5
Chad	13.4	170	23.9	169	78.4
Angola	15.3	162	23.2	171	51.6
Guinea	12.8	173	22.9	172	78.9
Kenya	13.0	172	22.9	172	76.2
Togo	13.3	171	22.7	174	70.7
Burundi	12.5	176	22.1	175	76.8
Djibouti	12.5	176	22.1	175	76.8
Myanmar	12.5	176	21.9	177	75.2
Haiti	19.7	148	21.8	178	10.7
Cambodia	8.9	190	21.8	178	144.9
Somalia	12.1	179	21.5	180	77.7
Mozambique	10.7	186	21.1	181	97.2
Zambia	9.6	187	21.0	182	118.8
Bangladesh	7.7	195	20.9	183	171.4
Zimbabwe	13.8	168	20.4	184	47.8
Senegal	10.9	183	19.8	185	81.7
Viet Nam	4.1	200	19.2	186	368.3
Central African Republic	11.2	181	18.6	187	66.1
South Sudan	10.8	184	18.2	188	68.5
Burkina Faso	8.6	192	18.0	189	109.3
Madagascar	8.8	191	17.1	190	94.3
DR Congo	9.6	187	16.7	191	74.0
Uganda	6.0	196	16.1	192	168.3
Malawi	11.1	182	15.9	193	43.2
Congo	12.6	175	15.5	194	23.0
Eritrea	8.5	193	14.5	195	70.6
Niger	7.8	194	14.4	196	84.6
Sierra Leone	9.3	189	13.7	197	47.3
Timor-Leste	5.2	198	12.0	198	130.8
Rwanda	5.4	197	11.8	199	118.5
Ethiopia	4.9	199	7.0	200	42.9

Overweight

Overweight men

Country	Overweight 2002	Overweight 2002 rank	Overweight 2022	Overweight 2022 rank	% change
Moldova	35.2	76	47.6	1	35.2
Norway	45.5	3	46.7	2	2.6
Albania	48.1	1	46.3	3	-3.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.0	9	46.1	4	4.8
Chile	43.1	20	45.9	5	6.5
Estonia	35.7	71	44.5	6	24.6
Latvia	37.5	58	44.1	7	17.6
Russian Federation	34.1	82	44.1	7	29.3
Sweden	41.0	36	44.0	9	7.3
Syrian Arab Republic	45.5	3	43.9	10	-3.5
Poland	40.1	43	43.8	11	9.2
United Arab Emirates	43.6	14	43.7	12	0.2
Iceland	44.0	9	43.7	12	-0.7
Peru	33.2	87	43.5	14	31.0
Belarus	36.6	63	43.0	15	17.5
Lebanon	43.2	19	42.9	16	-0.7
Ecuador	36.4	66	42.7	17	17.3
Serbia	41.4	32	42.7	17	3.1
Slovakia	44.1	8	42.6	19	-3.4
Spain	44.7	5	42.3	20	-5.4
Turkmenistan	39.7	45	42.1	21	6.0
Slovenia	44.6	6	42.0	22	-5.8
Lithuania	39.5	46	41.8	23	5.8
Tajikistan	37.2	60	41.8	23	12.4
Germany	43.6	14	41.4	25	-5.0
Turkiye	41.6	31	41.0	26	-1.4
Luxembourg	41.8	29	40.9	27	-2.2
Kuwait	41.0	36	40.8	28	-0.5
Azerbaijan	38.6	53	40.7	29	5.4
North Macedonia	41.1	34	40.7	29	-1.0
Mexico	43.1	20	40.6	31	-5.8
United Kingdom	43.9	11	40.4	32	-8.0
Uruguay	35.6	73	40.3	33	13.2
Ireland	46.7	2	40.2	34	-13.9
Italy	43.1	20	40.2	34	-6.7
Portugal	43.5	18	40.2	34	-7.6
Brunei Darussalam	28.8	115	40.2	34	39.6
Kazakhstan	35.5	74	40.1	38	13.0
Czechia	43.9	11	40.1	38	-8.7
Denmark	39.4	48	39.9	40	1.3
Finland	43.6	14	39.9	40	-8.5
Australia	44.3	7	39.8	42	-10.2
Greece	43.8	13	39.7	43	-9.4
Colombia	31.6	96	39.6	44	25.3
Oman	33.6	83	39.5	45	17.6
New Zealand	43.1	20	39.5	45	-8.4
Kiribati	39.5	46	39.5	45	0.0
Bolivia	29.9	105	39.3	48	31.4
Panama	34.8	79	39.0	49	12.1
Austria	39.3	50	38.9	50	-1.0
Netherlands	42.2	27	38.9	50	-7.8
Iran	33.2	87	38.8	52	16.9
Ukraine	32.2	91	38.8	52	20.5
Bulgaria	38.3	54	38.8	52	1.3
Croatia	43.6	14	38.8	52	-11.0
El Salvador	37.2	60	38.7	56	4.0
Israel	42.0	28	38.6	57	-8.1
Switzerland	40.4	38	38.5	58	-4.7
Argentina	40.4	38	38.4	59	-5.0
Montenegro	35.1	77	38.3	60	9.1
Guatemala	31.2	99	38.2	61	22.4
Taiwan	29.0	113	38.1	62	31.4
Canada	42.3	26	38.1	62	-9.9
Brazil	33.6	83	38.0	64	13.1
Paraguay	35.7	71	37.9	65	6.2
South Korea	29.2	109	37.8	66	29.5
Romania	37.6	57	37.5	67	-0.3
Costa Rica	38.0	55	37.5	67	-1.3
Belgium	42.7	25	37.4	69	-12.4
Cyprus	41.7	30	37.3	70	-10.6
Andorra	40.4	38	37.1	71	-8.2
Malta	43.0	24	37.0	72	-14.0
Qatar	41.4	32	36.9	73	-10.9
Iraq	35.8	69	36.8	74	2.8
Solomon Islands	27.4	125	36.7	75	33.9
Hungary	39.4	48	36.5	76	-7.4
Puerto Rico	37.3	59	36.1	77	-3.2
Nicaragua	34.5	80	36.1	77	4.6
Libya	37.1	62	36.0	79	-3.0
Honduras	33.4	85	36.0	79	7.8
Maldives	19.4	140	36.0	79	85.6
State of Palestine	40.2	41	35.9	82	-10.7
Algeria	27.9	121	35.8	83	28.3
Georgia	36.5	64	35.6	84	-2.5
Malaysia	26.7	126	35.4	85	32.6
Cuba	26.7	126	35.2	86	31.8
Dominican Republic	28.8	115	34.9	87	21.2
Mongolia	29.1	110	34.9	87	19.9
Bahrain	35.4	75	34.7	89	-2.0
China	19.5	139	34.7	89	77.9
Uzbekistan	32.7	89	34.7	89	6.1
Fiji	31.9	94	34.6	92	8.5
Mauritius	31.2	99	34.5	93	10.6
United States of America	40.0	44	34.5	93	-13.8
Saudi Arabia	40.2	41	34.5	93	-14.2
Jordan	41.1	34	34.4	96	-16.3
Egypt	36.5	64	33.9	97	-7.1
Pakistan	17.5	145	33.7	98	92.6
Seychelles	29.8	106	33.6	99	12.8
Morocco	30.8	102	33.5	100	8.8
Belize	33.4	85	33.5	100	0.3
Greenland	31.6	96	33.5	100	6.0
Venezuela	38.8	52	33.3	103	-14.2
Armenia	29.1	110	33.2	104	14.1
Bhutan	18.2	141	32.8	105	80.2
Tunisia	29.3	108	32.5	106	10.9
Kyrgyzstan	29.6	107	32.4	107	9.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.2	91	32.3	108	0.3
Marshall Islands	36.3	67	32.1	109	-11.6
Palau	35.8	69	32.1	109	-10.3
Barbados	34.4	81	31.9	111	-7.3
Singapore	28.4	119	31.7	112	11.6
Bahamas	30.9	101	31.5	113	1.9
Grenada	28.7	118	31.5	113	9.8
Samoa	38.9	51	31.4	115	-19.3
Trinidad and Tobago	32.6	90	31.4	115	-3.7
Papua New Guinea	27.9	121	31.2	117	11.8
Antigua and Barbuda	28.9	114	31.0	118	7.3
Bermuda	28.8	115	30.9	119	7.3
France	37.9	56	30.8	120	-18.7
Afghanistan	17.1	146	30.4	121	77.8
Suriname	27.6	124	30.4	121	10.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.8	123	30.2	123	8.6
Cabo Verde	19.9	136	29.9	124	50.3
Vanuatu	30.5	103	29.9	124	-2.0
Thailand	17.7	144	29.8	126	68.4
Saint Lucia	29.1	110	29.6	127	1.7
Jamaica	23.7	132	29.3	128	23.6
French Polynesia	34.9	78	29.3	128	-16.0
Guyana	26.3	128	28.6	130	8.7
Federated States of Micronesia	32.2	91	27.3	131	-15.2
Eswatini	19.9	136	26.9	132	35.2
Gambia	11.0	171	26.2	133	138.2
Tuvalu	31.9	94	25.9	134	-18.8
Philippines	16.1	149	25.7	135	59.6
Japan	22.7	133	25.6	136	12.8
North Korea	13.9	154	25.5	137	83.5
Dominica	22.5	134	25.2	138	12.0
Sri Lanka	11.1	170	25.1	139	126.1
Gabon	19.9	136	25.1	139	26.1
Niue	30.2	104	24.2	141	-19.9
South Africa	23.9	131	24.0	142	0.4
Tonga	35.9	68	24.0	142	-33.1
Sao Tome and Principe	17.1	146	23.7	144	38.6
Cameroon	17.9	143	23.7	144	32.4
Yemen	21.1	135	23.7	144	12.3
Comoros	16.6	148	23.6	147	42.2
Nepal	13.5	157	23.0	148	70.4
India	9.4	183	22.9	149	143.6
Cote d'Ivoire	15.5	151	22.8	150	47.1
Indonesia	10.1	179	22.6	151	123.8
Lao PDR	12.2	164	22.4	152	83.6
Mali	12.7	160	22.3	153	75.6
Tokelau	28.1	120	22.2	154	-21.0
Sudan	18.1	142	21.5	155	18.8
Cook Islands	31.6	96	20.9	156	-33.9
American Samoa	24.7	130	20.3	157	-17.8
Mauritania	13.6	156	20.2	158	48.5
Nigeria	14.9	152	20.2	158	35.6
Nauru	25.1	129	20.2	158	-19.5
Botswana	14.5	153	19.7	161	35.9
Ghana	12.9	159	19.5	162	51.2
Guinea Bissau	12.4	162	18.9	163	52.4
Cambodia	8.1	187	18.7	164	130.9
Lesotho	12.2	164	18.2	165	49.2
Liberia	13.8	155	18.1	166	31.2
Bangladesh	7.0	194	17.9	167	155.7
Namibia	13.1	158	17.6	168	34.4
Tanzania	12.4	162	17.2	169	38.7
Viet Nam	3.9	200	17.2	169	341.0
Benin	11.9	167	17.0	171	42.9
Equatorial Guinea	12.5	161	17.0	171	36.0
Togo	11.2	169	16.8	173	50.0
Angola	12.2	164	16.7	174	36.9
Guinea	10.6	172	16.7	174	57.5
Kenya	10.4	173	16.6	176	59.6
Chad	10.3	176	16.2	177	57.3
Myanmar	10.3	176	16.2	177	57.3
Djibouti	10.4	173	15.8	179	51.9
Zambia	7.9	188	15.7	180	98.7
Senegal	9.5	182	15.7	180	65.3
Burundi	10.4	173	15.7	180	51.0
Somalia	10.1	179	15.4	183	52.5
Haiti	15.9	150	15.1	184	-5.0
Zimbabwe	11.9	167	14.7	185	23.5
Mozambique	8.7	186	14.6	186	67.8
Burkina Faso	7.4	193	13.8	187	86.5
South Sudan	8.9	184	12.9	188	44.9
Malawi	9.9	181	12.7	189	28.3
Madagascar	7.5	191	12.5	190	66.7
Central African Republic	8.8	185	12.3	191	39.8
DR Congo	7.6	189	12.3	191	61.8
Uganda	5.3	196	11.8	193	122.6
Eritrea	7.6	189	11.6	194	52.6
Congo	10.2	178	11.1	195	8.8
Sierra Leone	7.5	191	10.9	196	45.3
Timor-Leste	4.8	198	10.4	197	116.7
Rwanda	4.9	197	10.0	198	104.1
Niger	6.4	195	9.9	199	54.7
Ethiopia	4.5	199	5.9	200	31.1

Obese

Obese men

Country	Obese 2002	Obese 2002 rank	Obese 2022	Obese 2022 rank	% change
American Samoa	65.6	1	70.3	1	7.2
Nauru	65.1	2	69.6	2	6.9
Tokelau	57.1	3	67.1	3	17.5
Cook Islands	52.4	5	66.1	4	26.1
Niue	53.9	4	63.7	5	18.2
Tonga	46.0	7	63.4	6	37.8
Tuvalu	47.8	6	57.7	7	20.7
Samoa	39.1	8	52.8	8	35.0
French Polynesia	38.0	9	47.0	9	23.7
United States of America	28.7	15	41.6	10	44.9
Qatar	25.3	18	40.8	11	61.3
Bahamas	27.6	16	39.8	12	44.2
Palau	35.6	10	39.1	13	9.8
Federated States of Micronesia	29.6	14	39.0	14	31.8
Kuwait	31.8	13	38.9	15	22.3
Romania	12.0	96	38.3	16	219.2
Marshall Islands	32.4	12	38.1	17	17.6
Saudi Arabia	23.3	22	38.1	17	63.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	24.1	21	37.6	19	56.0
Puerto Rico	24.5	19	36.5	20	49.0
Hungary	19.8	37	36.4	21	83.8
Kiribati	32.6	11	36.1	22	10.7
Malta	27.6	16	36.0	23	30.4
Argentina	20.0	35	35.5	24	77.5
Croatia	16.6	58	34.8	25	109.6
Georgia	16.2	60	34.3	26	111.7
Jordan	24.2	20	34.2	27	41.3
Chile	18.5	43	34.1	28	84.3
Belize	19.4	40	33.6	29	73.2
Iraq	21.4	28	33.4	30	56.1
New Zealand	22.9	24	33.0	31	44.1
Bahrain	22.2	25	32.9	32	48.2
Egypt	20.8	31	32.5	33	56.2
Mexico	19.0	41	32.2	34	69.5
Poland	17.7	49	32.2	34	81.9
Australia	21.2	29	32.1	36	51.4
Uruguay	17.0	54	31.6	37	85.9
Slovakia	17.0	54	31.4	38	84.7
Paraguay	16.4	59	30.8	39	87.8
Ireland	22.0	27	30.7	40	39.5
Czechia	20.2	32	30.7	40	52.0
Brunei Darussalam	13.6	81	30.2	42	122.1
Greece	18.0	46	30.1	43	67.2
Panama	14.9	73	29.9	44	100.7
State of Palestine	21.0	30	29.8	45	41.9
Lebanon	20.2	32	29.5	46	46.0
North Macedonia	15.8	66	29.1	47	84.2
United Arab Emirates	23.3	22	29.0	48	24.5
Nicaragua	17.3	51	28.7	49	65.9
Canada	22.2	25	28.2	50	27.0
Libya	18.0	46	28.1	51	56.1
Lithuania	18.2	44	27.9	52	53.3
Uzbekistan	10.1	110	27.9	52	176.2
Barbados	15.0	72	27.8	54	85.3
United Kingdom	20.1	34	26.9	55	33.8
Oman	15.9	64	26.8	56	68.6
Syrian Arab Republic	16.9	56	26.7	57	58.0
Fiji	15.6	68	26.6	58	70.5
Serbia	14.1	78	26.4	59	87.2
Cyprus	19.7	38	26.2	60	33.0
Turkiye	18.0	46	26.2	60	45.6
Slovenia	16.2	60	25.7	62	58.6
Latvia	16.1	62	25.7	62	59.6
Costa Rica	15.7	67	25.6	64	63.1
Brazil	10.7	104	25.0	65	133.6
Kyrgyzstan	11.8	99	25.0	65	111.9
Bermuda	13.3	84	24.5	67	84.2
Antigua and Barbuda	13.3	84	24.4	68	83.5
Greenland	16.8	57	24.4	68	45.2
Russian Federation	12.7	92	24.3	70	91.3
Bulgaria	15.4	70	24.1	71	56.5
Dominican Republic	11.9	98	24.0	72	101.7
Israel	17.7	49	23.8	73	34.5
Iceland	15.9	64	23.6	74	48.4
Peru	9.2	117	23.6	74	156.5
Honduras	12.9	90	23.6	74	82.9
El Salvador	14.3	76	23.4	77	63.6
Estonia	17.2	52	23.4	77	36.0
Bolivia	10.4	105	23.4	77	125.0
Ecuador	9.8	114	23.1	80	135.7
Germany	20.0	35	23.1	80	15.5
Trinidad and Tobago	16.0	63	23.0	82	43.8
Guatemala	10.4	105	22.6	83	117.3
Mongolia	8.5	122	22.5	84	164.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.3	93	22.4	85	82.1
Albania	11.1	102	22.3	86	100.9
Moldova	14.7	74	22.0	87	49.7
Portugal	14.3	76	22.0	87	53.8
Finland	17.1	53	21.9	89	28.1
Montenegro	11.2	101	21.4	90	91.1
Andorra	15.2	71	21.1	91	38.8
Luxembourg	18.2	44	21.0	92	15.4
Norway	13.4	83	20.9	93	56.0
Saint Lucia	9.5	116	20.9	93	120.0
Ukraine	13.2	87	20.8	95	57.6
Venezuela	18.9	42	20.8	95	10.1
Seychelles	11.3	100	20.6	97	82.3
Tajikistan	9.6	115	20.6	97	114.6
Pakistan	4.4	137	20.5	99	365.9
Azerbaijan	8.2	127	20.4	100	148.8
Belarus	13.9	79	20.1	101	44.6
Tunisia	10.1	110	19.9	102	97.0
Belgium	15.5	69	19.8	103	27.7
Armenia	8.8	119	19.8	103	125.0
Suriname	10.3	108	19.7	105	91.3
Turkmenistan	10.2	109	19.6	106	92.2
Spain	19.7	38	19.4	107	-1.5
Jamaica	8.4	125	19.2	108	128.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.4	105	19.2	108	84.6
Cuba	8.5	122	19.2	108	125.9
Kazakhstan	8.3	126	19.1	111	130.1
Grenada	10.0	112	19.1	111	91.0
Austria	13.6	81	18.8	113	38.2
Colombia	8.9	118	18.6	114	109.0
Dominica	8.8	119	18.4	115	109.1
Iran	10.0	112	18.3	116	83.0
Solomon Islands	13.2	87	18.1	117	37.1
Guyana	8.7	121	18.1	117	108.0
Italy	14.7	74	18.0	119	22.4
Malaysia	7.8	128	17.7	120	126.9
Sweden	13.3	84	17.2	121	29.3
Vanuatu	13.7	80	17.0	122	24.1
Papua New Guinea	12.0	96	16.6	123	38.3
Singapore	4.2	140	16.1	124	283.3
Algeria	7.5	130	16.0	125	113.3
Denmark	12.8	91	15.7	126	22.7
Eswatini	5.8	132	15.6	127	169.0
Switzerland	13.2	87	15.1	128	14.4
Netherlands	11.1	102	15.0	129	35.1
Afghanistan	4.5	135	14.9	130	231.1
South Africa	12.2	94	14.5	131	18.9
Morocco	7.7	129	13.8	132	79.2
Maldives	4.1	141	13.2	133	222.0
Mauritius	8.5	122	13.1	134	54.1
Liberia	3.6	149	13.1	134	263.9
Taiwan	4.5	135	12.4	136	175.6
Thailand	3.6	149	12.1	137	236.1
Sudan	3.7	147	11.7	138	216.2
Gabon	5.9	131	11.4	139	93.2
Namibia	5.4	133	10.7	140	98.1
Yemen	4.4	137	10.5	141	138.6
Mali	3.9	144	10.2	142	161.5
France	12.2	94	10.2	142	-16.4
Sao Tome and Principe	4.1	141	10.1	144	146.3
Gambia	2.5	164	9.8	145	292.0
Cameroon	5.1	134	9.7	146	90.2
Bhutan	3.0	157	9.6	147	220.0
Mauritania	3.9	144	9.3	148	138.5
China	2.0	174	8.9	149	345.0
Cabo Verde	4.3	139	8.8	150	104.7
Lesotho	3.1	153	8.8	150	183.9
South Korea	2.0	174	8.8	150	340.0
Botswana	4.1	141	8.8	150	114.6
North Korea	2.6	162	8.6	154	230.8
Nigeria	3.3	152	8.5	155	157.6
Comoros	3.0	157	8.3	156	176.7
Equatorial Guinea	3.7	147	8.1	157	118.9
Guinea Bissau	3.1	153	7.9	158	154.8
Cote d'Ivoire	3.4	151	7.9	158	132.4
Chad	3.1	153	7.7	160	148.4
Japan	2.9	159	7.6	161	162.1
Benin	2.8	160	7.4	162	164.3
Philippines	2.5	164	7.3	163	192.0
Sri Lanka	1.6	184	6.8	164	325.0
Haiti	3.8	146	6.7	165	76.3
Tanzania	2.4	166	6.7	165	179.2
Indonesia	1.4	185	6.5	167	364.3
Angola	3.1	153	6.5	167	109.7
Mozambique	2.0	174	6.5	167	225.0
Burundi	2.1	171	6.4	170	204.8
Central African Republic	2.4	166	6.3	171	162.5
Kenya	2.6	162	6.3	171	142.3
Djibouti	2.1	171	6.3	171	200.0
Guinea	2.2	169	6.2	174	181.8
Lao PDR	1.9	179	6.1	175	221.1
Somalia	2.0	174	6.1	175	205.0
Togo	2.1	171	5.9	177	181.0
Zimbabwe	1.9	179	5.7	178	200.0
Myanmar	2.2	169	5.7	178	159.1
Ghana	2.8	160	5.4	180	92.9
India	1.4	185	5.4	180	285.7
Zambia	1.7	183	5.3	182	211.8
South Sudan	1.9	179	5.3	182	178.9
Nepal	1.4	185	5.0	184	257.1
Madagascar	1.3	190	4.6	185	253.8
Niger	1.4	185	4.5	186	221.4
Congo	2.4	166	4.4	187	83.3
DR Congo	2.0	174	4.4	187	120.0
Uganda	0.7	195	4.3	189	514.3
Burkina Faso	1.2	191	4.2	190	250.0
Senegal	1.4	185	4.1	191	192.9
Malawi	1.2	191	3.2	192	166.7
Cambodia	0.8	194	3.1	193	287.5
Bangladesh	0.7	195	3.0	194	328.6
Eritrea	0.9	193	2.9	195	222.2
Sierra Leone	1.8	182	2.8	196	55.6
Viet Nam	0.2	200	2.0	197	900.0
Rwanda	0.5	197	1.8	198	260.0
Timor-Leste	0.4	198	1.6	199	300.0
Ethiopia	0.4	198	1.1	200	175.0

Women

Overweight and obese

Overweight and obese women

Country	Overweight and obese 2002	Overweight and obese 2002 rank	Overweight and obese 2022	Overweight and obese 2022 rank	% change
Tonga	90.1	3	94.8	1	5.2
American Samoa	91.7	1	93.4	2	1.9
Samoa	87.2	5	92.8	3	6.4
Tokelau	89.4	4	92.6	4	3.6
Cook Islands	85.3	8	91.0	5	6.7
Tuvalu	85.5	7	90.3	6	5.6
Niue	85.9	6	90.2	7	5.0
Nauru	90.4	2	89.5	8	-1.0
Kiribati	76.1	12	84.4	9	10.9
Egypt	73.9	13	83.6	10	13.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	69.1	20	83.1	11	20.3
Bahamas	65.4	27	82.5	12	26.1
Belize	67.9	22	81.4	13	19.9
Chile	61.3	35	80.3	14	31.0
Federated States of Micronesia	77.2	11	80.0	15	3.6
Kuwait	79.0	9	79.8	16	1.0
Marshall Islands	77.7	10	79.7	17	2.6
Iraq	65.5	26	79.6	18	21.5
Qatar	69.2	19	78.4	19	13.3
Panama	57.2	49	77.4	20	35.3
Saint Lucia	60.2	40	77.3	21	28.4
Puerto Rico	63.2	32	77.2	22	22.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	60.6	39	77.0	23	27.1
Barbados	64.9	28	77.0	23	18.6
Mexico	64.3	30	76.9	25	19.6
Dominica	62.1	34	76.9	25	23.8
Jamaica	59.6	42	76.2	27	27.9
Saudi Arabia	69.3	18	75.8	28	9.4
Jordan	73.4	15	75.6	29	3.0
State of Palestine	70.4	16	75.5	30	7.2
Libya	66.8	24	75.1	31	12.4
Syrian Arab Republic	67.0	23	75.0	32	11.9
Bahrain	63.3	31	74.3	33	17.4
Eswatini	53.1	71	74.1	34	39.5
Palau	73.8	14	74.1	34	0.4
Costa Rica	57.8	45	74.0	36	28.0
Fiji	64.8	29	73.7	37	13.7
Paraguay	56.4	54	73.1	38	29.6
Nicaragua	60.0	41	73.0	39	21.7
French Polynesia	70.1	17	72.9	40	4.0
South Africa	62.4	33	72.9	40	16.8
El Salvador	61.1	37	72.7	42	19.0
Peru	54.4	60	72.3	43	32.9
Grenada	57.2	49	72.2	44	26.2
Turkiye	66.7	25	72.1	45	8.1
Bermuda	57.3	48	72.1	45	25.8
Antigua and Barbuda	57.1	52	72.0	47	26.1
Seychelles	61.2	36	71.6	48	17.0
United Arab Emirates	68.7	21	71.5	49	4.1
Ecuador	61.1	37	71.4	50	16.9
Honduras	50.4	87	71.1	51	41.1
Brunei Darussalam	45.0	108	71.1	51	58.0
United States of America	58.7	43	71.1	51	21.1
Dominican Republic	52.1	76	71.0	54	36.3
Bolivia	53.4	67	70.4	55	31.8
Oman	55.9	57	70.4	55	25.9
Suriname	54.3	62	69.1	57	27.3
Guatemala	53.4	67	68.7	58	28.7
Guyana	52.7	75	68.3	59	29.6
Iran	56.1	55	67.1	60	19.6
Algeria	54.4	60	67.0	61	23.2
Uruguay	51.2	83	66.7	62	30.3
Argentina	49.5	92	66.4	63	34.1
Uzbekistan	43.1	118	66.3	64	53.8
Azerbaijan	56.1	55	66.2	65	18.0
Morocco	50.4	87	66.2	65	31.3
Brazil	45.7	107	66.0	67	44.4
Mauritania	44.0	115	65.5	68	48.9
Tunisia	57.5	47	65.4	69	13.7
Georgia	49.8	91	64.9	70	30.3
New Zealand	54.2	63	64.8	71	19.6
Colombia	52.8	73	64.7	72	22.5
Trinidad and Tobago	57.8	45	63.7	73	10.2
Mongolia	47.5	96	62.2	74	30.9
Greenland	51.4	82	62.2	74	21.0
Ireland	52.8	73	62.1	76	17.6
Kyrgyzstan	44.2	111	62.0	77	40.3
Solomon Islands	51.9	78	61.5	78	18.5
Lebanon	55.6	58	61.4	79	10.4
Maldives	36.6	133	61.1	80	66.9
Gabon	41.8	125	61.1	80	46.2
Armenia	53.9	64	60.1	82	11.5
Albania	51.9	78	59.8	83	15.2
Cuba	43.5	117	59.8	83	37.5
Lesotho	50.0	90	59.4	85	18.8
Malaysia	40.5	130	59.3	86	46.4
Tajikistan	36.7	132	59.3	86	61.6
Australia	50.7	86	58.9	88	16.2
Equatorial Guinea	41.4	127	58.9	88	42.3
United Kingdom	53.9	64	58.7	90	8.9
Vanuatu	50.8	85	58.6	91	15.4
Pakistan	30.8	147	58.3	92	89.3
Romania	44.2	111	58.0	93	31.2
Malta	58.4	44	57.9	94	-0.9
Croatia	46.6	104	57.9	94	24.2
Cabo Verde	34.7	138	57.6	96	66.0
North Macedonia	53.4	67	57.0	97	6.7
Mauritius	50.9	84	57.0	97	12.0
Botswana	42.6	121	56.8	99	33.3
Papua New Guinea	44.4	110	56.7	100	27.7
Turkmenistan	39.7	131	56.3	101	41.8
Comoros	32.4	142	56.2	102	73.5
Moldova	57.2	49	56.2	102	-1.7
Greece	52.0	77	56.0	104	7.7
Ukraine	53.7	66	55.8	105	3.9
Venezuela	56.7	53	55.6	106	-1.9
Hungary	49.4	93	54.7	107	10.7
Canada	50.3	89	54.6	108	8.5
Bhutan	26.9	154	54.4	109	102.2
Sao Tome and Principe	31.2	146	54.2	110	73.7
Afghanistan	19.8	176	54.0	111	172.7
Poland	47.0	102	53.1	112	13.0
Russian Federation	54.5	59	52.5	113	-3.7
Latvia	47.8	95	52.2	114	9.2
Belarus	53.4	67	52.0	115	-2.6
Czechia	47.3	97	51.6	116	9.1
Finland	47.1	101	51.2	117	8.7
Portugal	51.5	80	50.9	118	-1.2
Thailand	34.7	138	50.6	119	45.8
Lithuania	53.0	72	50.6	119	-4.5
Kazakhstan	47.2	99	50.5	121	7.0
Slovakia	44.2	111	50.4	122	14.0
Ghana	31.5	145	50.3	123	59.7
Somalia	28.4	149	49.9	124	75.7
Estonia	47.0	102	49.5	125	5.3
Norway	42.5	122	49.3	126	16.0
Indonesia	22.0	167	49.2	127	123.6
Israel	51.5	80	49.2	127	-4.5
Iceland	44.9	109	49.0	129	9.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.2	99	48.4	130	2.5
Gambia	22.8	165	47.9	131	110.1
Cameroon	32.3	143	47.7	132	47.7
Belgium	44.0	115	47.7	132	8.4
Zimbabwe	35.7	136	47.5	134	33.1
Sudan	32.9	141	47.1	135	43.2
Sri Lanka	22.5	166	47.0	136	108.9
Cyprus	47.3	97	46.8	137	-1.1
Liberia	24.5	162	46.5	138	89.8
Kenya	25.0	161	46.4	139	85.6
Namibia	35.2	137	46.4	139	31.8
Germany	46.4	105	45.8	141	-1.3
Slovenia	46.0	106	43.8	142	-4.8
Bulgaria	42.9	119	43.8	142	2.1
Luxembourg	42.7	120	43.5	144	1.9
Montenegro	42.5	122	43.3	145	1.9
Yemen	25.1	160	42.9	146	70.9
Italy	41.5	126	42.8	147	3.1
Nigeria	26.9	154	42.5	148	58.0
Serbia	44.2	111	42.4	149	-4.1
North Korea	23.1	164	42.0	150	81.8
Sweden	41.2	128	41.9	151	1.7
Tanzania	20.7	174	41.9	151	102.4
Angola	28.1	150	41.6	153	48.0
Senegal	27.9	151	41.6	153	49.1
Togo	20.0	175	41.3	155	106.5
Spain	49.3	94	40.8	156	-17.2
Cote d'Ivoire	25.7	158	40.7	157	58.4
Netherlands	42.2	124	40.5	158	-4.0
Andorra	41.0	129	40.3	159	-1.7
Zambia	21.7	172	39.6	160	82.5
Haiti	26.7	156	39.6	160	48.3
Philippines	25.3	159	39.2	162	54.9
Guinea Bissau	21.8	170	38.9	163	78.4
Djibouti	22.0	167	38.8	164	76.4
Benin	23.2	163	37.4	165	61.2
Mali	18.1	177	36.2	166	100.0
Denmark	34.6	140	36.1	167	4.3
Lao PDR	18.1	177	35.8	168	97.8
Guinea	17.0	180	35.4	169	108.2
Nepal	9.8	191	35.2	170	259.2
Congo	27.6	152	34.3	171	24.3
Singapore	28.7	148	34.2	172	19.2
Bangladesh	8.4	194	34.2	172	307.1
Austria	36.5	134	34.1	174	-6.6
Mozambique	16.6	183	34.1	174	105.4
Myanmar	21.9	169	34.0	176	55.3
Malawi	16.7	182	33.3	177	99.4
Sierra Leone	21.4	173	33.0	178	54.2
India	15.0	186	32.8	179	118.7
China	21.8	170	32.6	180	49.5
Taiwan	27.4	153	32.0	181	16.8
Uganda	16.1	184	32.0	181	98.8
South Sudan	17.5	179	31.1	183	77.7
Cambodia	10.8	190	30.2	184	179.6
Central African Republic	15.8	185	30.1	185	90.5
France	36.2	135	29.9	186	-17.4
Switzerland	32.3	143	29.7	187	-8.0
DR Congo	13.5	188	28.1	188	108.1
Rwanda	13.0	189	27.5	189	111.5
Burkina Faso	9.8	191	26.5	190	170.4
South Korea	25.9	157	25.3	191	-2.3
Niger	13.8	187	22.9	192	65.9
Eritrea	8.2	195	20.8	193	153.7
Chad	9.8	191	20.8	193	112.2
Viet Nam	5.8	200	18.3	195	215.5
Madagascar	8.2	195	18.1	196	120.7
Timor-Leste	6.8	198	18.0	197	164.7
Japan	16.9	181	15.9	198	-5.9
Ethiopia	6.3	199	15.4	199	144.4
Burundi	7.6	197	12.1	200	59.2

Overweight

Overweight women

Country	Overweight 2002	Overweight 2002 rank	Overweight 2022	Overweight 2022 rank	% change
Peru	36.8	2	39.8	1	8.2
Bhutan	21.7	142	38.3	2	76.5
Ecuador	41.0	1	37.9	3	-7.6
Brunei Darussalam	27.4	106	37.0	4	35.0
Maldives	25.9	120	36.9	5	42.5
Guatemala	35.4	6	36.3	6	2.5
Paraguay	34.4	11	35.9	7	4.4
Mexico	36.3	4	35.6	8	-1.9
Iran	33.1	18	35.1	9	6.0
Chile	34.3	13	35.1	9	2.3
Mongolia	32.0	29	35.0	11	9.4
Costa Rica	35.2	7	35.0	11	-0.6
Bolivia	34.5	9	34.8	13	0.9
Morocco	33.0	19	34.8	13	5.5
Colombia	35.5	5	34.8	13	-2.0
Dominican Republic	31.7	37	34.5	16	8.8
El Salvador	36.4	3	34.2	17	-6.0
Ireland	32.5	22	34.2	17	5.2
Honduras	30.3	51	33.9	19	11.9
Cuba	28.1	95	33.9	19	20.6
Cabo Verde	24.1	128	33.8	21	40.2
Algeria	32.2	28	33.6	22	4.3
Albania	35.0	8	33.5	23	-4.3
Brazil	29.2	76	33.4	24	14.4
Panama	33.6	16	33.2	25	-1.2
Nicaragua	34.0	15	32.8	26	-3.5
Solomon Islands	31.2	43	32.8	26	5.1
Indonesia	17.3	163	32.6	28	88.4
Syrian Arab Republic	34.4	11	32.3	29	-6.1
Kyrgyzstan	27.9	103	32.3	29	15.8
Sri Lanka	18.3	158	32.3	29	76.5
Uzbekistan	26.3	117	32.1	32	22.1
Azerbaijan	31.3	42	32.1	32	2.6
Thailand	25.6	121	32.0	34	25.0
Malaysia	27.0	110	32.0	34	18.5
Turkmenistan	24.1	128	31.6	36	31.1
Kazakhstan	27.5	105	31.6	36	14.9
Vanuatu	30.1	56	31.5	38	4.7
Pakistan	21.2	144	31.4	39	48.1
Norway	29.6	70	31.2	40	5.4
Dominica	32.4	24	31.1	41	-4.0
Greenland	28.6	88	31.1	41	8.7
Mauritius	31.8	36	31.1	41	-2.2
Moldova	29.7	69	31.0	44	4.4
Comoros	22.2	141	30.8	45	38.7
Papua New Guinea	26.5	114	30.7	46	15.8
United Arab Emirates	30.3	51	30.7	46	1.3
Armenia	30.8	44	30.7	46	-0.3
Seychelles	30.8	44	30.7	46	-0.3
Fiji	32.5	22	30.5	50	-6.2
Tajikistan	22.6	138	30.5	50	35.0
United Kingdom	32.0	29	30.4	52	-5.0
Puerto Rico	32.0	29	30.2	53	-5.6
Saint Lucia	31.6	39	30.1	54	-4.7
Iraq	30.8	44	30.1	54	-2.3
Tunisia	31.9	33	30.1	54	-5.6
Uruguay	29.8	64	30.0	57	0.7
Sao Tome and Principe	19.9	150	30.0	57	50.8
Bahrain	29.5	72	30.0	57	1.7
Kuwait	31.5	41	29.9	60	-5.1
Venezuela	34.5	9	29.8	61	-13.6
Slovenia	31.9	33	29.7	62	-6.9
Lebanon	32.0	29	29.6	63	-7.5
Croatia	29.4	74	29.6	63	0.7
Afghanistan	14.0	177	29.6	63	111.4
Turkiye	32.7	20	29.5	66	-9.8
Jordan	31.7	37	29.5	66	-6.9
Mauritania	26.7	113	29.4	68	10.1
North Macedonia	32.3	27	29.3	69	-9.3
Bermuda	30.1	56	29.3	69	-2.7
New Zealand	29.9	61	29.3	69	-2.0
Canada	28.9	85	29.3	69	1.4
Antigua and Barbuda	29.9	61	29.2	73	-2.3
Ghana	20.2	148	29.2	73	44.6
Iceland	29.2	76	29.2	73	0.0
Oman	28.8	86	29.2	73	1.4
Suriname	29.8	64	29.2	73	-2.0
Argentina	29.1	80	29.2	73	0.3
Trinidad and Tobago	30.8	44	29.1	79	-5.5
Finland	29.4	74	29.1	79	-1.0
Grenada	30.0	59	29.0	81	-3.3
Australia	29.2	76	28.9	82	-1.0
Guyana	29.8	64	28.9	82	-3.0
Palau	32.7	20	28.8	84	-11.9
Eswatini	26.1	119	28.7	85	10.0
North Korea	17.7	161	28.6	86	61.6
Philippines	20.2	148	28.6	86	41.6
Botswana	25.1	125	28.6	86	13.9
Malta	30.3	51	28.5	89	-5.9
Equatorial Guinea	24.0	130	28.5	89	18.8
Poland	28.5	92	28.5	89	0.0
Czechia	27.2	108	28.5	89	4.8
Georgia	25.6	121	28.4	93	10.9
Belize	30.8	44	28.3	94	-8.1
State of Palestine	32.4	24	28.3	94	-12.7
Belarus	29.1	80	28.3	94	-2.7
Ukraine	28.6	88	28.3	94	-1.0
Greece	28.6	88	28.3	94	-1.0
Gabon	25.6	121	28.2	99	10.2
Latvia	26.9	112	28.2	99	4.8
Saint Kitts and Nevis	30.6	49	28.0	101	-8.5
Sweden	28.1	95	27.9	102	-0.7
Barbados	32.4	24	27.9	102	-13.9
Portugal	34.2	14	27.9	102	-18.4
Spain	30.1	56	27.8	105	-7.6
Saudi Arabia	31.6	39	27.5	106	-13.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.1	80	27.4	107	-5.8
Russian Federation	28.6	88	27.4	107	-4.2
Libya	29.8	64	27.4	107	-8.1
Estonia	28.0	98	27.3	110	-2.5
United States of America	27.2	108	27.3	110	0.4
Kiribati	29.0	84	27.2	112	-6.2
Montenegro	29.1	80	27.2	112	-6.5
Kenya	17.7	161	27.1	114	53.1
Gambia	15.6	168	27.1	114	73.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.0	59	26.9	116	-10.3
Germany	28.1	95	26.8	117	-4.6
Israel	29.2	76	26.7	118	-8.6
Bahamas	30.3	51	26.7	118	-11.9
Jamaica	30.2	55	26.6	120	-11.9
Luxembourg	26.4	115	26.5	121	0.4
Slovakia	28.0	98	26.5	121	-5.4
Cameroon	21.3	143	26.5	121	24.4
Belgium	28.0	98	26.5	121	-5.4
Lithuania	29.5	72	26.5	121	-10.2
Bangladesh	7.0	194	26.4	126	277.1
Somalia	18.4	157	26.1	127	41.8
Nepal	8.1	191	26.0	128	221.0
Romania	29.6	70	26.0	128	-12.2
Cyprus	28.0	98	25.9	130	-7.5
Qatar	31.9	33	25.9	130	-18.8
Hungary	29.8	64	25.8	132	-13.4
Zimbabwe	23.3	134	25.7	133	10.3
Netherlands	28.7	87	25.6	134	-10.8
South Africa	27.6	104	25.6	134	-7.2
Lesotho	29.9	61	25.5	136	-14.7
Senegal	19.0	153	25.4	137	33.7
Lao PDR	14.4	174	25.3	138	75.7
Yemen	17.3	163	25.2	139	45.7
Nigeria	19.0	153	25.2	139	32.6
Bulgaria	28.4	93	25.2	139	-11.3
Italy	27.0	110	25.2	139	-6.7
Liberia	16.4	167	24.8	143	51.2
China	18.7	155	24.8	143	32.6
Angola	19.2	151	24.7	145	28.6
Denmark	24.5	126	24.7	145	0.8
Egypt	33.5	17	24.6	147	-26.6
Cote d'Ivoire	18.1	160	24.4	148	34.8
Andorra	26.4	115	24.3	149	-8.0
Myanmar	16.8	165	24.3	149	44.6
Haiti	18.2	159	24.3	149	33.5
Cambodia	9.4	190	24.3	149	158.5
Sudan	21.2	144	23.9	153	12.7
Guinea Bissau	15.3	171	23.4	154	52.9
Togo	14.0	177	23.2	155	65.7
Marshall Islands	30.5	50	23.2	155	-23.9
India	11.9	184	23.0	157	93.3
Tanzania	14.4	174	22.9	158	59.0
Mali	13.1	179	22.8	159	74.0
Zambia	15.4	169	22.6	160	46.8
Namibia	19.1	152	22.6	160	18.3
Singapore	22.6	138	22.5	162	-0.4
Federated States of Micronesia	28.2	94	22.5	162	-20.2
Serbia	27.4	106	22.4	164	-18.2
Guinea	12.7	182	22.2	165	74.8
Taiwan	21.2	144	21.9	166	3.3
French Polynesia	28.0	98	21.9	166	-21.8
Djibouti	15.2	172	21.9	166	44.1
Benin	15.4	169	21.8	169	41.6
Austria	24.3	127	21.5	170	-11.5
Sierra Leone	14.8	173	21.1	171	42.6
Malawi	13.0	180	21.0	172	61.5
Congo	18.5	156	21.0	172	13.5
Uganda	12.4	183	20.2	174	62.9
France	23.3	134	20.1	175	-13.7
Mozambique	11.6	185	19.8	176	70.7
Switzerland	22.6	138	19.8	176	-12.4
South Korea	22.8	137	19.6	178	-14.0
Rwanda	11.1	186	19.5	179	75.7
Niue	25.3	124	19.3	180	-23.7
South Sudan	12.9	181	18.9	181	46.5
DR Congo	10.0	189	18.7	182	87.0
Samoa	26.2	118	17.9	183	-31.7
Cook Islands	23.9	131	17.9	183	-25.1
Tokelau	23.1	136	17.7	185	-23.4
Central African Republic	10.9	187	17.3	186	58.7
Tuvalu	23.7	132	17.1	187	-27.8
Nauru	21.1	147	17.0	188	-19.4
Burkina Faso	7.4	192	16.9	189	128.4
Viet Nam	5.3	199	16.2	190	205.7
Niger	10.4	188	14.9	191	43.3
Timor-Leste	6.0	197	14.7	192	145.0
Chad	7.4	192	14.5	193	95.9
Eritrea	6.2	196	13.9	194	124.2
Madagascar	6.8	195	13.8	195	102.9
Tonga	23.4	133	13.3	196	-43.2
Japan	14.2	176	12.3	197	-13.4
American Samoa	16.5	166	12.0	198	-27.3
Ethiopia	5.1	200	10.7	199	109.8
Burundi	6.0	197	7.9	200	31.7

Obese

Obese women

Country	Obese 2002	Obese 2002 rank	Obese 2022	Obese 2022 rank	% change
Tonga	66.7	3	81.5	1	22.2
American Samoa	75.2	1	81.4	2	8.2
Samoa	61.0	7	74.9	3	22.8
Tokelau	66.3	4	74.9	3	13.0
Tuvalu	61.8	5	73.2	5	18.4
Cook Islands	61.4	6	73.1	6	19.1
Nauru	69.3	2	72.5	7	4.6
Niue	60.6	8	70.9	8	17.0
Egypt	40.4	16	59.0	9	46.0
Federated States of Micronesia	49.0	9	57.5	10	17.3
Kiribati	47.1	12	57.2	11	21.4
Marshall Islands	47.2	11	56.5	12	19.7
Bahamas	35.1	24	55.8	13	59.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	38.5	17	55.1	14	43.1
Belize	37.1	22	53.1	15	43.1
Qatar	37.3	21	52.5	16	40.8
French Polynesia	42.1	13	51.0	17	21.1
Kuwait	47.5	10	49.9	18	5.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.5	32	49.6	19	57.5
Jamaica	29.4	37	49.6	19	68.7
Iraq	34.7	26	49.5	21	42.7
Barbados	32.5	30	49.1	22	51.1
Saudi Arabia	37.7	20	48.3	23	28.1
Libya	37.0	23	47.7	24	28.9
South Africa	34.8	25	47.3	25	35.9
State of Palestine	38.0	19	47.2	26	24.2
Saint Lucia	28.6	38	47.2	26	65.0
Puerto Rico	31.2	34	47.0	28	50.6
Jordan	41.7	14	46.1	29	10.6
Dominica	29.7	36	45.8	30	54.2
Eswatini	27.0	46	45.4	31	68.1
Palau	41.1	15	45.3	32	10.2
Chile	27.0	46	45.2	33	67.4
Bahrain	33.8	28	44.3	34	31.1
Panama	23.6	59	44.2	35	87.3
United States of America	31.5	32	43.8	36	39.0
Fiji	32.3	31	43.2	37	33.7
Grenada	27.2	42	43.2	37	58.8
Antigua and Barbuda	27.2	42	42.8	39	57.4
Bermuda	27.2	42	42.8	39	57.4
Syrian Arab Republic	32.6	29	42.7	41	31.0
Turkiye	34.0	27	42.6	42	25.3
Mexico	28.0	40	41.3	43	47.5
Oman	27.1	45	41.2	44	52.0
Seychelles	30.4	35	40.9	45	34.5
United Arab Emirates	38.4	18	40.8	46	6.2
Nicaragua	26.0	49	40.2	47	54.6
Suriname	24.5	55	39.9	48	62.9
Guyana	22.9	65	39.4	49	72.1
Costa Rica	22.6	67	39.0	50	72.6
El Salvador	24.7	54	38.5	51	55.9
Honduras	20.1	83	37.2	52	85.1
Paraguay	22.0	71	37.2	52	69.1
Argentina	20.4	80	37.2	52	82.4
Uruguay	21.4	74	36.7	55	71.5
Georgia	24.2	58	36.5	56	50.8
Dominican Republic	20.4	80	36.5	56	78.9
Mauritania	17.3	104	36.1	58	108.7
Bolivia	18.9	93	35.6	59	88.4
New Zealand	24.3	56	35.5	60	46.1
Tunisia	25.6	51	35.3	61	37.9
Trinidad and Tobago	27.0	46	34.6	62	28.1
Uzbekistan	16.8	110	34.2	63	103.6
Brunei Darussalam	17.6	99	34.1	64	93.7
Azerbaijan	24.8	53	34.1	64	37.5
Lesotho	20.1	83	33.9	66	68.7
Ecuador	20.1	83	33.5	67	66.7
Algeria	22.2	69	33.4	68	50.5
Gabon	16.2	115	32.9	69	103.1
Brazil	16.5	112	32.6	70	97.6
Peru	17.6	99	32.5	71	84.7
Guatemala	18.0	96	32.4	72	80.0
Iran	23.0	64	32.0	73	39.1
Romania	14.6	123	32.0	73	119.2
Lebanon	23.6	59	31.8	75	34.7
Morocco	17.4	102	31.4	76	80.5
Greenland	22.8	66	31.1	77	36.4
Equatorial Guinea	17.4	102	30.4	78	74.7
Australia	21.5	73	30.0	79	39.5
Colombia	17.3	104	29.9	80	72.8
Kyrgyzstan	16.3	113	29.7	81	82.2
Malta	28.1	39	29.4	82	4.6
Armenia	23.1	63	29.4	82	27.3
Hungary	19.6	88	28.9	84	47.4
Tajikistan	14.1	127	28.8	85	104.3
Solomon Islands	20.7	78	28.7	86	38.6
Croatia	17.2	107	28.3	87	64.5
United Kingdom	21.9	72	28.3	87	29.2
Botswana	17.5	101	28.2	89	61.1
Ireland	20.3	82	27.9	90	37.4
North Macedonia	21.1	76	27.7	91	31.3
Greece	23.4	62	27.7	91	18.4
Ukraine	25.1	52	27.5	93	9.6
Malaysia	13.5	129	27.3	94	102.2
Mongolia	15.5	121	27.2	95	75.5
Vanuatu	20.7	78	27.1	96	30.9
Pakistan	9.6	147	26.9	97	180.2
Albania	16.9	109	26.3	98	55.6
Papua New Guinea	17.9	97	26.0	99	45.3
Mauritius	19.1	91	25.9	100	35.6
Cuba	15.4	122	25.9	100	68.2
Venezuela	22.2	69	25.8	102	16.2
Comoros	10.2	143	25.4	103	149.0
Canada	21.4	74	25.3	104	18.2
Moldova	27.5	41	25.2	105	-8.4
Russian Federation	25.9	50	25.1	106	-3.1
Turkmenistan	15.6	120	24.7	107	58.3
Poland	18.5	94	24.6	108	33.0
Afghanistan	5.8	168	24.4	109	320.7
Sao Tome and Principe	11.3	138	24.2	110	114.2
Maldives	10.7	141	24.2	110	126.2
Lithuania	23.5	61	24.1	112	2.6
Latvia	20.9	77	24.0	113	14.8
Slovakia	16.2	115	23.9	114	47.5
Somalia	10.0	145	23.8	115	138.0
Cabo Verde	10.6	142	23.8	115	124.5
Namibia	16.1	117	23.8	115	47.8
Belarus	24.3	56	23.7	118	-2.5
Sudan	11.7	137	23.2	119	98.3
Czechia	20.1	83	23.1	120	14.9
Portugal	17.3	104	23.0	121	32.9
Israel	22.3	68	22.5	122	0.9
Estonia	19.0	92	22.2	123	16.8
Finland	17.7	98	22.1	124	24.9
Zimbabwe	12.4	135	21.8	125	75.8
Liberia	8.1	153	21.7	126	167.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.2	107	21.5	127	25.0
Cameroon	11.0	140	21.2	128	92.7
Belgium	16.0	118	21.2	128	32.5
Ghana	11.3	138	21.1	130	86.7
Cyprus	19.3	89	20.9	131	8.3
Gambia	7.2	159	20.8	132	188.9
Serbia	16.8	110	20.0	133	19.0
Iceland	15.7	119	19.8	134	26.1
Kenya	7.3	158	19.3	135	164.4
Germany	18.3	95	19.0	136	3.8
Tanzania	6.3	163	19.0	136	201.6
Kazakhstan	19.7	87	18.9	138	-4.1
Thailand	9.1	148	18.6	139	104.4
Bulgaria	14.5	125	18.6	139	28.3
Norway	12.9	133	18.1	141	40.3
Togo	6.0	167	18.1	141	201.7
Yemen	7.8	155	17.7	143	126.9
Italy	14.5	125	17.6	144	21.4
Nigeria	7.9	154	17.3	145	119.0
Zambia	6.3	163	17.0	146	169.8
Luxembourg	16.3	113	17.0	146	4.3
Angola	8.9	150	16.9	148	89.9
Djibouti	6.8	160	16.9	148	148.5
Indonesia	4.7	176	16.6	150	253.2
Cote d'Ivoire	7.6	157	16.3	151	114.5
Senegal	8.9	150	16.2	152	82.0
Montenegro	13.4	131	16.1	153	20.1
Bhutan	5.2	170	16.1	153	209.6
Andorra	14.6	123	16.0	155	9.6
Benin	7.8	155	15.6	156	100.0
Guinea Bissau	6.5	162	15.5	157	138.5
Haiti	8.5	152	15.3	158	80.0
Netherlands	13.5	129	14.9	159	10.4
Sri Lanka	4.2	179	14.7	160	250.0
Mozambique	5.0	173	14.3	161	186.0
Slovenia	14.1	127	14.1	162	0.0
Sweden	13.1	132	14.0	163	6.9
North Korea	5.4	169	13.4	164	148.1
Mali	5.0	173	13.4	164	168.0
Congo	9.1	148	13.3	166	46.2
Guinea	4.3	178	13.2	167	207.0
Spain	19.2	90	13.0	168	-32.3
Central African Republic	4.9	175	12.8	169	161.2
Austria	12.2	136	12.6	170	3.3
Malawi	3.7	180	12.3	171	232.4
South Sudan	4.6	177	12.2	172	165.2
Sierra Leone	6.6	161	11.9	173	80.3
Uganda	3.7	180	11.8	174	218.9
Singapore	6.1	166	11.7	175	91.8
Denmark	10.1	144	11.4	176	12.9
Philippines	5.1	171	10.6	177	107.8
Lao PDR	3.7	180	10.5	178	183.8
Taiwan	6.2	165	10.1	179	62.9
Switzerland	9.7	146	9.9	180	2.1
France	12.9	133	9.8	181	-24.0
India	3.1	185	9.8	181	216.1
Myanmar	5.1	171	9.7	183	90.2
Burkina Faso	2.4	189	9.6	184	300.0
DR Congo	3.5	183	9.4	185	168.6
Nepal	1.7	193	9.2	186	441.2
Niger	3.4	184	8.0	187	135.3
Rwanda	1.9	192	8.0	187	321.1
Bangladesh	1.4	195	7.8	189	457.1
China	3.1	185	7.8	189	151.6
Eritrea	2.0	191	6.9	191	245.0
Chad	2.4	189	6.3	192	162.5
Cambodia	1.4	195	5.9	193	321.4
South Korea	3.1	185	5.7	194	83.9
Ethiopia	1.2	198	4.7	195	291.7
Madagascar	1.4	195	4.3	196	207.1
Burundi	1.6	194	4.2	197	162.5
Japan	2.7	188	3.6	198	33.3
Timor-Leste	0.8	199	3.3	199	312.5
Viet Nam	0.5	200	2.1	200	320.0

References[+]

References
↑1	Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
↑2	More than one billion people are living with obesity
↑3	More than a billion people obese worldwide, research suggests
↑4	Overweight and obesity