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DEFINITION:
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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 74.6% | 2007 | ||
| 2 | Cook Islands | 63.7% | 2008 | ||
| 3 | Tonga | 57.6% | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Palau | 48.9% | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Federated States of Micronesia | 40.6% | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Barbados | 34.7% | 2008 | ||
| =6 | The Bahamas | 34.7% | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Belize | 33.7% | 2008 | ||
| 9 | United States | 33% | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Mexico | 32.1% | 2008 | ||
| 11 | South Africa | 31.3% | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Fiji | 30.6% | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Venezuela | 30.3% | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Argentina | 29.7% | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Chile | 29.4% | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.3% | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Malta | 28.8% | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Slovenia | 28.6% | 2008 | ||
| 19 | New Zealand | 28.3% | 2008 | ||
| =20 | Hungary | 27.6% | 2008 | ||
| =20 | Lithuania | 27.6% | 2008 | ||
| 22 | United Kingdom | 26.9% | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Australia | 26.8% | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Spain | 26.6% | 2008 | ||
| =25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.5% | 2008 | ||
| =25 | Russia | 26.5% | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Canada | 26.2% | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Luxembourg | 26% | 2008 | ||
| 29 | El Salvador | 25.8% | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.6% | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Cyprus | 25.5% | 2008 | ||
| =32 | Slovakia | 25.4% | 2008 | ||
| =32 | Panama | 25.4% | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Poland | 25.3% | 2008 | ||
| =35 | Andorra | 25.2% | 2008 | ||
| =35 | Ireland | 25.2% | 2008 | ||
| =37 | Suriname | 25.1% | 2008 | ||
| =37 | Germany | 25.1% | 2008 | ||
| =39 | Dominica | 24.9% | 2008 | ||
| =39 | Latvia | 24.9% | 2008 | ||
| =41 | Serbia | 24.8% | 2008 | ||
| =41 | Uruguay | 24.8% | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Belarus | 24.3% | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Croatia | 24.2% | 2008 | ||
| 45 | Jamaica | 24.1% | 2008 | ||
| =46 | Portugal | 24% | 2008 | ||
| =46 | Armenia | 24% | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Seychelles | 23.9% | 2008 | ||
| =49 | Costa Rica | 23.7% | 2008 | ||
| =49 | Bulgaria | 23.7% | 2008 | ||
| =49 | Kazakhstan | 23.7% | 2008 | ||
| 52 | Iceland | 23.2% | 2008 | ||
| 53 | Finland | 23% | 2008 | ||
| =54 | Montenegro | 22.5% | 2008 | ||
| =54 | Grenada | 22.5% | 2008 | ||
| 56 | Nicaragua | 22.2% | 2008 | ||
| =57 | Georgia | 22.1% | 2008 | ||
| =57 | Belgium | 22.1% | 2008 | ||
| 59 | Cuba | 21.5% | 2008 | ||
| 60 | Ecuador | 21.4% | 2008 | ||
| 61 | Ukraine | 21.3% | 2008 | ||
| =62 | Dominican Republic | 21.2% | 2008 | ||
| =62 | Moldova | 21.2% | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Republic of Macedonia | 21.1% | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Austria | 20.9% | 2008 | ||
| 66 | Greece | 20.1% | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Italy | 19.8% | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Swaziland | 19.7% | 2008 | ||
| 69 | Guatemala | 19.2% | 2008 | ||
| 70 | Romania | 19.1% | 2008 | ||
| =71 | Netherlands | 18.8% | 2008 | ||
| =71 | Brazil | 18.8% | 2008 | ||
| 73 | Honduras | 18.4% | 2008 | ||
| =74 | France | 18.2% | 2008 | ||
| =74 | Denmark | 18.2% | 2008 | ||
| =76 | Paraguay | 17.9% | 2008 | ||
| =76 | Bolivia | 17.9% | 2008 | ||
| 78 | Switzerland | 17.5% | 2008 | ||
| 79 | Colombia | 17.3% | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Guyana | 17.2% | 2008 | ||
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 16.2% | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Peru | 15.7% | 2008 | ||
| 83 | Lesotho | 14.6% | 2008 | ||
| 84 | Gabon | 13.9% | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Sweden | 12% | 2009 | ||
| 86 | Botswana | 11.2% | 2008 | ||
| 87 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.6% | 2008 | ||
| 88 | Cameroon | 10.3% | 2008 | ||
| =89 | Norway | 10% | 2009 | ||
| =89 | Cape Verde | 10% | 2008 | ||
| 91 | Namibia | 9.5% | 2008 | ||
| 92 | Haiti | 7.9% | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Ghana | 7.5% | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 7% | 2008 | ||
| 95 | Nigeria | 6.5% | 2008 | ||
| 96 | Angola | 6.4% | 2008 | ||
| 97 | Philippines | 6.3% | 2008 | ||
| 98 | Tanzania | 5% | 2008 | ||
| 99 | Mozambique | 4.9% | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Liberia | 4.8% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Malawi | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Rwanda | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Uganda | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| 104 | Kenya | 4.2% | 2008 | ||
| 105 | Zambia | 3.6% | 2008 | ||
| 106 | Central African Republic | 3.5% | 2008 | ||
| 107 | Burundi | 2.9% | 2008 | ||
| 108 | East Timor | 2.7% | 2008 | ||
| 109 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.7% | 2008 | ||
| 110 | Eritrea | 1.5% | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Ethiopia | 1.1% | 2008 |
