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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 | Nauru | 71.1% | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Cook Islands | 63.7% | 2008 | ||
| 3 | Tonga | 57.6% | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Samoa | 54.1% | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Kiribati | 46% | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 45.4% | 2008 | ||
| 7 | Kuwait | 42% | 2008 | ||
| =8 | Barbados | 34.7% | 2008 | ||
| =8 | The Bahamas | 34.7% | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Belize | 33.7% | 2008 | ||
| 11 | Qatar | 33.2% | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Egypt | 33.1% | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 33% | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Bahrain | 32.9% | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Mexico | 32.1% | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Fiji | 30.6% | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Venezuela | 30.3% | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 30% | 2008 | ||
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.3% | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Libya | 27.8% | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Iraq | 27% | 2008 | ||
| 22 | Australia | 26.8% | 2008 | ||
| 23 | El Salvador | 25.8% | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.6% | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Panama | 25.4% | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Suriname | 25.1% | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Dominica | 24.9% | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Jamaica | 24.1% | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Seychelles | 23.9% | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Costa Rica | 23.7% | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.4% | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Grenada | 22.5% | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Nicaragua | 22.2% | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Cuba | 21.5% | 2008 | ||
| =35 | Ecuador | 21.4% | 2008 | ||
| =35 | Saint Lucia | 21.4% | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 21.2% | 2008 | ||
| 38 | Oman | 20.9% | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Swaziland | 19.7% | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Guatemala | 19.2% | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Brazil | 18.8% | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Mauritius | 18.5% | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Honduras | 18.4% | 2008 | ||
| =44 | Paraguay | 17.9% | 2008 | ||
| =44 | Bolivia | 17.9% | 2008 | ||
| 46 | Colombia | 17.3% | 2008 | ||
| 47 | Guyana | 17.2% | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 16.2% | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Algeria | 16% | 2008 | ||
| 50 | Yemen | 14.5% | 2008 | ||
| 51 | Malaysia | 14% | 2008 | ||
| 52 | Gabon | 13.9% | 2008 | ||
| 53 | Maldives | 12.9% | 2008 | ||
| 54 | Mauritania | 12.7% | 2008 | ||
| 55 | Botswana | 11.2% | 2008 | ||
| 56 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.6% | 2008 | ||
| 57 | Cameroon | 10.3% | 2008 | ||
| 58 | Cape Verde | 10% | 2008 | ||
| 59 | Djibouti | 9.4% | 2008 | ||
| 60 | Thailand | 8.8% | 2008 | ||
| 61 | Haiti | 7.9% | 2008 | ||
| =62 | Ghana | 7.5% | 2008 | ||
| =62 | Brunei | 7.5% | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Singapore | 7.1% | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 7% | 2008 | ||
| =66 | Sierra Leone | 6.8% | 2008 | ||
| =66 | Senegal | 6.8% | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Nigeria | 6.5% | 2008 | ||
| 69 | Angola | 6.4% | 2008 | ||
| 70 | Philippines | 6.3% | 2008 | ||
| 71 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.2% | 2008 | ||
| =72 | Sudan | 6% | 2008 | ||
| =72 | Benin | 6% | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Pakistan | 5.5% | 2008 | ||
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 5.1% | 2008 | ||
| 76 | Tanzania | 5% | 2008 | ||
| =77 | Mozambique | 4.9% | 2008 | ||
| =77 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.9% | 2008 | ||
| =79 | Liberia | 4.8% | 2008 | ||
| =79 | Indonesia | 4.8% | 2008 | ||
| =79 | Somalia | 4.8% | 2008 | ||
| =82 | Guinea | 4.4% | 2008 | ||
| =82 | Comoros | 4.4% | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Malawi | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Togo | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Mali | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Uganda | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| 88 | Kenya | 4.2% | 2008 | ||
| 89 | Burma | 4% | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Zambia | 3.6% | 2008 | ||
| 91 | Chad | 2.7% | 2008 | ||
| 92 | Laos | 2.6% | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Niger | 2.4% | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 2.3% | 2008 | ||
| 95 | Cambodia | 2.1% | 2008 | ||
| 96 | India | 1.9% | 2008 | ||
| =97 | Vietnam | 1.7% | 2008 | ||
| =97 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.7% | 2008 | ||
| 99 | Madagascar | 1.6% | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Eritrea | 1.5% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Ethiopia | 1.1% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Bangladesh | 1.1% | 2008 |
Citation
Interesting observations about People > Obesity > Adult obesity rate
- 2 of the top 3 countries by obesity > adult obesity rate are Christian.
- Tonga has ranked in the top 3 for obesity > adult obesity rate since 2000.
- 42 of the top 106 countries by obesity > adult obesity rate are European.
- United States ranked first for obesity > adult obesity rate amongst High income OECD countries in 2008.
- Czech Republic ranked first for obesity > adult obesity rate amongst Non-religious countries in 2008.
- 28 of the top 94 countries by obesity > adult obesity rate are Cold countries'.
