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Obesity Rate

Percentage of adults (18+) with a BMI ??? 30 (WHO Global Health Observatory 2022). Lower prevalence = higher score. Scoring: GREATEST(1, ROUND(100 - rate ?? 2)). Extreme rates: Nauru 61%, American Samoa 75%, Palau 55%, Tuvalu 52% ??? Japan 4.3%, Vietnam 2.1%, Timor-Leste 3.8%. High obesity correlates with elevated cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and healthcare costs. For long-stay travellers and nomads, local obesity rates reflect food culture and availability of healthy options.

#↑ Country↕ Raw Value↕ Score↕
1 Vietnam 96
2 Bangladesh 93
3 Cambodia 92
3 India 92
3 Timor-Leste 92
3 Nepal 92
7 Korea Republic 91
7 Ethiopia 91
7 Japan 91
10 Sri Lanka 90
10 Eritrea 90
12 Madagascar 89
12 Burkina Faso 89
12 Niger 89
12 Hong Kong 89
12 Macau 89
12 Laos 89
12 Uganda 89
12 Burundi 89
12 Afghanistan 89
21 Singapore 88
21 Chad 88
21 Rwanda 88
21 China 88
21 Malawi 88
21 Myanmar 88
27 Congo DR 87
27 South Sudan 87
27 Philippines 87
27 Bhutan 87
31 Central African Republic 86
31 Zambia 86
31 Korea DPR 86
31 Kenya 86
31 Mozambique 86
31 Chinese Taipei 86
31 Indonesia 86
38 Comoros 85
39 Angola 84
39 Equatorial Guinea 84
39 Sierra Leone 84
42 Mali 83
42 Maldives 83
42 Togo 83
42 Zanzibar 83
42 Somalia 83
42 Tanzania 83
42 Pakistan 83
49 Senegal 82
49 Nigeria 82
51 Benin 81
51 Congo 81
51 Guinea-Bissau 81
51 Guinea 81
55 Liberia 80
55 Thailand 80
57 Gambia 79
57 Ivory Coast 79
59 Ghana 78
59 Mauritius 78
61 Cameroon 77
62 Mauritania 75
62 Cape Verde 75
62 São Tomé and Príncipe 75
65 Sudan 74
66 Djibouti 73
67 Seychelles 72
67 Lesotho 72
67 Brunei 72
67 Tajikistan 72
71 Gabon 70
72 Zimbabwe 69
72 Malaysia 69
74 French Guiana 68
75 Swaziland 67
76 Yemen 66
76 Namibia 66
76 Uzbekistan 66
79 Kosovo 64
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64
79 Kyrgyzstan 64
82 Turkmenistan 63
82 Moldova 63
82 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 63
85 Botswana 62
86 Switzerland 61
86 Peru 61
88 Denmark 60
88 Guyana 60
88 Austria 60
88 Slovenia 60
88 Bolivia 60
88 Mayotte 60
88 Italy 60
88 Ecuador 60
96 Sweden 59
96 Netherlands 59
96 Paraguay 59
96 Monaco 59
96 Slovakia 59
96 Mongolia 59
102 Estonia 58
102 Faroe Islands 58
102 Kazakhstan 58
102 Portugal 58
102 Guatemala 58
107 Liechtenstein 57
107 France 57
107 Honduras 57
107 Serbia 57
107 Grenada 57
107 Georgia21.5 % 21.5 % 57
107 Albania 57
107 Papua New Guinea 57
115 Finland 56
115 Germany 56
115 Belgium 56
115 Brazil 56
115 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 56
115 San Marino 56
115 Cyprus 56
115 Azerbaijan 56
115 Colombia 56
115 Iceland 56
115 Solomon Islands 56
126 Luxembourg 55
126 Romania 55
126 North Macedonia 55
126 Haiti 55
130 Norway 54
130 Poland 54
130 Russia 54
130 Panama 54
130 British Virgin Islands 54
130 Montserrat 54
130 Saint Kitts and Nevis 54
137 Latvia 53
137 Montenegro 53
137 Nicaragua 53
140 Ukraine 52
140 Spain 52
140 Belize 52
143 Cuba 51
143 Croatia 51
143 Jamaica 51
143 El Salvador 51
147 Belarus 50
147 Gibraltar 50
147 Bulgaria 50
147 Guadeloupe 50
147 Greece 50
147 Vanuatu 50
153 Ireland 49
153 Andorra 49
153 Venezuela 49
153 Costa Rica 49
153 Martinique 49
158 Czech Republic 48
158 Western Sahara 48
158 Morocco 48
158 Réunion 48
158 Tahiti 48
158 Sint Maarten 48
158 Saint-Martin 48
158 Israel 48
158 Armenia 48
158 Iran 48
158 New Caledonia 48
169 Lithuania 47
169 Suriname 47
169 Hungary 47
172 Tunisia 46
172 Oman 46
172 Turks and Caicos Islands 46
172 Palestine 46
176 Algeria 45
176 Dominican Republic 45
178 England 44
178 Wales 44
178 Northern Ireland 44
178 Scotland 44
178 Syria 44
178 Uruguay 44
178 Bermuda 44
178 Cayman Islands 44
178 Dominica 44
178 Chile 44
188 South Africa 43
188 Argentina 43
190 Australia 42
190 Malta 42
190 Mexico 42
190 Saint Lucia 42
194 Canada 41
195 Aruba 40
195 Curacao 40
195 Bahrain 40
195 Trinidad and Tobago 40
195 Fiji 40
200 Iraq 39
201 Anguilla 38
201 Antigua and Barbuda 38
201 New Zealand 38
204 United Arab Emirates 37
204 Bahamas 37
206 Egypt 36
206 Lebanon 36
206 Turkey 36
209 Libya 35
210 Qatar 34
211 Barbados 32
212 Saudi Arabia 29
212 Jordan 29
214 United States 28
214 U.S. Virgin Islands 28
214 Puerto Rico 28
214 Guam 28
214 Northern Mariana Islands 28
219 Kuwait 24
220 Kiribati 8
220 Micronesia 8
222 Samoa 5
223 Tonga 4
224 Nauru 1
224 Tuvalu 1
224 Marshall Islands 1
224 Palau 1
224 Cook Islands 1
224 American Samoa 1
224 Niue 1
224 Wallis and Futuna 1