Most overweight or obese countries worldwide

As of 2016, the most overweight countries worldwide included Nauru, Palau, and the Cook Islands. As of that time, around 70 percent of the adult population in the United States was either overweight or obese. This statistic shows the countries with the highest share of the population that is overweight or obese as of 2016.

Countries with the highest share of the population that is overweight or obese as of 2016

Characteristic	Percentage of adults
Nauru	87.9%
Palau	84.4%
Cook Islands	83.9%
Marshall Islands	82.7%
Tuvalu	81%
Niue	79.1%
Kiribati	78%
Tonga	75.6%
Samoa	75.1%
Kuwait	72.1%
Qatar	70.3%
United States	70.2%
Micronesia (country)	70.1%
Malta	70%
Saudi Arabia	69%
Andorra	68.1%
New Zealand	68%
Canada	67.5%
Australia	67.2%
Spain	67.2%
World	38.9%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2016

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
A person is defined as overweight if they have a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his or her height in metres squared.

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