Most obese countries worldwide

As of 2016, the most obese countries worldwide included Nauru, the Cook Islands, and Palau. As of this time, around 61 percent of the adult population of Nauru was obese. This statistic shows the countries with the highest share of the adult population who are obese worldwide as of 2016.

Countries with the highest share of the adult population who are obese worldwide as of 2016

Characteristic	Percentage of adults who are obese
Nauru	61%
Cook Islands	55.9%
Palau	55.3%
Marshall Islands	52.9%
Tuvalu	51.6%
Niue	50%
Tonga	48.2%
Samoa	47.3%
Kiribati	46%
Micronesia (country)	45.8%
Kuwait	37.9%
United States	36.2%
Jordan	35.5%
Saudi Arabia	35.4%
Qatar	35.1%
Libya	32.5%
Turkey	32.1%
Egypt	32%
Lebanon	32%
United Arab Emirates	31.7%
World	13.1%

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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.
Obesity is defined as having a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 30. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his or her height in metres squared.

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