Most overweight or obese countries worldwide as of 2016

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

CharacteristicPercentage 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%
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Release date

February 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2016

Age group

18 years and older

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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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