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World Adult obesity rate Ranking Map In the available data, American Samoa has the highest recorded value at 75.8% (rank #1); Japan ranks #192 at 5.2%. Coverage: 199 countries and territories. Reference years: American Samoa 2024; Japan 2024. This is the estimated share of adults aged 18+ with BMI of at least 30; BMI is a population-screening measure, not an individual diagnosis.
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Compare adult obesity rate across the world. Compare adult obesity rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 5.2%
Japan, world rank 192 for Adult obesity rate, 5.2%
Fiji: 39.3% Tanzania: 10.5% Western Sahara: No data Canada: 27.1% United States: 41.8% Kazakhstan: 22.4% Uzbekistan: 30.6% Papua New Guinea: 27.6% Indonesia: 12% Argentina: 38.1% Chile: 41.1% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 5.9% Somalia: 13% Kenya: 10.4% Sudan: 16.1% Chad: 6.3% Haiti: 10.7% Dominican Republic: 30.7% Russia: 21.2% Bahamas: 48.4% Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 20.7% Greenland: 29.3% Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 3.3% South Africa: 31.3% Lesotho: 20.2% Mexico: 37.4% Uruguay: 36.3% Brazil: 30.9% Bolivia: 28.8% Peru: 29.1% Colombia: 25.3% Panama: 37.8% Costa Rica: 33.4% Nicaragua: 34% Honduras: 30.8% El Salvador: 31.4% Guatemala: 26.7% Belize: 43.2% Venezuela: 23% Guyana: 29.8% Suriname: 30.8% France: 12.5% Ecuador: 28.7% Puerto Rico: 41.9% Jamaica: 35.7% Cuba: 25% Zimbabwe: 13.1% Botswana: 18.1% Namibia: 16.7% Senegal: 10.3% Mali: 11.6% Mauritania: 22.1% Benin: 10.9% Niger: 6% Nigeria: 12.1% Cameroon: 14.6% Togo: 12.2% Ghana: 13.8% Côte d’Ivoire: 12% Guinea: 9.4% Guinea-Bissau: 11.4% Liberia: 16.7% Sierra Leone: 7.3% Burkina Faso: 7% Central African Republic: 8.9% Republic of the Congo: 11.5% Gabon: 21.8% Equatorial Guinea: 18.8% Zambia: 10.1% Malawi: 6.7% Mozambique: 9.4% Eswatini: 27.1% Angola: 11.8% Burundi: 4.7% Israel: 23.3% Lebanon: 31.5% Madagascar: 4.1% Palestine: 33.2% Gambia: 11.2% Tunisia: 27.7% Algeria: 24.3% Jordan: 33.2% United Arab Emirates: 30.3% Qatar: 42.4% Kuwait: 41.3% Iraq: 36.8% Oman: 29.4% Vanuatu: 21.6% Cambodia: 4.9% Thailand: 15.5% Laos: 9% Myanmar: 8.3% Vietnam: 2.5% North Korea: 12.1% South Korea: 7.5% Mongolia: 25.5% India: 8% Bangladesh: 5.7% Bhutan: 13% Nepal: 7.7% Pakistan: 23.5% Afghanistan: 18.8% Tajikistan: 21% Kyrgyzstan: 21.5% Turkmenistan: 21.2% Iran: 25.7% Syria: 29.9% Armenia: 28.6% Sweden: 18.7% Belarus: 26.1% Ukraine: 27.8% Poland: 25.9% Austria: 18.3% Hungary: 36.9% Moldova: 27% Romania: 37.7% Lithuania: 26.1% Latvia: 27.9% Estonia: 25% Germany: 24.5% Bulgaria: 24% Greece: 33.7% Türkiye: 30.5% Albania: 27.3% Croatia: 36.5% Switzerland: 12.9% Luxembourg: 20.9% Belgium: 22.9% Netherlands: 16.9% Portugal: 23% Spain: 18.9% Ireland: 30.6% New Caledonia: No data Solomon Islands: 20.9% New Zealand: 34.7% Australia: 32.4% Sri Lanka: 11.2% China: 9.1% Taiwan: No data Italy: 17.9% Denmark: 15.2% United Kingdom: 29.2% Iceland: 23.5% Azerbaijan: 29.3% Georgia: 40.1% Philippines: 9.7% Malaysia: 23.6% Brunei: 37.7% Slovenia: 22.8% Finland: 26.2% Slovakia: 30.3% Czechia: 31.6% Eritrea: 3.7% Japan: 5.2% Paraguay: 34.2% Yemen: 11.6% Saudi Arabia: 39.2% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 23.7% Morocco: 22% Egypt: 42.8% Libya: 33.5% Ethiopia: 2.5% Djibouti: 11.2% Somaliland: No data Uganda: 8.2% Rwanda: 5.2% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 26.1% North Macedonia: 31.2% Serbia: 25.6% Montenegro: 20.6% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 32% South Sudan: 8.2% Japan Madagascar 195 Eritrea 196 Timor-Leste 197 Ethiopia 198 Vietnam 199 Bahamas Belize Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Bottom 10% / 2024
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Adult obesity rateRankings 192/199 5.2%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #192 for adult obesity rate. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 American Samoa 75.8% 2 Cook Islands 72.4% 3 Tonga 72.3% 4 Nauru 71.4% 5 Tokelau 70%
199 Vietnam 2.5% 198 Ethiopia 2.5% 197 Timor-Leste 3.3% 196 Eritrea 3.7% 195 Madagascar 4.1% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Adult obesity rate ranking map Compare adult obesity rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 199 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 American Samoa (75.8%), #2 Cook Islands (72.4%), #3 Tonga (72.3%)
Japan’s position World #192 (5.2%)
Data period latest available year by country All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Adult obesity rate Full ranking199 countries #40 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 35% Profile #69 United Arab Emirates 30.3% Profile #92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.1% Profile #141 Sao Tome and Principe 16.3% Profile #161 Republic of the Congo 11.5% Profile #177 Central African Republic 8.9% Profile #189 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.9% Profile