Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female population ages 15+) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Prevalence of overweight adult is the percentage of adults ages 15 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female population ages 15+) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2005)

Rank

Country

Value

1Tonga91.40
2Micronesia90.10
3Palau82.40
4Western Samoa82.10
5Barbados80.10
6Kuwait79
7Dominica77.10
8Trinidad and Tobago77
9Jamaica74.70
10Egypt74.20
11Kiribati73.90
12United States72.60
13Seychelles70.70
14Belarus69.90
15United Arab Emirates69.60
16Lesotho69.50
17Mongolia69.30
18St. Lucia69.10
19New Zealand68.20
20Nicaragua68.10
21Chile68
22Bolivia68
23Mexico67.90
24Bahrain67.30
25South Africa67.20
26Andorra66.80
27Dominican Republic66.40
28Malta66.10
29Turkey65.70
30Argentina65.70
31Monaco65.60
32Fiji65.60
33Guatemala65.40
34San Marino65.40
35Peru64.70
36Qatar64.10
37Saudi Arabia63.80
38Bahamas63.80
39Slovenia63.50
40Jordan63.40
41Brunei Darussalam63.20
42Vanuatu62.90
43Australia62.70
44United Kingdom61.90
45Iceland61.70
46Venezuela61.40
47Greece61.30
48Cuba61.10
49Tuvalu60.70
50Cyprus60.60
51Slovakia60.60
52St. Kitts and Nevis60.30
53Antigua and Barbuda59.80
54Tunisia59.20
55Uruguay58.10
56Grenada58
57Costa Rica57.80
58Iran57.80
59Israel57.50
60Libya57.50
61Macedonia57.40
62Syria57.20
63Canada57.10
64Azerbaijan56.80
65Switzerland56.70
66Panama56.30
67St. Vincent and the Grenadines55.70
68Germany55.10
69Belize54.90
70Morocco54.70
71Colombia54.60
72Mauritania54.60
73Lebanon54.30
74Luxembourg54
75El Salvador54
76Brazil53.50
77Paraguay53.20
78Austria53.20
79Suriname53.20
80Guyana52.90
81Armenia52.80
82Ecuador52.60
83Albania52.50
84Finland52.40
85Mauritius52.30
86Marshall Islands51.80
87Russia51.70
88Bosnia and Herzegovina51
89Georgia50.80
90Iraq50.80
91Haiti50.60
92Solomon Islands49.90
93Uzbekistan49.90
94Botswana49.40
95Honduras49.40
96Portugal49.20
97Equatorial Guinea48.50
98Ukraine48.50
99Timor-Leste48.20
100Swaziland47.80
101Oman47.80
102Czech Republic47.80
103Gabon47.70
104Spain47.70
105Maldives47.60
106Hungary47.40
107Moldova47.40
108Bhutan46.50
109Croatia46.40
110Algeria45.60
111Laos45.60
112Turkmenistan45.50
113Bulgaria45.50
114Sweden44.90
115Latvia44.70
116Sierra Leone44.50
117Poland44.30
118Cape Verde44.10
119Netherlands44
120Lithuania43.90
121Kyrgyzstan43.90
122Tajikistan43.90
123South Korea43.80
124North Korea43.80
125Norway43.40
126Burma43.30
127Ireland41.70
128Liberia41.60
129Cameroon41.10
130Belgium40.70
131Romania40.60
132Benin39.10
133Denmark39.10
134Kazakhstan38.90
135Italy38.30
136Malaysia37.20
137Senegal36.70
138Comoros35.90
139Thailand35.20
140France34.70
141Ivory Coast34.20
142Estonia33.80
143Angola33.60
144Mali33.60
145Namibia32.60
146Nigeria32.20
147Djibouti31
148Togo30.90
149Guinea30.40
150Yemen29.40
151Sudan29.10
152Papua New Guinea29
153Philippines28.50
154Ghana28.10
155Sao Tome and Principe27.20
156Tanzania27
157Pakistan25.50
158Mozambique25.30
159Republic of the Congo25.20
160China24.70
161Malawi23.50
162Gambia22.80
163Indonesia22.70
164Uganda22.20
165Guinea-Bissau22.10
166Singapore22
167Kenya21.70
168Niger21.30
169Somalia21.10
170Madagascar20.20
171Rwanda20.10
172Chad19.20
173Zambia18.60
174Central African Republic18.50
175Burundi18.10
176Japan18.10
177Afghanistan17.40
178Burkina Faso16
179India15.20
180Democratic Republic of the Congo13.30
181Cambodia9.30
182Vietnam8.70
183Nepal8
184Sri Lanka5.90
185Eritrea5.70
186Bangladesh5.40
187Ethiopia3.30
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