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UK's obesity rate ranks 132 out of 161 countries

The UK's obesity rate places it 132 out of 161 countries in the Social Progress Index 2015 – based on WHO data of the percentage of the population with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or higher (age-standardized estimate), both sexes.

Rank Country Obesity rate
1 Bangladesh 1.1
2 Ethiopia 1.2
3 Nepal 1.5
4 Vietnam 1.6
5 Madagascar 1.7
6 India 1.9
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of 1.9
8 Cambodia 2.3
9 Afghanistan 2.4
10 Burkina Faso 2.4
11 Niger 2.5
12 Timor-Leste 2.9
13 Laos 3
14 Chad 3.1
15 Burundi 3.3
16 Central African Republic 3.7
17 Myanmar 4.1
18 Zambia 4.2
19 Rwanda 4.3
20 Comoros 4.4
21 Japan 4.5
22 Malawi 4.5
23 Togo 4.6
24 Uganda 4.6
25 Guinea 4.7
26 Indonesia 4.7
27 Kenya 4.7
28 Mali 4.8
29 Sri Lanka 5
30 Congo, Republic of 5.3
31 Mozambique 5.4
32 Tanzania 5.4
33 Guinea-Bissau 5.4
34 Liberia 5.5
35 Bhutan 5.5
36 China 5.6
37 Pakistan 5.9
38 Philippines 6.4
39 Singapore 6.4
40 Benin 6.5
41 Sudan 6.6
42 Côte d'Ivoire 6.7
43 Sierra Leone 7
44 Nigeria 7.1
45 Angola 7.2
46 Korea, Republic of 7.3
47 Ghana 8
48 Senegal 8
49 Haiti 8.4
50 Thailand 8.5
51 Gambia, The 8.5
52 Zimbabwe 8.6
53 Tajikistan 9.9
54 Djibouti 10.4
55 Namibia 10.9
56 Cameroon 11.1
57 Cape Verde 11.5
58 Botswana 13.5
59 Mauritania 14
60 Malaysia 14.1
61 Turkmenistan 14.3
62 Switzerland 14.9
63 Gabon 15
64 France 15.6
65 Papua New Guinea 15.9
66 Denmark 16.2
67 Netherlands 16.2
68 Mongolia 16.4
69 Peru 16.5
70 Sweden 16.6
71 Yemen 16.7
72 Guyana 16.9
73 Lesotho 16.9
74 Italy 17.2
75 Kyrgyzstan 17.2
76 Morocco 17.3
77 Uzbekistan 17.3
78 Algeria 17.5
79 Greece 17.5
80 Romania 17.7
81 Colombia 18.1
82 Mauritius 18.2
83 Austria 18.3
84 Bolivia 18.9
85 Estonia 18.9
86 Belgium 19.1
87 Paraguay 19.2
88 Brazil 19.5
89 Honduras 19.8
90 Norway 19.8
91 Finland 19.9
92 Ukraine 20.1
93 Macedonia 20.3
94 Moldova 20.4
95 Cuba 20.5
96 Guatemala 20.7
97 Albania 21.1
98 Georgia 21.2
99 Croatia 21.3
100 Germany 21.3
101 Bulgaria 21.4
102 Iran 21.6
103 Portugal 21.6
104 Montenegro 21.8
105 Dominican Republic 21.9
106 Iceland 21.9
107 Ecuador 22
108 Latvia 22
109 Oman 22
110 Serbia 23
111 Poland 23.2
112 Armenia 23.4
113 Belarus 23.4
114 Cyprus 23.4
115 Swaziland 23.4
116 Luxembourg 23.4
117 Uruguay 23.6
118 Tunisia 23.8
119 Spain 24.1
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.2
121 Nicaragua 24.2
122 Canada 24.3
123 Kazakhstan 24.4
124 Ireland 24.5
125 Costa Rica 24.6
126 Jamaica 24.6
127 Slovakia 24.6
128 Azerbaijan 24.7
129 Lithuania 24.7
130 Hungary 24.8
131 Russia 24.9
132 United Kingdom 24.9
133 Australia 25.1
134 Israel 25.5
135 Panama 25.8
136 Suriname 25.8
137 Malta 26.6
138 El Salvador 26.9
139 New Zealand 27
140 Slovenia 27
141 Lebanon 28.2
142 Czech Republic 28.7
143 Chile 29.1
144 Turkey 29.3
145 Argentina 29.4
146 Iraq 29.4
147 Trinidad and Tobago 30
148 Venezuela 30.8
149 Libya 30.8
150 Syria 31.6
151 United States 31.8
152 Bahrain 32.6
153 Mexico 32.8
154 Qatar 33.1
155 South Africa 33.5
156 United Arab Emirates 33.7
157 Jordan 34.3
158 Egypt 34.6
159 Belize 34.9
160 Saudi Arabia 35.2
161 Kuwait 42.8
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