Highest prevalence of being overweight |
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Highest prevalence of obesity |
|
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% of adult population who are overweight |
|
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% of adult population who are obese |
|
2008 |
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|
2008 |
Nauru |
92.9 |
|
Nauru |
71.1 |
Tonga |
87 |
|
Tonga |
57.6 |
Samoa |
84.6 |
|
Samoa |
54.1 |
Kiribati |
80.7 |
|
Kiribati |
46 |
St Kitts and Nevis |
75.9 |
|
St Kitts and Nevis |
40.7 |
Belize |
69.8 |
|
Barbados |
34.7 |
Barbados |
69.7 |
|
Belize |
33.7 |
New Zealand |
65.8 |
|
South Africa |
31.3 |
South Africa |
65.4 |
|
Fiji |
30.6 |
Solomon Islands |
65.2 |
|
Solomon Islands |
30 |
Fiji |
65 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
29.3 |
Malta |
64.3 |
|
Malta |
28.8 |
United Kingdom |
64.2 |
|
New Zealand |
28.3 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
63.8 |
|
Vanuatu |
27.5 |
Australia |
63.7 |
|
United Kingdom |
26.9 |
Canada |
63.2 |
|
Australia |
26.8 |
Vanuatu |
62.4 |
|
Canada |
26.2 |
Cyprus |
58.8 |
|
Cyprus |
25.5 |
Seychelles |
56.8 |
|
Dominica |
24.9 |
Dominica |
56.5 |
|
Jamaica |
24.1 |
Jamaica |
55.3 |
|
Seychelles |
23.9 |
St Lucia |
52.9 |
|
St Lucia |
21.4 |
Mauritius |
50.1 |
|
Swaziland |
19.7 |
Papua New Guinea |
48.3 |
|
Mauritius |
18.5 |
Swaziland |
45.3 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
16.2 |
Malaysia |
44.2 |
|
Lesotho |
14.6 |
Lesotho |
37.3 |
|
Malaysia |
14 |
Cameroon |
35.4 |
|
Maldives |
12.9 |
Maldives |
35.4 |
|
Botswana |
11.2 |
Botswana |
31.7 |
|
Cameroon |
10.3 |
Namibia |
31.1 |
|
Namibia |
9.5 |
Singapore |
30.2 |
|
The Gambia |
7.9 |
Ghana |
28.9 |
|
Ghana |
7.5 |
Sierra Leone |
26.9 |
|
Singapore |
7.1 |
Nigeria |
26.8 |
|
Sierra Leone |
6.8 |
The Gambia |
26.7 |
|
Nigeria |
6.5 |
Pakistan |
23 |
|
Pakistan |
5.5 |
United Republic of Tanzania |
22.1 |
|
Sri Lanka |
5.1 |
Sri Lanka |
21.9 |
|
United Republic of Tanzania |
5 |
Mozambique |
21.1 |
|
Mozambique |
4.9 |
Malawi |
20.1 |
|
Malawi |
4.3 |
Rwanda |
19.9 |
|
Rwanda |
4.3 |
Uganda |
19.9 |
|
Uganda |
4.3 |
Kenya |
18.7 |
|
Kenya |
4.2 |
Zambia |
15.7 |
|
Zambia |
3.6 |
India |
11 |
|
India |
1.9 |
Bangladesh |
7.6 |
|
Bangladesh |
1.1 |