World Obesity Rates 2009 - 2013
The following table lists the countries with the percentage of the population with a Body Mass Index of over 25 considered to be overweight that also includes those that are considered obese. While most people oversimplify the issue of weight gain, did we really miss the bus on understanding the true causes of weight gain such as insulin resistance?
| country | Overweight population percent (BMI>25) |
| American Samoa | 93.5 |
| Anguilla | NA |
| Antigua and Barbuda | NA |
| Armenia | NA |
| Aruba | NA |
| Australia | 49 |
| Austria | 42 |
| Azerbaijan | NA |
| Bahrain | 61.2 |
| Barbados | 60.4 |
| Belarus | NA |
| Belgium | 44.1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.9 |
| Brazil | 40.6 |
| British Cameroons | NA |
| British Virgin Islands | |
| Bulgaria | 46 |
| Burundi | NA |
| Canada | 59.1 |
| Cayman Islands | NA |
| Chile | 59.7 |
| China | 18.9 |
| Colombia | 46 |
| Cook Islands | |
| Croatia | 61.4 |
| Cuba | 42.5 |
| Cyprus | 46 |
| Czech Republic | 51.7 |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| Denmark | 41.7 |
| Dominica | |
| Dutch New Guinea | |
| Egypt | 66 |
| Eritrea | 13.7 |
| Estonia | 42.8 |
| Ethiopia | |
| Ethiopia PDR | |
| Federal Republic of Germany | |
| Federation of Malaya | |
| Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |
| Federation of South Arabia | |
| Federation of West Indies | |
| Fiji | 56.2 |
| Finland | 48.8 |
| France | 49.3 |
| French Polynesia | 73.7 |
| Gambia | 10.4 |
| Georgia | |
| German Democratic Republic | |
| Germany | 66.5 |
| Ghana | 11.2 |
| Gilbert and Ellice islands | |
| Greece | 57.1 |
| Grenada | |
| Hong-Kong | |
| Hungary | 53.2 |
| Iceland | 48.2 |
| India | 4.5 |
| Indonesia | 13.4 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 42.8 |
| Ireland | 56.8 |
| Israel | 61.9 |
| Italy | 44 |
| Jamaica | |
| Japan | 23.2 |
| Jordan | 57 |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Kiribati | 81.5 |
| Kuwait | 64.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 35 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.5 |
| Latvia | 45.2 |
| Lesotho | 36.6 |
| Lithuania | 52 |
| Luxembourg | 35 |
| Macao | |
| Malawi | |
| Malaysia | 47.9 |
| Malta | 62.3 |
| Marshall Islands | |
| Mauritius | 35.7 |
| Mayotte | |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | |
| Moldova, Republic of | |
| Mongolia | 31.6 |
| Montserrat | |
| Morocco | 35.4 |
| Netherlands | 41.8 |
| New Zealand | 62.7 |
| Niue | |
| North Borneo | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | |
| Norway | 44 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory | |
| Pakistan | 14.4 |
| Palau | |
| Panama | 67.4 |
| People's Democratic Republic of Yemen | |
| Peru | 55.4 |
| Philippines | 24 |
| Poland | 52.2 |
| Portugal | 53.5 |
| Republic of Korea | 32.1 |
| Romania | 41.7 |
| Ruanda-Urundi | |
| Russian Federation | |
| Rwanda | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| Saint Lucia | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| Saint-Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla | |
| Sarawak | |
| Saudi Arabia | 72.5 |
| Senegal | |
| Senegambia | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 54 |
| Seychelles | 60.1 |
| Singapore | 32.5 |
| Slovakia | 46.7 |
| Slovenia | |
| South Africa | 45.1 |
| South Arabia | |
| South Vietnam | |
| Spain | 53.4 |
| Sweden | 45 |
| Switzerland | 37.3 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | |
| Tajikistan | |
| Thailand | 31.5 |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 60.4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands | |
| Tunisia | 43.8 |
| Turkey | 56.4 |
| Turkmenistan | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| Tuvalu | |
| Ukraine | |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | |
| United Arab Republic | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 61 |
| United States of America | 66.9 |
| Uruguay | 52.4 |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Vanuatu | 48.8 |
| Viet Nam | 5.2 |
| Vietnam, Democratic republic of | |
| Yemen | |
| Yugoslavia | |
| Zambia | |
| Zimbabwe | 37.3 |
Source: World Health Organization
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