List of sovereign states by body mass index
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The data for mean body mass index by country was published by the World Health Organization. The list below refers to year 2014.
>30
28.1–30.0
27.1–28.0
26.1–27.0
23.1–25.0
22.1–23.0
<22.0
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Data
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| Country | Both | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
 Nauru * |
32.5 | 32.1 | 32.8 |
 Tonga * |
31.9 | 30.4 | 33.5 |
 Samoa * |
31.7 | 29.9 | 33.5 |
 Kuwait * |
30.0 | 29.5 | 30.8 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis * |
29.7 | 28.4 | 30.9 |
 Saint Lucia * |
29.6 | 28.9 | 30.2 |
 Kiribati * |
29.6 | 28.7 | 30.5 |
 Palau |
29.4 | 29.4 | 29.5 |
 Micronesia * |
29.4 | 27.8 | 31.0 |
 Tuvalu * |
29.3 | 28.7 | 29.9 |
 Qatar * |
29.2 | 29.0 | 30.1 |
 Marshall Islands * |
29.2 | 28.4 | 30.0 |
 Egypt * |
29.2 | 27.6 | 30.7 |
 United Arab Emirates * |
29.0 | 28.6 | 29.7 |
 Jordan * |
28.9 | 28.2 | 29.7 |
 Belize * |
28.9 | 27.6 | 30.2 |
 Bahamas |
28.8 | 28.0 | 29.6 |
 Trinidad and Tobago * |
28.7 | 27.9 | 29.4 |
 Barbados * |
28.7 | 27.4 | 30.0 |
 United States * |
28.8 | 28.8 | 28.8 |
 Saudi Arabia * |
28.5 | 28.3 | 28.7 |
 Libya * |
28.4 | 27.2 | 29.6 |
 Bahrain * |
28.2 | 28.0 | 28.6 |
 Mexico * |
28.1 | 27.5 | 28.7 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
28.4 | 27.3 | 29.5 |
 Syria * |
28.1 | 27.2 | 29.0 |
 Iraq * |
28.0 | 27.2 | 28.8 |
 New Zealand * |
27.9 | 28.0 | 27.8 |
 Lebanon * |
27.8 | 28.0 | 27.6 |
 Chile * |
27.8 | 27.6 | 28.0 |
 Turkey * |
27.8 | 27.1 | 28.5 |
 Argentina * |
27.7 | 27.8 | 27.5 |
 Ireland * |
27.5 | 27.9 | 27.1 |
 Andorra * |
27.5 | 27.8 | 27.1 |
 Kazakhstan * |
27.4 | 27.4 | 27.5 |
 El Salvador * |
27.4 | 26.8 | 28.0 |
 Azerbaijan * |
27.4 | 26.6 | 28.1 |
 Suriname * |
27.4 | 26.5 | 28.2 |
 Jamaica * |
27.4 | 25.5 | 29.2 |
 United Kingdom * |
27.3 | 27.5 | 27.1 |
 Greece * |
27.3 | 27.4 | 27.2 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * |
27.3 | 26.5 | 28.1 |
 South Africa * |
27.3 | 25.4 | 29.1 |
 Australia * |
27.2 | 27.6 | 26.8 |
 Canada * |
27.2 | 27.6 | 26.8 |
 Malta * |
27.2 | 27.5 | 26.8 |
 Venezuela * |
27.2 | 27.4 | 27.1 |
 Georgia * |
27.2 | 27.2 | 27.3 |
 Fiji * |
27.2 | 26.1 | 28.4 |
 Panama * |
27.1 | 26.4 | 27.7 |
 Cyprus * |
27.0 | 27.6 | 26.3 |
 Ecuador * |
27.0 | 26.4 | 27.7 |
 Grenada * |
27.0 | 25.2 | 28.7 |
 Dominica * |
27.0 | 25.1 | 29.0 |
 Czech Republic * |
26.9 | 27.8 | 26.0 |
 Slovenia * |
26.9 | 27.5 | 26.3 |
 Oman * |
26.9 | 26.8 | 27.1 |
 Costa Rica * |
26.9 | 26.7 | 27.1 |
 Nicaragua * |
26.9 | 26.0 | 27.8 |
 Uruguay * |
26.8 | 26.7 | 26.9 |
 Tunisia * |
26.8 | 26.0 | 27.5 |
 Seychelles * |
26.8 | 25.6 | 28.0 |
 Spain * |
26.7 | 27.4 | 26.0 |
 Moldova * |
26.7 | 26.3 | 27.1 |
 Dominican Republic * |
26.7 | 26.0 | 27.4 |
 Armenia * |
26.7 | 25.9 | 27.4 |
 Lithuania * |
26.6 | 27.3 | 26.0 |
 Belarus * |
26.6 | 27.1 | 26.2 |
 Swaziland * |
26.5 | 24.1 | 28.9 |
 Luxembourg * |
26.5 | 27.6 | 25.5 |
 Slovakia * |
26.5 | 27.4 | 25.7 |
 Russia * |
26.5 | 26.1 | 26.8 |
 Guatemala * |
26.5 | 25.8 | 27.1 |
 Poland * |
26.4 | 27.0 | 25.7 |
 Turkmenistan * |
26.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 |
 Honduras * |
26.4 | 25.5 | 27.3 |
 Guyana * |
26.3 | 25.0 | 27.6 |
 Hungary * |
26.3 | 27.5 | 25.2 |
 Germany * |
26.3 | 27.0 | 25.6 |
 Israel * |
26.3 | 26.3 | 26.2 |
 Peru * |
26.3 | 25.7 | 26.9 |
 Iran * |
26.2 | 25.3 | 27.2 |
 Portugal * |
26.2 | 26.7 | 25.7 |
 Brunei * |
26.2 | 25.8 | 26.6 |
 Cuba * |
26.2 | 25.6 | 26.7 |
 Kyrgyzstan * |
26.2 | 25.6 | 26.8 |
 Vanuatu * |
26.2 | 25.6 | 26.8 |
 Algeria * |
26.2 | 25.5 | 27.0 |
 Albania * |
26.1 | 26.6 | 25.6 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina * |
26.1 | 26.5 | 25.7 |
 Uzbekistan * |
26.1 | 25.9 | 26.3 |
 Mongolia * |
26.0 | 25.5 | 26.4 |
 Norway * |
26.0 | 26.9 | 25.2 |
 Bulgaria * |
26.0 | 26.7 | 25.3 |
 Montenegro * |
26.0 | 26.5 | 25.5 |
 Ukraine * |
26.0 | 26.4 | 25.8 |
 Bolivia * |
25.9 | 24.6 | 27.3 |
 Colombia * |
25.9 | 25.4 | 26.5 |
 Brazil * |
25.9 | 25.9 | 26.0 |
 Iceland * |
25.9 | 26.7 | 25.1 |
 Finland * |
25.9 | 26.5 | 25.3 |
 Yemen * |
25.8 | 25.2 | 26.5 |
 Paraguay * |
25.8 | 25.6 | 26.0 |
 Latvia * |
25.8 | 26.8 | 25.1 |
 Sweden * |
25.8 | 26.7 | 24.9 |
 Serbia * |
25.8 | 26.4 | 25.2 |
 North Macedonia * |
25.8 | 26.4 | 25.3 |
 Mauritius * |
25.6 | 25.0 | 26.2 |
 Equatorial Guinea * |
25.6 | 25.0 | 26.1 |
 Morocco * |
25.6 | 25.2 | 25.9 |
 Gabon * |
25.5 | 24.6 | 26.4 |
 Solomon Islands * |
25.5 | 24.5 | 26.4 |
 Belgium * |
25.5 | 26.2 | 24.7 |
 Estonia * |
25.5 | 27.0 | 24.3 |
 Croatia * |
25.5 | 26.5 | 24.6 |
 Tajikistan * |
25.4 | 25.5 | 25.3 |
 Netherlands * |
25.4 | 25.9 | 25.0 |
 Austria * |
25.4 | 26.5 | 24.4 |
 Papua New Guinea * |
25.3 | 25.0 | 25.6 |
 Malaysia * |
25.3 | 25.0 | 25.6 |
 Romania * |
25.3 | 25.7 | 24.9 |
 Denmark * |
25.3 | 26.0 | 24.5 |
 France * |
25.3 | 26.1 | 24.6 |
 Italy * |
25.3 | 26.1 | 24.5 |
 Switzerland * |
25.3 | 26.7 | 23.8 |
 South Sudan * |
25.2 | 23.7 | 26.7 |
 Sudan * |
25.2 | 23.7 | 26.7 |
 Maldives * |
25.1 | 24.2 | 25.9 |
 Lesotho * |
24.9 | 22.7 | 27.1 |
 Mauritania * |
24.8 | 23.2 | 26.4 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe * |
24.8 | 23.9 | 25.6 |
 Botswana * |
24.7 | 22.9 | 26.6 |
 Cape Verde * |
24.7 | 23.9 | 25.4 |
 Cameroon * |
24.4 | 23.8 | 25.1 |
 Namibia * |
24.3 | 22.9 | 25.6 |
 Ghana * |
24.2 | 23.4 | 25.1 |
 Comoros * |
24.1 | 23.0 | 25.1 |
 Thailand * |
24.1 | 23.6 | 24.6 |
 Angola * |
24.1 | 23.5 | 24.6 |
 Haiti * |
24.1 | 24.2 | 24.0 |
 Gambia |
24.0 | 23.0 | 25.1 |
 Liberia * |
24.0 | 23.2 | 24.9 |
 China * |
23.9 | 24.2 | 23.6 |
 South Korea * |
23.9 | 24.3 | 23.4 |
 Pakistan * |
23.8 | 23.3 | 24.4 |
 Bhutan * |
23.8 | 23.4 | 24.2 |
 Singapore * |
23.7 | 24.3 | 23.2 |
 Ivory Coast * |
23.6 | 23.2 | 24.1 |
 Zimbabwe * |
23.4 | 21.8 | 24.5 |
 Benin * |
23.4 | 22.6 | 24.3 |
 Nigeria * |
23.4 | 22.8 | 24.0 |
 Congo * |
23.3 | 22.5 | 24.1 |
 Djibouti * |
23.3 | 22.7 | 23.9 |
 Togo * |
23.2 | 22.4 | 24.0 |
 Philippines * |
23.2 | 22.9 | 23.4 |
 Guinea-Bissau * |
23.1 | 22.2 | 23.9 |
 Tanzania * |
23.1 | 22.2 | 24.0 |
 Senegal * |
23.0 | 21.8 | 24.1 |
 Kenya * |
23.0 | 21.9 | 24.0 |
 Sri Lanka * |
23.0 | 22.5 | 23.5 |
 Indonesia * |
22.9 | 22.4 | 23.4 |
 Sierra Leone * |
22.8 | 22.0 | 23.6 |
 Malawi * |
22.8 | 22.3 | 23.3 |
 Mali * |
22.8 | 22.6 | 23.0 |
 Guinea * |
22.7 | 22.1 | 23.3 |
 Zambia * |
22.6 | 21.5 | 23.8 |
 Myanmar * |
22.6 | 22.1 | 23.2 |
 Laos * |
22.6 | 22.4 | 22.7 |
 Japan * |
22.6 | 23.6 | 21.7 |
 Central African Republic * |
22.4 | 21.6 | 23.2 |
 Mozambique * |
22.3 | 21.6 | 23.0 |
 Chad * |
22.3 | 22.1 | 22.5 |
 DR Congo * |
22.2 | 21.8 | 22.5 |
 Nepal * |
22.2 | 22.4 | 22.0 |
 Burkina Faso * |
22.1 | 22.1 | 22.0 |
 Uganda * |
22.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 |
 Rwanda * |
22.0 | 21.3 | 22.7 |
 Somalia * |
21.9 | 21.2 | 22.5 |
 India * |
21.9 | 21.8 | 22.1 |
 Cambodia * |
21.9 | 21.9 | 22.0 |
 North Korea * |
21.8 | 21.9 | 21.8 |
 Niger * |
21.7 | 21.3 | 22.2 |
 Vietnam * |
21.6 | 21.5 | 21.6 |
 Afghanistan * |
21.6 | 21.5 | 21.8 |
 East Timor * |
21.2 | 21.5 | 21.0 |
 Madagascar * |
21.1 | 20.9 | 21.2 |
 Bangladesh * |
21.0 | 20.7 | 21.2 |
 Burundi * |
20.9 | 20.4 | 21.3 |
 Ethiopia * |
20.6 | 20.2 | 21.0 |
 Eritrea * |
20.5 | 20.1 | 21.0 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2014". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2018. (Statistics start on page 200).