The data for mean body mass index by country was published by the World Health Organization. The list below refers to year 2014.
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>30
28.1–30.0
27.1–28.0
26.1–27.0
23.1–25.0
22.1–23.0
<22.0
No data
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 | 25.0 |
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).