List of countries by body mass index
>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
The data for mean body mass index by country was published by the World Health Organization. The list below refers to year 2014.
Data
[edit]* indicates "Health in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
| 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 |
 Federated States of 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 |
 Eswatini * | 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 |
 Timor-Leste * | 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
[edit]References
[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).