Countries by adult obesity rate, men, age-standardized

Nauru had the highest adult obesity rate, men, age-standardized of 199 countries in 2020, at 69.6%. Ethiopia had the lowest, at 1%. The median was 17.9%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest69.6Nauru

Lowest1Ethiopia

Median17.9199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2020

%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), male (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Nauru	69.6	+0.4 pts
2	American Samoa	69.6	+0.3 pts
3	Cook Islands	67	+0.9 pts
4	Tokelau	65	+0.4 pts
5	Niue	61.4	+0.4 pts
6	Tonga	60.1	+1 pts
7	Tuvalu	55.7	+0.5 pts
8	Samoa	49.4	+0.6 pts
9	French Polynesia	45.3	+0.5 pts
10	United States	38.8	+0.2 pts
11	Qatar	37.5	+0.3 pts
12	Bahamas	37.4	+0.3 pts
13	Micronesia	37.3	+0.5 pts
14	Kuwait	36.7	-0.1 pts
15	Kiribati	36.2	+0.2 pts
16	Palau	36	-0 pts
17	Saint Kitts and Nevis	35.2	+0.5 pts
18	Saudi Arabia	35.1	+0.4 pts
19	Puerto Rico	34.2	+0.5 pts
20	Malta	33	0 pts
21	Argentina	32.2	+0.9 pts
22	Marshall Islands	32.2	-0.1 pts
23	Hungary	31.8	+0.7 pts
24	New Zealand	31.3	+0.3 pts
25	Chile	30.9	+0.9 pts
26	Belize	30.8	+0.6 pts
27	Georgia	30.5	+0.9 pts
28	Croatia	30.5	+0.9 pts
29	Romania	30.3	+1 pts
30	Iraq	30.2	+0.3 pts
31	Bahrain	30.2	+0.2 pts
32	Jordan	30.1	-0.2 pts
33	Mexico	30	+0.7 pts
34	Australia	29.7	+0.4 pts
35	Brunei	29.7	+0.9 pts
36	Egypt	29.6	+0.3 pts
37	Uruguay	28.5	+0.8 pts
38	Lebanon	28.4	+0.2 pts
39	Palestine	28.2	0 pts
40	United Arab Emirates	28.1	-0.1 pts
41	Czechia	28.1	+0.6 pts
42	Ireland	27.9	+0.2 pts
43	Slovakia	27.3	+0.6 pts
44	Panama	27.1	+0.8 pts
45	Canada	27	+0.1 pts
46	Greece	26.7	+0.3 pts
47	Nicaragua	26.6	+0.5 pts
48	Paraguay	26.6	+0.6 pts
49	Fiji	25.7	+0.7 pts
50	Barbados	25.5	+0.6 pts
51	United Kingdom	25.4	+0.1 pts
52	North Macedonia	25	+0.6 pts
53	Libya	24.8	+0.1 pts
54	Poland	24.6	+0.2 pts
55	Oman	24.4	+0.3 pts
56	Syria	24.3	+0.2 pts
57	Uzbekistan	24.2	+1 pts
58	Costa Rica	23.7	+0.4 pts
59	Cyprus	23.2	-0 pts
60	Serbia	23	+0.6 pts
61	Trinidad and Tobago	23	+0.4 pts
62	Papua New Guinea	22.9	+0.4 pts
63	Greenland	22.8	+0.4 pts
64	Lithuania	22.4	+0.1 pts
65	Slovenia	22.4	+0.7 pts
66	Brazil	22.3	+0.9 pts
67	Türkiye	22.3	-0.1 pts
68	Bermuda	22.3	+0.5 pts
69	Antigua and Barbuda	22.2	+0.5 pts
70	Israel	22.2	0 pts
71	Latvia	22	+0.2 pts
72	Germany	22	0 pts
73	El Salvador	21.9	+0.4 pts
74	Iceland	21.9	+0.3 pts
75	Bulgaria	21.8	+0.3 pts
76	Finland	21.8	+0.4 pts
77	Dominican Republic	21.7	+0.6 pts
78	Honduras	21.7	+0.5 pts
79	Seychelles	21.6	+0.8 pts
80	Peru	21.3	+0.9 pts
81	Bolivia	20.8	+0.6 pts
82	Ecuador	20.7	+0.7 pts
83	Venezuela	20.6	-0.1 pts
84	Estonia	20.4	-0.1 pts
85	Moldova	20.3	+0.1 pts
86	Albania	20.2	+0.7 pts
87	Guatemala	20.2	+0.7 pts
88	Luxembourg	20.1	+0.1 pts
89	Norway	19.9	+0.3 pts
90	Mongolia	19.7	+0.7 pts
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.6	+0.5 pts
92	Spain	19.2	-0.4 pts
93	Ukraine	18.9	+0.1 pts
94	Belgium	18.8	+0.2 pts
95	Andorra	18.7	0 pts
96	Belarus	18.6	0 pts
97	Saint Lucia	18.6	+0.6 pts
98	Austria	18.3	+0.3 pts
99	Suriname	18.2	+0.5 pts
100	Montenegro	17.9	+0.4 pts
101	Azerbaijan	17.6	+0.8 pts
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	17.6	+0.5 pts
103	Portugal	17.5	-0.1 pts
104	Tunisia	17.5	+0.3 pts
105	Iran	17.5	+0.3 pts
106	Turkmenistan	17.4	+0.5 pts
107	Kazakhstan	17.4	+0.7 pts
108	Grenada	17.3	+0.5 pts
109	Sweden	17.3	+0.3 pts
110	Armenia	17.3	+0.6 pts
111	Cuba	17.2	+0.6 pts
112	Jamaica	17.2	+0.5 pts
113	Colombia	17	+0.4 pts
114	Pakistan	16.9	+1 pts
115	Russia	16.7	-0 pts
116	Dominica	16.5	+0.5 pts
117	Guyana	16.4	+0.5 pts
118	Malaysia	16.3	+0.5 pts
119	Vanuatu	16.2	+0.3 pts
120	Tajikistan	16.1	+0.4 pts
121	Italy	15.4	-0.2 pts
122	Kyrgyzstan	15.3	+0.6 pts
123	Solomon Islands	15.3	+0.2 pts
124	Denmark	14.9	+0.1 pts
125	South Africa	14.3	0 pts
126	Algeria	14.2	+0.3 pts
127	Singapore	14.2	+0.9 pts
128	Mauritius	14	+0.4 pts
129	Netherlands	13.8	+0.1 pts
130	Switzerland	13.1	+0.1 pts
131	Eswatini	12.6	+0.5 pts
132	Morocco	12.5	+0.2 pts
133	Afghanistan	12.3	+0.5 pts
134	France	11.4	-0.2 pts
135	Maldives	11.1	+0.5 pts
136	Gabon	10.4	+0.3 pts
137	Thailand	10.2	+0.6 pts
138	Liberia	9.8	+0.7 pts
139	Sudan	9.5	+0.5 pts
140	Namibia	9.5	+0.3 pts
141	Yemen	9.1	+0.3 pts
142	São Tomé and Príncipe	8.7	+0.3 pts
143	Cameroon	8.7	+0.2 pts
144	Bhutan	8.1	+0.4 pts
145	Mauritania	7.8	+0.3 pts
146	Mali	7.8	+0.3 pts
147	Cape Verde	7.8	+0.2 pts
148	Botswana	7.8	+0.2 pts
149	South Korea	7.6	+0.6 pts
150	China	7.6	+0.5 pts
151	Nigeria	7.5	+0.2 pts
152	North Korea	7.5	+0.4 pts
153	Equatorial Guinea	7.3	+0.3 pts
154	Côte d’Ivoire	7	+0.2 pts
155	Japan	6.7	+0.3 pts
156	Comoros	6.6	+0.3 pts
157	Guinea-Bissau	6.6	+0.2 pts
158	Chad	6.5	+0.2 pts
159	Philippines	6.2	+0.3 pts
160	Benin	6.2	+0.3 pts
161	Angola	5.8	+0.2 pts
162	Sri Lanka	5.7	+0.3 pts
163	Lesotho	5.6	+0.1 pts
164	Central African Republic	5.4	+0.3 pts
165	Indonesia	5.4	+0.4 pts
166	Laos	5.3	+0.3 pts
167	Republic of the Congo	5.2	+0.2 pts
168	Guinea	5.1	+0.2 pts
169	Togo	5	+0.2 pts
170	Haiti	5	+0.1 pts
171	Myanmar	5	+0.2 pts
172	Djibouti	5	+0.3 pts
173	Tanzania	4.9	+0.3 pts
174	Burundi	4.9	+0.3 pts
175	Somalia	4.8	+0.3 pts
176	Gambia	4.8	+0.1 pts
177	Zimbabwe	4.7	+0.3 pts
178	Mozambique	4.6	+0.2 pts
179	India	4.6	+0.3 pts
180	Kenya	4.6	+0.2 pts
181	Ghana	4.4	+0.1 pts
182	Zambia	4.4	+0.2 pts
183	South Sudan	4.3	+0.2 pts
184	Nepal	4.2	+0.2 pts
185	Niger	3.8	+0.2 pts
186	Senegal	3.7	+0.2 pts
187	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.6	+0.1 pts
188	Madagascar	3.5	+0.2 pts
189	Burkina Faso	3.5	+0.2 pts
190	Uganda	3.1	+0.3 pts
191	Cambodia	2.8	+0.2 pts
192	Sierra Leone	2.7	+0.1 pts
193	Malawi	2.6	+0.1 pts
194	Bangladesh	2.3	+0.1 pts
195	Eritrea	2	+0.1 pts
196	Vietnam	1.6	+0.1 pts
197	Rwanda	1.5	+0.1 pts
198	Timor-Leste	1.3	+0.1 pts
199	Ethiopia	1	+0.1 pts

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Percentage of adults aged 18 and over with obesity, defined as a body mass index of 30 kg/m² or more, men only. Age-standardized to the WHO standard population, so countries with older or younger populations can be compared. Estimates of the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), published by WHO, modelled from height and weight measured in national surveys.

Model estimates for every country and year, including years without a survey. A separate series from adult_obesity_rate, the CDC crude rate for US states from self-reported height and weight, which gives lower values than measurement. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.

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World Health Organization, data.who.int. Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), male (NCD_BMI_30A) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C6262EC/BEFA58B (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), male (NCD_BMI_30A), Countries by adult obesity rate, men, age-standardized, 2020. World Health Organization, 30 Sept. 2026, https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C6262EC/BEFA58B. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-men-age-standardized/countries?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which country has the highest adult obesity rate, men, age-standardized?

Nauru, with 69.6% in 2020, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest adult obesity rate, men, age-standardized?

Ethiopia, with 1% in 2020.

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