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Mean BMI (kg/m²) (age-standardized estimate)
Compare mean bmi (kg/m²) (age-standardized estimate) across 190 countries or territories using one fixed 2016 WHO reference slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
25.9kg/m²
Median: 26.3kg/m²
Countries Covered
190
with available data
Highest
Cook Islands
32.9kg/m²
Lowest
Ethiopia
20.6kg/m²
Top 5 Countries
1Cook Islands32.9kg/m²
2Nauru32.5kg/m²
3Niue32.4kg/m²
4Tonga32.2kg/m²
5Samoa32.2kg/m²
By Region
North America27.6kg/m²(4 countries)
Oceania27.6kg/m²(2 countries)
South America27.1kg/m²(7 countries)
Europe26.3kg/m²(32 countries)
Other25.8kg/m²(111 countries)
Key Findings
- •190 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite kg/m² observation in the fixed 2016 slice.
- •Cook Islands has the highest published value (32.9 kg/m²).
- •Ethiopia has the lowest published value (20.6 kg/m²).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (20.6kg/m²)High (32.9kg/m²)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 25.9kg/m²)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Other (111)
Asia (25)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Mean BMI (kg/m²) (age-standardized estimate)
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2016 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Mean BMI (kg/m²) (age-standardized estimate)
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands | 32.9kg/m² |
| 2 | Nauru | 32.5kg/m² |
| 3 | Niue | 32.4kg/m² |
| 4 | Tonga | 32.2kg/m² |
| 5 | Samoa | 32.2kg/m² |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 30.8kg/m² |
| 7 | Kiribati | 30.1kg/m² |
| 8 | Saint Lucia | 30.0kg/m² |
| 9 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 29.7kg/m² |
| 10 | Kuwait | 29.6kg/m² |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 29.6kg/m² |
| 12 | Egypt | 29.6kg/m² |
| 13 | Palau | 29.5kg/m² |
| 14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 29.5kg/m² |
| 15 | Qatar | 29.2kg/m² |
| 16 | Belize | 29.1kg/m² |
| 17 | Jordan | 29.0kg/m² |
| 18 | United States of America | 28.9kg/m² |
| 19 | Iraq | 28.8kg/m² |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 28.5kg/m² |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 28.4kg/m² |
| 22 | Syrian Arab Republic | 28.3kg/m² |
| 23 | Libya | 28.1kg/m² |
| 24 | Chile | 28.0kg/m² |
| 25 | Mexico | 28.0kg/m² |
| 26 | New Zealand | 28.0kg/m² |
| 27 | Bahamas | 28.0kg/m² |
| 28 | Türkiye | 27.9kg/m² |
| 29 | Jamaica | 27.8kg/m² |
| 30 | Barbados | 27.8kg/m² |
| 31 | El Salvador | 27.7kg/m² |
| 32 | Fiji | 27.7kg/m² |
| 33 | Argentina | 27.7kg/m² |
| 34 | Georgia | 27.6kg/m² |
| 35 | Lebanon | 27.6kg/m² |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.6kg/m² |
| 37 | Ireland | 27.5kg/m² |
| 38 | Croatia | 27.4kg/m² |
| 39 | Uruguay | 27.4kg/m² |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 27.3kg/m² |
| 41 | Ecuador | 27.3kg/m² |
| 42 | Hungary | 27.3kg/m² |
| 43 | Israel | 27.3kg/m² |
| 44 | South Africa | 27.3kg/m² |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 27.2kg/m² |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.2kg/m² |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | 27.2kg/m² |
| 48 | Czech Republic | 27.1kg/m² |
| 49 | Greece | 27.1kg/m² |
| 50 | Malta | 27.1kg/m² |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 27.1kg/m² |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 27.1kg/m² |
| 53 | Australia | 27.1kg/m² |
| 54 | Dominica | 27.0kg/m² |
| 55 | Grenada | 27.0kg/m² |
| 56 | Moldova, Republic of | 27.0kg/m² |
| 57 | Canada | 26.9kg/m² |
| 58 | Panama | 26.9kg/m² |
| 59 | Romania | 26.9kg/m² |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 26.9kg/m² |
| 61 | Cyprus | 26.8kg/m² |
| 62 | Honduras | 26.8kg/m² |
| 63 | Eswatini | 26.8kg/m² |
| 64 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 26.8kg/m² |
| 65 | Latvia | 26.7kg/m² |
| 66 | Norway | 26.7kg/m² |
| 67 | Paraguay | 26.7kg/m² |
| 68 | Peru | 26.7kg/m² |
| 69 | Poland | 26.7kg/m² |
| 70 | Seychelles | 26.7kg/m² |
| 71 | Venezuela | 26.7kg/m² |
| 72 | Albania | 26.7kg/m² |
| 73 | Andorra | 26.7kg/m² |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26.7kg/m² |
| 75 | Belarus | 26.6kg/m² |
| 76 | Germany | 26.6kg/m² |
| 77 | Guatemala | 26.6kg/m² |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.6kg/m² |
| 79 | Slovenia | 26.6kg/m² |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 26.6kg/m² |
| 81 | Ukraine | 26.6kg/m² |
| 82 | Bolivia | 26.6kg/m² |
| 83 | Brazil | 26.6kg/m² |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 26.5kg/m² |
| 85 | Montenegro | 26.5kg/m² |
| 86 | Suriname | 26.5kg/m² |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 26.4kg/m² |
| 88 | Estonia | 26.4kg/m² |
| 89 | Guyana | 26.4kg/m² |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 26.4kg/m² |
| 91 | Lithuania | 26.4kg/m² |
| 92 | Slovakia | 26.4kg/m² |
| 93 | Luxembourg | 26.3kg/m² |
| 94 | Oman | 26.3kg/m² |
| 95 | Tunisia | 26.3kg/m² |
| 96 | Armenia | 26.3kg/m² |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 26.3kg/m² |
| 98 | Colombia | 26.2kg/m² |
| 99 | Iceland | 26.2kg/m² |
| 100 | Mongolia | 26.2kg/m² |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 26.2kg/m² |
| 102 | Russian Federation | 26.2kg/m² |
| 103 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 26.1kg/m² |
| 104 | Serbia | 26.1kg/m² |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 26.1kg/m² |
| 106 | Belgium | 26.1kg/m² |
| 107 | Morocco | 26.0kg/m² |
| 108 | Sweden | 26.0kg/m² |
| 109 | Finland | 25.9kg/m² |
| 110 | Spain | 25.9kg/m² |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.8kg/m² |
| 112 | Malaysia | 25.7kg/m² |
| 113 | Cuba | 25.6kg/m² |
| 114 | Italy | 25.6kg/m² |
| 115 | Netherlands | 25.6kg/m² |
| 116 | Papua New Guinea | 25.6kg/m² |
| 117 | Portugal | 25.6kg/m² |
| 118 | Austria | 25.6kg/m² |
| 119 | Maldives | 25.5kg/m² |
| 120 | Algeria | 25.5kg/m² |
| 121 | Denmark | 25.3kg/m² |
| 122 | Haiti | 25.3kg/m² |
| 123 | Gabon | 25.2kg/m² |
| 124 | Mauritius | 25.2kg/m² |
| 125 | Switzerland | 25.2kg/m² |
| 126 | France | 25.0kg/m² |
| 127 | Lesotho | 24.9kg/m² |
| 128 | Mauritania | 24.9kg/m² |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 24.8kg/m² |
| 130 | Bahrain | 24.8kg/m² |
| 131 | Cape Verde | 24.5kg/m² |
| 132 | Comoros | 24.5kg/m² |
| 133 | Thailand | 24.4kg/m² |
| 134 | Cameroon | 24.3kg/m² |
| 135 | Botswana | 24.3kg/m² |
| 136 | Namibia | 24.2kg/m² |
| 137 | North Korea | 24.1kg/m² |
| 138 | Liberia | 24.1kg/m² |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.0kg/m² |
| 140 | Djibouti | 24.0kg/m² |
| 141 | Republic of The Gambia | 24.0kg/m² |
| 142 | Ghana | 23.9kg/m² |
| 143 | Pakistan | 23.9kg/m² |
| 144 | Bhutan | 23.9kg/m² |
| 145 | People's Republic of China | 23.8kg/m² |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23.8kg/m² |
| 147 | South Korea | 23.8kg/m² |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 23.8kg/m² |
| 149 | Yemen | 23.8kg/m² |
| 150 | Singapore | 23.6kg/m² |
| 151 | Togo | 23.6kg/m² |
| 152 | Benin | 23.5kg/m² |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.4kg/m² |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 23.4kg/m² |
| 155 | Kenya | 23.3kg/m² |
| 156 | Angola | 23.3kg/m² |
| 157 | Republic of the Congo | 23.2kg/m² |
| 158 | Nigeria | 23.2kg/m² |
| 159 | Philippines | 23.2kg/m² |
| 160 | Somalia | 23.2kg/m² |
| 161 | United Republic of Tanzania | 23.2kg/m² |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 23.1kg/m² |
| 163 | Indonesia | 23.1kg/m² |
| 164 | Mali | 23.0kg/m² |
| 165 | Senegal | 23.0kg/m² |
| 166 | Central African Republic | 22.9kg/m² |
| 167 | Guinea | 22.9kg/m² |
| 168 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.9kg/m² |
| 169 | Malawi | 22.9kg/m² |
| 170 | Mozambique | 22.8kg/m² |
| 171 | Japan | 22.7kg/m² |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 22.7kg/m² |
| 173 | Myanmar | 22.6kg/m² |
| 174 | Zambia | 22.6kg/m² |
| 175 | Nepal | 22.5kg/m² |
| 176 | Uganda | 22.5kg/m² |
| 177 | Cambodia | 22.2kg/m² |
| 178 | Burkina Faso | 22.2kg/m² |
| 179 | Rwanda | 22.1kg/m² |
| 180 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22.0kg/m² |
| 181 | Chad | 21.9kg/m² |
| 182 | Vietnam | 21.9kg/m² |
| 183 | India | 21.8kg/m² |
| 184 | Niger | 21.8kg/m² |
| 185 | Burundi | 21.7kg/m² |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 21.7kg/m² |
| 187 | Madagascar | 21.3kg/m² |
| 188 | Timor-Leste | 21.3kg/m² |
| 189 | Eritrea | 20.7kg/m² |
| 190 | Ethiopia | 20.6kg/m² |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2016).
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