Prevalence Of Overweight, Male (% Of Male Adults) 2014

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Topic: Health: Nutrition
Definition: Prevalence of overweight male adults is the percentage of males ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

List of countries ordered by: Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults)

	Country	Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults)
1	Tonga	74.40 %
2	Samoa	73.40 %
3	United States of America	72.80 %
4	Kuwait	72.70 %
5	Qatar	72.20 %
6	Malta	69.80 %
7	Australia	69.60 %
8	Czech Republic	69.20 %
9	Kiribati	69.00 %
10	Canada	69.00 %
11	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	69.00 %
12	New Zealand	68.80 %
13	Israel	68.40 %
14	United Kingdom	67.70 %
15	United Arab Emirates	67.70 %
16	Luxembourg	67.30 %
17	Spain	67.10 %
18	Hungary	67.10 %
19	Ireland	67.00 %
20	Belgium	66.90 %
21	France	66.90 %
22	Greece	66.70 %
23	Argentina	66.60 %
24	Italy	65.70 %
25	Saudi Arabia	65.50 %
26	Norway	65.40 %
27	Poland	65.20 %
28	Iceland	64.90 %
29	Chile	64.70 %
30	Denmark	64.70 %
31	Bahrain	64.60 %
32	Slovakia	64.50 %
33	Switzerland	64.30 %
34	Lebanon	64.30 %
35	Cyprus	64.20 %
36	Slovenia	64.10 %
37	Germany	64.00 %
38	Croatia	64.00 %
39	Romania	63.90 %
40	Lithuania	63.70 %
41	Mexico	63.60 %
42	Montenegro	63.60 %
43	Bulgaria	63.50 %
44	Latvia	63.30 %
45	Turkey	63.00 %
46	Uruguay	62.90 %
47	Netherlands	62.60 %
48	Sweden	62.60 %
49	Jordan	62.50 %
50	Austria	62.50 %
51	Portugal	62.20 %
52	Venezuela	62.20 %
53	Finland	62.00 %
54	Libya	61.90 %
55	Bahamas	60.90 %
56	Oman	60.90 %
57	Belarus	60.90 %
58	Estonia	60.70 %
59	Russian Federation	60.30 %
60	TFYR Macedonia	60.20 %
61	Kazakhstan	59.90 %
62	Serbia	59.30 %
63	Fiji	59.00 %
64	Albania	58.40 %
65	Costa Rica	58.40 %
66	Panama	58.00 %
67	Ukraine	57.40 %
68	Iran	56.50 %
69	Egypt	55.50 %
70	Brazil	55.20 %
71	Tunisia	55.10 %
72	Azerbaijan	55.10 %
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54.90 %
74	Armenia	54.90 %
75	Colombia	54.20 %
76	Iraq	53.70 %
77	Syrian Arab Republic	53.30 %
78	Antigua and Barbuda	53.20 %
79	Peru	52.70 %
80	Turkmenistan	52.60 %
81	Georgia	52.60 %
82	Ecuador	52.50 %
83	El Salvador	52.20 %
84	Suriname	52.00 %
85	Cuba	51.90 %
86	Algeria	51.50 %
87	Paraguay	51.50 %
88	Barbados	51.30 %
89	Trinidad and Tobago	51.20 %
90	Mongolia	50.00 %
91	Morocco	49.70 %
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	49.50 %
93	Dominican Republic	49.40 %
94	Bolivia	49.00 %
95	Republic of Moldova	48.90 %
96	Jamaica	48.30 %
97	Guatemala	48.10 %
98	Saint Lucia	48.10 %
99	Grenada	47.50 %
100	Vanuatu	47.20 %
101	Honduras	47.00 %
102	Uzbekistan	46.80 %
103	Belize	46.30 %
104	Nicaragua	45.90 %
105	Kyrgyzstan	45.20 %
106	Brunei Darussalam	44.80 %
107	Papua New Guinea	43.90 %
108	Guyana	42.70 %
109	Seychelles	41.80 %
110	South Africa	40.20 %
111	Tajikistan	39.40 %
112	Solomon Islands	38.90 %
113	China	38.70 %
114	Republic of Korea	37.90 %
115	Singapore	37.90 %
116	Malaysia	37.50 %
117	Yemen	36.80 %
118	Mauritius	36.50 %
119	Gabon	33.90 %
120	Haiti	30.90 %
121	Botswana	30.80 %
122	Cabo Verde	29.10 %
123	Japan	28.80 %
124	Equatorial Guinea	28.00 %
125	Maldives	28.00 %
126	Namibia	26.70 %
127	Thailand	26.00 %
128	Swaziland	25.40 %
129	Djibouti	24.80 %
130	Sao Tome and Principe	24.10 %
131	Nigeria	23.60 %
132	Mauritania	23.20 %
133	Côte d'Ivoire	22.40 %
134	Congo	22.20 %
135	Bhutan	21.90 %
136	Ghana	21.90 %
137	Gambia	21.90 %
138	Philippines	21.80 %
139	Cameroon	21.70 %
140	LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	21.53 %
141	Pakistan	21.00 %
142	Indonesia	19.70 %
143	Senegal	19.50 %
144	Zimbabwe	19.50 %
145	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	18.90 %
146	Lesotho	18.90 %
147	Angola	18.60 %
148	Zambia	18.50 %
149	Mali	17.50 %
150	Liberia	17.40 %
151	Guinea-Bissau	17.40 %
152	Sri Lanka	17.30 %
153	Kenya	17.10 %
154	Sierra Leone	16.90 %
155	Benin	16.80 %
156	Guinea	16.40 %
157	India	16.40 %
158	Viet Nam	15.80 %
159	Togo	15.70 %
160	Nepal	15.50 %
161	Tanzania	15.20 %
162	Burkina Faso	15.00 %
163	Least developed countries	14.92 %
164	Comoros	14.90 %
165	Chad	14.60 %
166	Myanmar	14.60 %
167	Somalia	14.60 %
168	Laos	14.50 %
169	Madagascar	14.40 %
170	Bangladesh	14.10 %
171	D.R. Congo	13.70 %
172	Afghanistan	13.20 %
173	Central African Republic	12.70 %
174	Uganda	12.50 %
175	Cambodia	12.40 %
176	Mozambique	12.00 %
177	Eritrea	11.90 %
178	Malawi	11.60 %
179	Niger	11.20 %
180	Rwanda	10.30 %
181	Ethiopia	10.30 %
182	Timor-Leste	9.60 %
183	Burundi	8.60 %

Source: Health Nutrition and Population Statistics - World Bank - Downloaded in August 2017

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