List of countries by body mass index
WHO Data on Mean BMI (2014)
Data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015.

List of countries by body mass index

Section Title: WHO Data on Mean BMI (2014)
Table Section Text: Data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015.

Country	Overall rank	Overall mean BMI (kg/m2)	Female rank	Female mean BMI (kg/m2)	Male rank	Male mean BMI (kg/m2)

Nauru	1	32.5	3	32.8	1	32.1

Tonga	2	31.9	1	33.5	2	30.4

Samoa	3	31.7	1	33.5	3	29.9

Kuwait	4	30	6	30.8	4	29.5

Saint Kitts and Nevis	5	29.7	5	30.9	12	28.4

Saint Lucia	6	29.6	9	30.2	7	28.9

Kiribati	6	29.6	8	30.5	9	28.7

Palau	8	29.4	19	29.5	5	29.4

Federated States of Micronesia	8	29.4	4	31	22	27.8

Tuvalu	10	29.3	14	29.9	9	28.7

Qatar	11	29.2	11	30.1	6	29

Marshall Islands	11	29.2	12	30	12	28.4

Egypt	11	29.2	7	30.7	26	27.6

United Arab Emirates	14	29	15	29.7	11	28.6

Jordan	15	28.9	15	29.7	15	28.2

Belize	15	28.9	9	30.2	26	27.6

United States of America	17	28.8	27	28.8	8	28.8

Bahamas	17	28.8	17	29.6	16	28

Trinidad and Tobago	19	28.7	21	29.4	20	27.9

Barbados	19	28.7	12	30	38	27.4

Saudi Arabia	21	28.5	29	28.7	14	28.3

Libya	22	28.4	17	29.6	46	27.2

Bahrain	23	28.2	32	28.6	16	28

Mexico	24	28.1	29	28.7	33	27.5

Antigua and Barbuda	24	28.1	19	29.5	44	27.3

Syria	24	28.1	24	29	46	27.2

Iraq	27	28	27	28.8	46	27.2

New Zealand	28	27.9	41	27.8	16	28

Lebanon	29	27.8	45	27.6	16	28

Chile	29	27.8	38	28	26	27.6

Turkey	29	27.8	33	28.5	50	27.1

Argentina	32	27.7	47	27.5	22	27.8

Ireland	33	27.5	57	27.1	20	27.9

Andorra	33	27.5	57	27.1	22	27.8

Kazakhstan	35	27.4	47	27.5	38	27.4

El Salvador	35	27.4	38	28	56	26.8

Azerbaijan	35	27.4	36	28.1	67	26.6

Suriname	35	27.4	35	28.2	69	26.5

Jamaica	35	27.4	22	29.2	105	25.5

United Kingdom	40	27.3	57	27.1	33	27.5

Greece	40	27.3	55	27.2	38	27.4

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40	27.3	36	28.1	69	26.5

South Africa	40	27.3	23	29.1	110	25.4

Australia	44	27.2	69	26.8	26	27.6

Canada	44	27.2	69	26.8	26	27.6

Malta	44	27.2	69	26.8	33	27.5

Venezuela	44	27.2	57	27.1	38	27.4

Georgia	44	27.2	52	27.3	46	27.2

Fiji	44	27.2	34	28.4	85	26.1

Panama	50	27.1	43	27.7	76	26.4

Cyprus	51	27	87	26.3	26	27.6

Ecuador	51	27	43	27.7	76	26.4

Grenada	51	27	29	28.7	113	25.2

Dominica	51	27	24	29	116	25.1

Czech Republic	55	26.9	94	26	22	27.8

Slovenia	55	26.9	87	26.3	33	27.5

Oman	55	26.9	57	27.1	56	26.8

Costa Rica	55	26.9	57	27.1	60	26.7

Nicaragua	55	26.9	41	27.8	88	26

Uruguay	60	26.8	67	26.9	60	26.7

Tunisia	60	26.8	47	27.5	88	26

Seychelles	60	26.8	38	28	100	25.6

Spain	63	26.7	94	26	38	27.4

Moldova	63	26.7	57	27.1	82	26.3

Dominican Republic	63	26.7	50	27.4	88	26

Armenia	63	26.7	50	27.4	92	25.9

Lithuania	67	26.6	94	26	44	27.3

Belarus	67	26.6	90	26.2	50	27.1

Eswatini	69	26.5	26	28.9	130	24.1

Luxembourg	69	26.5	112	25.5	26	27.6

Slovakia	69	26.5	102	25.7	38	27.4

Russia	69	26.5	69	26.8	85	26.1

Guatemala	69	26.5	57	27.1	96	25.8

Poland	74	26.4	102	25.7	52	27

Turkmenistan	74	26.4	82	26.4	76	26.4

Honduras	74	26.4	52	27.3	105	25.5

Guyana	77	26.3	45	27.6	117	25

Hungary	77	26.3	119	25.2	33	27.5

Germany	77	26.3	106	25.6	52	27

Israel	77	26.3	90	26.2	82	26.3

Peru	77	26.3	67	26.9	98	25.7

Iran	82	26.2	55	27.2	112	25.3

Portugal	82	26.2	102	25.7	60	26.7

Brunei	82	26.2	78	26.6	96	25.8

Cuba	82	26.2	75	26.7	100	25.6

Kyrgyzstan	82	26.2	69	26.8	100	25.6

Vanuatu	82	26.2	69	26.8	100	25.6

Algeria	82	26.2	66	27	105	25.5

Albania	89	26.1	106	25.6	67	26.6

Bosnia and Herzegovina	89	26.1	102	25.7	69	26.5

Uzbekistan	89	26.1	87	26.3	92	25.9

Mongolia	92	26	82	26.4	105	25.5

Norway	92	26	119	25.2	55	26.9

Italy	92	26	119	25.2	56	26.8

Bulgaria	92	26	115	25.3	60	26.7

Montenegro	92	26	112	25.5	69	26.5

Ukraine	92	26	101	25.8	76	26.4

Bolivia	98	25.9	52	27.3	122	24.6

Colombia	98	25.9	80	26.5	110	25.4

Brazil	98	25.9	94	26	92	25.9

Iceland	98	25.9	123	25.1	60	26.7

Finland	98	25.9	115	25.3	69	26.5

Yemen	103	25.8	80	26.5	113	25.2

Paraguay	103	25.8	94	26	100	25.6

Latvia	103	25.8	123	25.1	56	26.8

Sweden	103	25.8	131	24.9	60	26.7

Serbia	103	25.8	119	25.2	76	26.4

North Macedonia	103	25.8	115	25.3	76	26.4

Mauritius	109	25.6	90	26.2	117	25

Equatorial Guinea	109	25.6	93	26.1	117	25

Morocco	109	25.6	99	25.9	113	25.2

Gabon	112	25.5	82	26.4	122	24.6

Solomon Islands	112	25.5	82	26.4	124	24.5

Belgium	112	25.5	134	24.7	84	26.2

Estonia	112	25.5	142	24.3	52	27

Croatia	112	25.5	135	24.6	69	26.5

Tajikistan	117	25.4	115	25.3	105	25.5

Netherlands	117	25.4	129	25	92	25.9

Austria	117	25.4	140	24.4	69	26.5

Papua New Guinea	120	25.3	106	25.6	117	25

Malaysia	120	25.3	106	25.6	117	25

Romania	120	25.3	131	24.9	98	25.7

Denmark	120	25.3	139	24.5	88	26

France	120	25.3	135	24.6	85	26.1

Switzerland	120	25.3	155	23.8	60	26.7

South Sudan	126	25.2	75	26.7	134	23.7

Sudan	126	25.2	75	26.7	134	23.7

Maldives	128	25.1	99	25.9	127	24.2

Lesotho	129	24.9	57	27.1	151	22.7

Mauritania	130	24.8	82	26.4	142	23.2

Sao Tome and Principe	130	24.8	106	25.6	131	23.9

Botswana	132	24.7	78	26.6	147	22.9

Cabo Verde	132	24.7	114	25.4	131	23.9

Cameroon	134	24.4	123	25.1	133	23.8

Namibia	135	24.3	106	25.6	147	22.9

Ghana	136	24.2	123	25.1	139	23.4

Comoros	137	24.1	123	25.1	145	23

Thailand	137	24.1	135	24.6	136	23.6

Angola	137	24.1	135	24.6	138	23.5

Haiti	137	24.1	148	24	127	24.2

Gambia	141	24	123	25.1	145	23

Liberia	141	24	131	24.9	142	23.2

China	143	23.9	157	23.6	127	24.2

South Korea	143	23.9	160	23.4	125	24.3

Pakistan	145	23.8	140	24.4	141	23.3

Bhutan	145	23.8	144	24.2	139	23.4

Singapore	147	23.7	165	23.2	125	24.3

Côte d'Ivoire	148	23.6	145	24.1	142	23.2

Zimbabwe	149	23.4	129	25	172	21.8

Benin	149	23.4	142	24.3	153	22.6

Nigeria	149	23.4	148	24	150	22.8

Republic of the Congo	152	23.3	145	24.1	155	22.5

Djibouti	152	23.3	153	23.9	151	22.7

Togo	154	23.2	148	24	157	22.4

Philippines	154	23.2	160	23.4	147	22.9

Guinea-Bissau	156	23.1	153	23.9	162	22.2

Tanzania	156	23.1	148	24	162	22.2

Senegal	158	23	145	24.1	172	21.8

Kenya	158	23	148	24	169	21.9

Sri Lanka	158	23	159	23.5	155	22.5

Indonesia	161	22.9	160	23.4	157	22.4

Sierra Leone	162	22.8	157	23.6	168	22

Malawi	162	22.8	163	23.3	161	22.3

Mali	162	22.8	168	23	153	22.6

Guinea	165	22.7	163	23.3	164	22.1

Zambia	166	22.6	155	23.8	178	21.5

Myanmar	166	22.6	165	23.2	164	22.1

Laos	166	22.6	171	22.7	157	22.4

Japan	166	22.6	183	21.7	136	23.6

Central African Republic	170	22.4	165	23.2	176	21.6

Mozambique	171	22.3	168	23	176	21.6

Chad	171	22.3	173	22.5	164	22.1

Democratic Republic of the Congo	173	22.2	173	22.5	172	21.8

Nepal	173	22.2	178	22	157	22.4

Burkina Faso	175	22.1	178	22	164	22.1

Uganda	176	22	168	23	185	21

Rwanda	176	22	171	22.7	182	21.3

Somalia	178	21.9	173	22.5	184	21.2

India	178	21.9	177	22.1	172	21.8

Cambodia	178	21.9	178	22	169	21.9

North Korea	181	21.8	181	21.8	169	21.9

Niger	182	21.7	176	22.2	182	21.3

Vietnam	183	21.6	184	21.6	178	21.5

Afghanistan	183	21.6	181	21.8	178	21.5

Timor-Leste	185	21.2	188	21	178	21.5

Madagascar	186	21.1	186	21.2	186	20.9

Bangladesh	187	21	186	21.2	187	20.7

Burundi	188	20.9	185	21.3	188	20.4

Ethiopia	189	20.6	188	21	189	20.2

Eritrea	190	20.5	188	21	190	20.1

Kosovo

Liechtenstein

Monaco

San Marino

Taiwan

Vatican City

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World Health Organization data published in 2014 indicates that Tonga stands 2nd overall in terms of countries listed by mean body mass index data.

final_sentence: World Health Organization data published in 2014 indicates that Tonga stands 2nd overall in terms of countries listed by mean body mass index data.