| Nation | Obesity Rate |
| 1) Nauru: | 71.1% |
| 2) Cook Islands: | 64.1% |
| 3) Tonga: | 59.6% |
| 4) Samoa: | 55.5% |
| 5) Palau: | 50.7% |
| 6) Marhall Islands: | 46.5% |
| 7) Kiribati: | 45.8% |
| 8) Kuwait: | 42.8% |
| 9) Micronesia: | 42.o% |
| 10) Saint Kitts and Nevis: | 40.9% |
| 11) Saudi Arabia: | 35.2% |
| 12) Bahamans: | 35.0% |
| 13) Belize: | 34.9% |
| 14) Egypt: | 34.6% |
| 15) United Arab Emirates: | 33.7% |
| 16) South Africa: | 33.5% |
| 17) Jordan: | 34.3% |
| 18) Mexico: | 32.8% |
| 20) Barbados: | 33.4% |
| 21) Qatar: | 33.1% |
| 22) Bahrain: | 32.6% |
| 23) Solomon Islands: | 32.1% |
| 24) Fiji: | 31.9% |
| 25) USA: | 31.8% |
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “The State of Food and Agriculture – 2012.”
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