5 Countries With Highest Rates of Obesity

In this piece, we will take a look at five countries with the highest rates of obesity. If you want to find out more details about obesity, how it affects people, the diseases it might lead to, and how global obesity trends are shaping up, then take a look at 25 Countries With Highest Rates of Obesity.

5. Tuvalu

Obese People Per 100,000: 51,600

Tuvalu is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. High food imports from developing countries contribute significantly to obesity in Tuvalu. There are roughly 12,000 people living in Tuvalu, so like Niue, more than half the people living in it have a body mass index higher than 30. More Tuvalu women are obese than men, with obesity percentages sitting at 71% and 65% for the genders, respectively. Tuvalu has a small $45 million economy and a GDP per capita of $2,970.