Table 1.
Ranking of the prevalence of obesity in Arabic and non-Arabic-speaking countries. The data are separated for males and females aged between 15 and 100 years, using WHO estimates for 2010. Arabic-speaking countries are shown in bold.
| Country | Male | Country | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 44% | Kuwait | 55% | |
| Greece | 30% | USA | 48% | |
| Mexico | 30% | Egypt | 48% | |
| Kuwait | 30% | UAE | 42% | |
| UAE | 25% | Mexico | 41% | |
| UK | 24% | Bahrain | 38% | |
| Saudi | 23% | Jordan | 38% | |
| Egypt | 22% | Saudi | 36% | |
| Bahrain | 21% | Tunisia | 33% | |
| Jordan | 20% | Qatar | 32% | |
| Qatar | 19% | Lebanon | 27% | |
| Israel | 18% | Mauritania | 27% | |
| Spain | 17% | Greece | 26% | |
| Lebanon | 15% | UK | 26% | |
| Belgium | 15% | Israel | 26% | |
| Italy | 14% | Syria | 25% | |
| Libya | 12% | Libya | 25% | |
| Syria | 12% | Morocco | 23% | |
| Iraq | 8% | Iraq | 19% | |
| Tunisia | 8% | Spain | 17% | |
| Oman | 8% | Oman | 17% | |
| Algeria | 6% | Algeria | 16% | |
| Mauritania | 5% | Italy | 14% | |
| Morocco | 4% | Belgium | 11% | |
| Yemen | 2% | Sudan | 7% | |
| Sudan | 2% | Somalia | 3% | |
| Somalia | 1% | Yemen | 2% |