Benchmark · Clinical trials

Clinical trials: Obesity by country

Clinical trials on obesity that started each year with at least one site in the place (ClinicalTrials.gov). A sign of where research and new products are heading. Some countries also use their own registries, so their counts here are lower.

In trials started. The latest year differs by country, so compare the year too.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, Clinical trials: Obesity (trials started). Retrieved 9 Nov 2026.

All countries, highest first

Trials started, latest year for each.

Chart and every country
  1. 1USNorth America · 2025338
  2. 2ChinaAPAC · 2025141
  3. 3SpainEurope · 202560
  4. 4EgyptAfrica · 202547
  5. 5CanadaNorth America · 202543
  6. 6FranceEurope · 202543
  7. 7UKEurope · 202541
  8. 8GermanyEurope · 202538
  9. 9ItalyEurope · 202531
  10. 10AustraliaAPAC · 202527
  11. 11JapanAPAC · 202522
  12. 12BrazilLatin America · 202519
  13. 13MexicoLatin America · 202519
  14. 14PakistanAPAC · 202516
  15. 15Hong KongAPAC · 202512
  16. 16SingaporeAPAC · 202510
  17. 17IndiaAPAC · 20257
  18. 18Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 20257
  19. 19IndonesiaAPAC · 20255
  20. 20BangladeshAPAC · 20254
  21. 21New ZealandAPAC · 20254
  22. 22ThailandAPAC · 20254
  23. 23South AfricaAfrica · 20253
  24. 24GhanaAfrica · 20112
  25. 25JordanMiddle East · 20252
  26. 26MalaysiaAPAC · 20252
  27. 27NigeriaAfrica · 20252
  28. 28QatarMiddle East · 20252
  29. 29EcuadorLatin America · 20211
  30. 30EthiopiaAfrica · 20231
  31. 31HaitiLatin America · 20191
  32. 32IraqMiddle East · 20251
  33. 33KenyaAfrica · 20111
  34. 34LebanonMiddle East · 20251
  35. 35MalawiAfrica · 20131
  36. 36MoroccoAfrica · 20201
  37. 37NepalAPAC · 20231
  38. 38PhilippinesAPAC · 20251
  39. 39RussiaEurope · 20251
  40. 40TanzaniaAfrica · 20231
  41. 41UAEMiddle East · 20251
  42. 42UgandaAfrica · 20201
  43. 43ZambiaAfrica · 20231

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, Clinical trials: Obesity (trials started), latest year for each country. Retrieved 9 Nov 2026.

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Acuitas Health Analytics. Clinical trials: Obesity by country, latest year. Data: ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieved 9 Nov 2026, from https://www.acuitashealthanalytics.com/benchmarks/trials-obesity

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About our sources. Values are the latest the source publishes for each place; nothing is filled in or estimated.