Countries by adult obesity rate, age-standardized

American Samoa had the highest adult obesity rate, age-standardized of 199 countries in 2022, at 75.4%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 2%. The median was 21.8%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest75.4American Samoa

Lowest2Vietnam

Median21.8199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2022

%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), both sexes (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	American Samoa	75.4	+0.3 pts
2	Tonga	72.1	+0.9 pts
3	Cook Islands	70.9	+0.8 pts
4	Nauru	70.8	+0.4 pts
5	Tokelau	69.9	+0.4 pts
6	Niue	66	+0.5 pts
7	Tuvalu	64.1	+0.5 pts
8	Samoa	63	+0.6 pts
9	French Polynesia	48.1	+0.5 pts
10	Micronesia	47.7	+0.5 pts
11	Bahamas	46.9	+0.7 pts
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45.5	+0.6 pts
13	Kiribati	45.2	+0.2 pts
14	Egypt	43.1	+0.4 pts
15	Belize	42.1	+0.7 pts
16	Marshall Islands	41.7	+0.1 pts
17	Qatar	41.5	+0.3 pts
18	Puerto Rico	41.1	+0.6 pts
19	Kuwait	40.7	+0.2 pts
20	United States	40.4	+0.3 pts
21	Palau	40.2	+0.1 pts
22	Saudi Arabia	39.5	+0.3 pts
23	Iraq	39	+0.3 pts
24	Chile	38.6	+0.9 pts
25	Barbados	38	+0.7 pts
26	Fiji	37.3	+0.8 pts
27	Palestine	37.1	+0.1 pts
28	Mexico	36.1	+0.6 pts
29	Panama	35.9	+0.9 pts
30	Jordan	35.7	-0.2 pts
31	Argentina	35.3	+0.9 pts
32	Brunei	34.8	+1.1 pts
33	Bahrain	34.6	+0.1 pts
34	Georgia	34.3	+0.7 pts
35	Nicaragua	33.7	+0.6 pts
36	Jamaica	33.7	+0.7 pts
37	Libya	33.5	+0.1 pts
38	New Zealand	33.3	+0.4 pts
39	Saint Lucia	33.3	+0.7 pts
40	Antigua and Barbuda	33.2	+0.7 pts
41	Uruguay	33.2	+0.9 pts
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33.2	+0.7 pts
43	Paraguay	33	+0.8 pts
44	Bermuda	32.7	+0.7 pts
45	Syria	32.6	+0.2 pts
46	Seychelles	32.2	+0.8 pts
47	United Arab Emirates	31.8	-0.1 pts
48	Costa Rica	31.4	+0.6 pts
49	South Africa	31.1	+0.3 pts
50	Dominica	31.1	+0.7 pts
51	El Salvador	31	+0.6 pts
52	Malta	30.7	-0 pts
53	Romania	30.7	+0.9 pts
54	Hungary	30.4	+0.5 pts
55	Honduras	30.3	+0.7 pts
56	Lebanon	30.2	+0.3 pts
57	Grenada	30.2	+0.7 pts
58	Trinidad and Tobago	29.9	+0.5 pts
59	Australia	29.8	+0.4 pts
60	Oman	29.8	+0.3 pts
61	Uzbekistan	29.5	+0.9 pts
62	Croatia	29.5	+0.6 pts
63	Suriname	29.4	+0.7 pts
64	Dominican Republic	29.3	+0.7 pts
65	Türkiye	29.1	-0.2 pts
66	Guyana	28.6	+0.8 pts
67	Eswatini	28.4	+0.6 pts
68	Bolivia	28.2	+0.7 pts
69	Brazil	28.2	+1 pts
70	Ecuador	27.4	+0.7 pts
71	Ireland	27.4	+0.2 pts
72	Peru	27.3	+0.9 pts
73	Greenland	27.1	+0.4 pts
74	United Kingdom	27	+0.2 pts
75	Greece	27	+0.2 pts
76	Papua New Guinea	27	+0.5 pts
77	Guatemala	26.5	+0.7 pts
78	Azerbaijan	26.4	+0.5 pts
79	North Macedonia	26.1	+0.4 pts
80	Canada	25.8	+0.1 pts
81	Czechia	25.6	+0.4 pts
82	Tunisia	25.5	+0.3 pts
83	Slovakia	25.1	+0.5 pts
84	Armenia	24.1	+0.4 pts
85	Iran	24	+0.3 pts
86	Colombia	23.8	+0.5 pts
87	Mongolia	23.7	+0.7 pts
88	Finland	23.2	+0.5 pts
89	Venezuela	23	-0 pts
90	Albania	23	+0.6 pts
91	Algeria	22.9	+0.3 pts
92	Mauritania	22.8	+0.6 pts
93	Ukraine	22.8	-0 pts
94	Moldova	22.6	-0.1 pts
95	Pakistan	22.4	+1 pts
96	Israel	22.3	-0.1 pts
97	Latvia	22.2	0 pts
98	Malaysia	22	+0.6 pts
99	Tajikistan	21.9	+0.6 pts
100	Vanuatu	21.8	+0.4 pts
101	Cuba	21.8	+0.6 pts
102	Poland	21.8	0 pts
103	Cyprus	21.6	-0 pts
104	Iceland	21.6	+0.3 pts
105	Lithuania	21.5	-0.1 pts
106	Turkmenistan	21.4	+0.4 pts
107	Gabon	21.3	+0.6 pts
108	Lesotho	21.2	+0.5 pts
109	Serbia	21.2	+0.3 pts
110	Solomon Islands	21.1	+0.3 pts
111	Belarus	20.9	-0.1 pts
112	Morocco	20.8	+0.3 pts
113	Kyrgyzstan	20.7	+0.7 pts
114	Germany	20.6	0 pts
115	Estonia	20.5	-0.1 pts
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.4	+0.3 pts
117	Kazakhstan	20.2	+0.4 pts
118	Belgium	20.2	+0.3 pts
119	Mauritius	20.1	+0.4 pts
120	Bulgaria	19.9	+0.2 pts
121	Norway	19.5	+0.3 pts
122	Slovenia	18.9	+0.4 pts
123	Luxembourg	18.8	+0.1 pts
124	Botswana	18.8	+0.5 pts
125	Afghanistan	18.7	+0.9 pts
126	Portugal	18.3	-0.1 pts
127	Equatorial Guinea	18.1	+0.5 pts
128	Russia	18.1	-0.3 pts
129	Namibia	17.5	+0.4 pts
130	Andorra	17.1	0 pts
131	Sweden	17	+0.3 pts
132	Montenegro	16.7	+0.2 pts
133	São Tomé and Príncipe	16.6	+0.6 pts
134	Maldives	16.5	+0.6 pts
135	Sudan	16.5	+0.6 pts
136	Spain	16.1	-0.4 pts
137	Austria	16	+0.2 pts
138	Comoros	15.6	+0.5 pts
139	Cape Verde	15.6	+0.5 pts
140	Liberia	15.6	+1 pts
141	Singapore	15.2	+0.8 pts
142	Cameroon	15.2	+0.4 pts
143	Thailand	14.9	+0.7 pts
144	Netherlands	14.5	+0.1 pts
145	Italy	14.4	-0.2 pts
146	Denmark	14	+0.2 pts
147	Somalia	13.9	+0.5 pts
148	Zimbabwe	13.8	+0.4 pts
149	Ghana	13.7	+0.4 pts
150	Nigeria	12.7	+0.5 pts
151	Yemen	12.6	+0.3 pts
152	Togo	12.1	+0.6 pts
153	Mali	12.1	+0.6 pts
154	Bhutan	11.9	+0.6 pts
155	Angola	11.9	+0.4 pts
156	Côte d’Ivoire	11.8	+0.5 pts
157	Guinea-Bissau	11.7	+0.5 pts
158	France	11.5	-0.2 pts
159	Gambia	11.4	+0.5 pts
160	Republic of the Congo	11.4	+0.4 pts
161	Benin	11.4	+0.4 pts
162	Switzerland	11	+0.1 pts
163	North Korea	10.9	+0.5 pts
164	Djibouti	10.7	+0.4 pts
165	Senegal	10.7	+0.4 pts
166	Zambia	10.7	+0.4 pts
167	Tanzania	10.6	+0.4 pts
168	Kenya	10.6	+0.3 pts
169	Indonesia	10.5	+0.6 pts
170	Haiti	10.5	+0.3 pts
171	Sri Lanka	10.2	+0.5 pts
172	Central African Republic	9.9	+0.5 pts
173	Mozambique	9.7	+0.4 pts
174	Guinea	9.6	+0.5 pts
175	Philippines	8.9	+0.4 pts
176	Uganda	8.4	+0.5 pts
177	Laos	8.3	+0.4 pts
178	China	8.2	+0.5 pts
179	South Sudan	8.2	+0.3 pts
180	Sierra Leone	7.7	+0.2 pts
181	Myanmar	7.6	+0.3 pts
182	South Korea	7.4	+0.4 pts
183	Malawi	7.3	+0.3 pts
184	India	7.2	+0.4 pts
185	Nepal	7	+0.4 pts
186	Burkina Faso	6.8	+0.4 pts
187	Chad	6.7	+0.3 pts
188	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.2	+0.2 pts
189	Niger	6.1	+0.3 pts
190	Japan	5.5	+0.2 pts
191	Bangladesh	5.1	+0.3 pts
192	Rwanda	4.9	+0.3 pts
193	Burundi	4.7	+0.2 pts
194	Cambodia	4.4	+0.3 pts
195	Madagascar	4	+0.2 pts
196	Eritrea	3.9	+0.2 pts
197	Timor-Leste	3	+0.3 pts
198	Ethiopia	2.6	+0.1 pts
199	Vietnam	2	+0.2 pts

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Percentage of adults aged 18 and over with obesity, defined as a body mass index of 30 kg/m² or more, women and men together. Age-standardized to the WHO standard population, so countries with older or younger populations can be compared. Estimates of the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), published by WHO, modelled from height and weight measured in national surveys.

Model estimates for every country and year, including years without a survey. A separate series from adult_obesity_rate, the CDC crude rate for US states from self-reported height and weight, which gives lower values than measurement. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.

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World Health Organization, data.who.int. Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), both sexes (NCD_BMI_30A) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C6262EC/BEFA58B (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), both sexes (NCD_BMI_30A), Countries by adult obesity rate, age-standardized, 2022. World Health Organization, 30 Sept. 2026, https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C6262EC/BEFA58B. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-age-standardized/countries?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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American Samoa, with 75.4% in 2022, according to World Health Organization.

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Vietnam, with 2% in 2022.

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