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Countries by adult obesity rate, age-standardized

American Samoa had the highest adult obesity rate, age-standardized of 199 countries in 2023, at 75.6%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 2.2%. The median was 22.3%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest75.6American Samoa
Lowest2.2Vietnam
Median22.3199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2023

American Samoa: 75.6 %American Samoa75.6Tonga: 73 %Tonga73Cook Islands: 71.6 %Cook Islands71.6Nauru: 71.1 %Nauru71.1Tokelau: 70.3 %Tokelau70.3Niue: 66.4 %Niue66.4Tuvalu: 64.6 %Tuvalu64.6Samoa: 63.6 %Samoa63.6French Polynesia: 48.6 %French Polynesia48.6Micronesia: 48.2 %Micronesia48.2Bahamas: 47.6 %Bahamas47.6Saint Kitts and Nevis: 46.1 %Saint Kitts and Nevis46.1Kiribati: 45.4 %Kiribati45.4Egypt: 43.5 %Egypt43.5Belize: 42.7 %Belize42.7Marshall Islands: 41.8 %Marshall Islands41.8Puerto Rico: 41.8 %Puerto Rico41.8Qatar: 41.7 %Qatar41.7United States: 40.7 %United States40.7Kuwait: 40.5 %Kuwait40.5Palau: 40.3 %Palau40.3Saudi Arabia: 39.8 %Saudi Arabia39.8Chile: 39.5 %Chile39.5Iraq: 39.3 %Iraq39.3Barbados: 38.7 %Barbados38.7Fiji: 38.2 %Fiji38.2Palestine: 37.2 %Palestine37.2Panama: 36.8 %Panama36.8Mexico: 36.7 %Mexico36.7Argentina: 36.2 %Argentina36.2Brunei: 35.9 %Brunei35.9Jordan: 35.5 %Jordan35.5Georgia: 35 %Georgia35Bahrain: 34.8 %Bahrain34.8Jamaica: 34.4 %Jamaica34.4Nicaragua: 34.3 %Nicaragua34.3Uruguay: 34.1 %Uruguay34.1Saint Lucia: 34 %Saint Lucia34Antigua and Barbuda: 33.9 %Antigua and Barbuda33.9Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 33.9 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.9
%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), both sexes (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2023 (%)Change on 2022
1American Samoa75.6+0.3 pts
2Tonga73+0.9 pts
3Cook Islands71.6+0.7 pts
4Nauru71.1+0.3 pts
5Tokelau70.3+0.4 pts
6Niue66.4+0.5 pts
7Tuvalu64.6+0.5 pts
8Samoa63.6+0.6 pts
9French Polynesia48.6+0.5 pts
10Micronesia48.2+0.5 pts
11Bahamas47.6+0.7 pts
12Saint Kitts and Nevis46.1+0.6 pts
13Kiribati45.4+0.2 pts
14Egypt43.5+0.4 pts
15Belize42.7+0.7 pts
16Marshall Islands41.8+0.1 pts
17Puerto Rico41.8+0.6 pts
18Qatar41.7+0.2 pts
19United States40.7+0.3 pts
20Kuwait40.5-0.2 pts
21Palau40.3+0.1 pts
22Saudi Arabia39.8+0.2 pts
23Chile39.5+0.9 pts
24Iraq39.3+0.3 pts
25Barbados38.7+0.7 pts
26Fiji38.2+0.9 pts
27Palestine37.2+0.1 pts
28Panama36.8+0.9 pts
29Mexico36.7+0.7 pts
30Argentina36.2+1 pts
31Brunei35.9+1.1 pts
32Jordan35.5-0.2 pts
33Georgia35+0.7 pts
34Bahrain34.8+0.1 pts
35Jamaica34.4+0.7 pts
36Nicaragua34.3+0.6 pts
37Uruguay34.1+0.9 pts
38Saint Lucia34+0.8 pts
39Antigua and Barbuda33.9+0.7 pts
40Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.9+0.7 pts
41Paraguay33.8+0.8 pts
42New Zealand33.7+0.4 pts
43Libya33.6+0.1 pts
44Bermuda33.4+0.7 pts
45Seychelles33+0.8 pts
46Syria32.8+0.2 pts
47Costa Rica32+0.6 pts
48Dominica31.7+0.7 pts
49United Arab Emirates31.7-0.1 pts
50El Salvador31.6+0.6 pts
51Romania31.5+0.9 pts
52South Africa31.4+0.3 pts
53Honduras31+0.7 pts
54Hungary30.9+0.5 pts
55Grenada30.8+0.7 pts
56Malta30.7-0 pts
57Lebanon30.5+0.3 pts
58Trinidad and Tobago30.4+0.5 pts
59Uzbekistan30.3+0.9 pts
60Australia30.2+0.4 pts
61Croatia30.1+0.7 pts
62Suriname30.1+0.7 pts
63Oman30.1+0.3 pts
64Dominican Republic30+0.7 pts
65Guyana29.4+0.8 pts
66Brazil29.1+1 pts
67Eswatini29+0.6 pts
68Bolivia29+0.7 pts
69Türkiye28.9-0.2 pts
70Peru28.2+0.9 pts
71Ecuador28.2+0.7 pts
72Ireland27.6+0.2 pts
73Greenland27.6+0.5 pts
74Papua New Guinea27.5+0.5 pts
75Guatemala27.2+0.7 pts
76Greece27.2+0.2 pts
77United Kingdom27.2+0.2 pts
78Azerbaijan27+0.5 pts
79North Macedonia26.4+0.4 pts
80Czechia25.9+0.4 pts
81Canada25.9+0.1 pts
82Tunisia25.8+0.3 pts
83Slovakia25.6+0.5 pts
84Armenia24.5+0.4 pts
85Mongolia24.4+0.7 pts
86Colombia24.3+0.6 pts
87Iran24.3+0.3 pts
88Finland23.7+0.5 pts
89Albania23.5+0.6 pts
90Mauritania23.4+0.6 pts
91Pakistan23.4+1.1 pts
92Algeria23.2+0.4 pts
93Venezuela23-0 pts
94Ukraine22.80 pts
95Malaysia22.7+0.7 pts
96Tajikistan22.5+0.6 pts
97Moldova22.4-0.1 pts
98Cuba22.4+0.6 pts
99Israel22.3-0.1 pts
100Latvia22.30 pts
101Vanuatu22.2+0.4 pts
102Gabon22+0.7 pts
103Iceland21.9+0.3 pts
104Turkmenistan21.8+0.4 pts
105Poland21.80 pts
106Lesotho21.7+0.5 pts
107Cyprus21.6-0 pts
108Serbia21.5+0.3 pts
109Solomon Islands21.5+0.3 pts
110Lithuania21.4-0.1 pts
111Kyrgyzstan21.4+0.7 pts
112Morocco21.2+0.4 pts
113Belarus20.8-0.1 pts
114Kazakhstan20.7+0.4 pts
115Bosnia and Herzegovina20.7+0.3 pts
116Germany20.60 pts
117Mauritius20.6+0.5 pts
118Belgium20.5+0.3 pts
119Estonia20.4-0.1 pts
120Bulgaria20.1+0.2 pts
121Norway19.9+0.3 pts
122Afghanistan19.6+0.9 pts
123Slovenia19.3+0.4 pts
124Botswana19.3+0.5 pts
125Luxembourg18.9+0.1 pts
126Equatorial Guinea18.7+0.5 pts
127Portugal18.2-0.1 pts
128Russia17.9-0.3 pts
129Namibia17.9+0.4 pts
130São Tomé and Príncipe17.3+0.6 pts
131Sweden17.2+0.3 pts
132Maldives17.2+0.7 pts
133Sudan17.1+0.6 pts
134Andorra17.10 pts
135Montenegro16.9+0.2 pts
136Liberia16.7+1.1 pts
137Austria16.3+0.2 pts
138Comoros16.2+0.6 pts
139Cape Verde16.2+0.6 pts
140Singapore16.1+0.9 pts
141Spain15.7-0.4 pts
142Thailand15.6+0.7 pts
143Cameroon15.6+0.4 pts
144Netherlands14.6+0.1 pts
145Somalia14.4+0.5 pts
146Zimbabwe14.3+0.4 pts
147Italy14.2-0.2 pts
148Denmark14.1+0.2 pts
149Ghana14.1+0.4 pts
150Nigeria13.2+0.5 pts
151Yemen13+0.3 pts
152Togo12.7+0.6 pts
153Mali12.7+0.6 pts
154Bhutan12.5+0.6 pts
155Côte d’Ivoire12.3+0.5 pts
156Angola12.3+0.4 pts
157Guinea-Bissau12.2+0.5 pts
158Gambia11.9+0.5 pts
159Benin11.8+0.4 pts
160Republic of the Congo11.8+0.4 pts
161North Korea11.4+0.5 pts
162France11.3-0.2 pts
163Djibouti11.2+0.4 pts
164Indonesia11.2+0.6 pts
165Switzerland11.2+0.1 pts
166Senegal11.1+0.4 pts
167Zambia11.1+0.5 pts
168Tanzania11+0.5 pts
169Kenya10.9+0.3 pts
170Haiti10.8+0.3 pts
171Sri Lanka10.7+0.5 pts
172Central African Republic10.4+0.5 pts
173Mozambique10.2+0.4 pts
174Guinea10.1+0.5 pts
175Philippines9.2+0.4 pts
176Uganda8.9+0.5 pts
177China8.7+0.5 pts
178Laos8.7+0.4 pts
179South Sudan8.5+0.3 pts
180Sierra Leone7.9+0.3 pts
181South Korea7.9+0.5 pts
182Myanmar7.8+0.3 pts
183Malawi7.6+0.3 pts
184India7.6+0.4 pts
185Nepal7.5+0.4 pts
186Burkina Faso7.2+0.4 pts
187Chad7+0.3 pts
188Niger6.4+0.3 pts
189Democratic Republic of the Congo6.4+0.2 pts
190Japan5.7+0.2 pts
191Bangladesh5.4+0.3 pts
192Rwanda5.3+0.3 pts
193Burundi4.9+0.2 pts
194Cambodia4.6+0.3 pts
195Madagascar4.3+0.2 pts
196Eritrea4.1+0.2 pts
197Timor-Leste3.3+0.3 pts
198Ethiopia2.7+0.2 pts
199Vietnam2.2+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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which country has the highest adult obesity rate, age-standardized?

American Samoa, with 75.6% in 2023, according to World Health Organization.

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Vietnam, with 2.2% in 2023.

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