Countries by adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized, 2024
Tonga had the highest adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized of 199 countries in 2024, at 81.4%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 2.4%. The median was 25.5%. Source: World Health Organization.
Top 40 countries, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2024 (%) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 81.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 2 | American Samoa | 81.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 3 | Samoa | 76.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 4 | Tokelau | 74.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 73.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 72.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 7 | Nauru | 71.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 8 | Niue | 70.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 9 | Egypt | 57.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 10 | Bahamas | 57 | +1 pts |
| 11 | Micronesia | 57 | +0.4 pts |
| 12 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 13 | Belize | 53.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 14 | Kiribati | 52.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 15 | Marshall Islands | 51.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 16 | French Polynesia | 50.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 18 | Qatar | 50.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 19 | Jamaica | 50.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 20 | Barbados | 50 | +0.8 pts |
| 21 | Fiji | 48.8 | +0.9 pts |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 47.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 23 | Puerto Rico | 47.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 24 | Iraq | 47.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 25 | South Africa | 47.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 26 | Kuwait | 46.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 46.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 28 | Chile | 46.4 | +1 pts |
| 29 | Dominica | 46.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 30 | Palau | 45.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 31 | Palestine | 45.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 32 | Panama | 45 | +1 pts |
| 33 | Seychelles | 44.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 34 | Grenada | 43.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 36 | Bermuda | 43.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 37 | Eswatini | 42.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 38 | United States | 42.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 39 | Jordan | 41.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 40 | Libya | 41.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 41 | Bahrain | 41.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 42 | Mexico | 41.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 43 | Brunei | 41.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 44 | Suriname | 41 | +0.8 pts |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 40.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 46 | Guyana | 40.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 47 | Syria | 40.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 48 | Paraguay | 39.8 | +1 pts |
| 49 | Oman | 39.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 39.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 51 | Honduras | 39.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 52 | El Salvador | 38.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 53 | Argentina | 38.4 | +1 pts |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 38.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 55 | Uruguay | 37.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 56 | Mauritania | 37.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 37.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 59 | Georgia | 36.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 60 | Lesotho | 36 | +0.8 pts |
| 61 | Bolivia | 35.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 62 | New Zealand | 35.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 63 | Türkiye | 35.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 64 | Gabon | 34.1 | +1 pts |
| 65 | Brazil | 33.9 | +1 pts |
| 66 | Ecuador | 33.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 33.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 33.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 69 | Peru | 33.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 70 | Tunisia | 32.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 71 | Guatemala | 32.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 73 | Greenland | 32 | +0.5 pts |
| 74 | Algeria | 31.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 75 | Lebanon | 31.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 31.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 77 | Colombia | 30.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 78 | Botswana | 30.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 79 | Iran | 30.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 80 | Romania | 30 | +0.7 pts |
| 81 | Morocco | 29.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 82 | Australia | 29.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 28.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 84 | Malaysia | 28.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 85 | Armenia | 28.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 86 | Pakistan | 28 | +1.1 pts |
| 87 | Hungary | 27.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 27.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 89 | Malta | 27.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 27.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 27.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 92 | Ireland | 27.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 93 | Croatia | 27 | +0.4 pts |
| 94 | Greece | 26.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 95 | Mongolia | 26.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 26.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 97 | Mauritius | 26.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 98 | Cuba | 26.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 25.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 100 | Ukraine | 25.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 102 | Comoros | 25.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 103 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 25.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 104 | Venezuela | 25.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 105 | Maldives | 25.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 106 | Namibia | 25 | +0.5 pts |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 24.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 108 | Albania | 24.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 109 | Finland | 24.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 110 | Canada | 24.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 24.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 112 | Ghana | 23.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 113 | Somalia | 23.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 114 | Moldova | 23.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 115 | Sudan | 23 | +0.6 pts |
| 116 | Cameroon | 22.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 117 | Israel | 22.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 118 | Czechia | 22.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 119 | Belgium | 22 | +0.4 pts |
| 120 | Slovakia | 22 | +0.2 pts |
| 121 | Liberia | 21.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 122 | Belarus | 21.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 21.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 124 | Latvia | 21.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 21.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 126 | Iceland | 21 | +0.3 pts |
| 127 | Estonia | 20 | -0.1 pts |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 129 | Cyprus | 19.8 | -0 pts |
| 130 | Togo | 19.7 | +1 pts |
| 131 | Thailand | 19.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 132 | Lithuania | 19.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 133 | Norway | 19.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 134 | Germany | 19.1 | 0 pts |
| 135 | Gambia | 19 | +0.8 pts |
| 136 | Portugal | 19 | -0.1 pts |
| 137 | Nigeria | 18.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 138 | Senegal | 18.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 139 | Angola | 18.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 140 | Serbia | 18.2 | 0 pts |
| 141 | Russia | 18 | -0.5 pts |
| 142 | Republic of the Congo | 18 | +0.5 pts |
| 143 | Côte d’Ivoire | 17.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 144 | Poland | 17.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 145 | Mali | 17.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 17.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 147 | Bulgaria | 17.3 | 0 pts |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 149 | Zambia | 17.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 150 | Bhutan | 16.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 151 | Benin | 16.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 152 | Kenya | 16.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 153 | Djibouti | 16.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 154 | Indonesia | 16.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 155 | Haiti | 16.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 156 | Sweden | 16.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 157 | Yemen | 16.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 158 | Tanzania | 16.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 159 | Singapore | 15.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 160 | Andorra | 15.2 | 0 pts |
| 161 | Netherlands | 15.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 15 | +0.7 pts |
| 163 | North Korea | 14.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 164 | Montenegro | 14.6 | 0 pts |
| 165 | Guinea | 14.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 166 | Mozambique | 14.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 167 | Uganda | 14.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 168 | Central African Republic | 14 | +0.6 pts |
| 169 | Italy | 13.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 170 | Austria | 13.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 171 | Slovenia | 13.3 | -0 pts |
| 172 | Denmark | 13.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 13.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 174 | Spain | 13 | -0.4 pts |
| 175 | Malawi | 12.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 176 | South Sudan | 12.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 177 | France | 11.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 178 | Laos | 11.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 179 | Philippines | 11.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 180 | Burkina Faso | 10.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 181 | India | 10.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 182 | Myanmar | 10.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 183 | Nepal | 10.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 184 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 185 | Switzerland | 9 | +0.1 pts |
| 186 | Rwanda | 8.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 187 | Niger | 8.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 188 | Bangladesh | 8.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 189 | China | 8.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 190 | Chad | 7.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 191 | Cambodia | 6.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 192 | South Korea | 6 | +0.2 pts |
| 193 | Eritrea | 5.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 194 | Timor-Leste | 5.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 195 | Ethiopia | 4.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 196 | Madagascar | 4.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 197 | Burundi | 4.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 198 | Japan | 3.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 199 | Vietnam | 2.4 | +0.2 pts |
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About this ranking
Percentage of adults aged 18 and over with obesity, defined as a body mass index of 30 kg/m² or more, women only. 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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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World Health Organization, data.who.int. Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (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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Which country has the highest adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized?
Tonga, with 81.4% in 2024, according to World Health Organization.
Which country has the lowest adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized?
Vietnam, with 2.4% in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.