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Countries by adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized

American Samoa had the highest adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized of 199 countries in 2016, at 78.7%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 1.3%. The median was 22.4%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest78.7American Samoa
Lowest1.3Vietnam
Median22.4199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2016

American Samoa: 78.7 %American Samoa78.7Tonga: 75.9 %Tonga75.9Tokelau: 71.2 %Tokelau71.2Samoa: 70.4 %Samoa70.4Nauru: 69.8 %Nauru69.8Cook Islands: 69 %Cook Islands69Tuvalu: 68.3 %Tuvalu68.3Niue: 66.4 %Niue66.4Micronesia: 53.6 %Micronesia53.6Egypt: 52.1 %Egypt52.1Kiribati: 51.3 %Kiribati51.3Marshall Islands: 49.7 %Marshall Islands49.7Saint Kitts and Nevis: 49.6 %Saint Kitts and Nevis49.6Bahamas: 49 %Bahamas49Kuwait: 47.7 %Kuwait47.7Belize: 47.7 %Belize47.7French Polynesia: 46.9 %French Polynesia46.9Qatar: 46.3 %Qatar46.3Saudi Arabia: 44.7 %Saudi Arabia44.7Iraq: 43.7 %Iraq43.7Palestine: 43.7 %Palestine43.7Barbados: 43.3 %Barbados43.3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 43.3 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines43.3Palau: 43.3 %Palau43.3Jordan: 43.1 %Jordan43.1Jamaica: 42.7 %Jamaica42.7South Africa: 42.6 %South Africa42.6Puerto Rico: 41.6 %Puerto Rico41.6Fiji: 41.6 %Fiji41.6Saint Lucia: 41.1 %Saint Lucia41.1Libya: 41.1 %Libya41.1Dominica: 40.2 %Dominica40.2Bahrain: 39.8 %Bahrain39.8United States: 39.5 %United States39.5United Arab Emirates: 39.2 %United Arab Emirates39.2Chile: 38.6 %Chile38.6Seychelles: 38.4 %Seychelles38.4Syria: 38 %Syria38Eswatini: 37.5 %Eswatini37.5Grenada: 37.4 %Grenada37.4
%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2016 (%)Change on 2015
1American Samoa78.7+0.4 pts
2Tonga75.9+0.8 pts
3Tokelau71.2+0.4 pts
4Samoa70.4+0.8 pts
5Nauru69.8+0.2 pts
6Cook Islands69+0.6 pts
7Tuvalu68.3+0.6 pts
8Niue66.4+0.5 pts
9Micronesia53.6+0.5 pts
10Egypt52.1+0.8 pts
11Kiribati51.3+0.3 pts
12Marshall Islands49.7+0.3 pts
13Saint Kitts and Nevis49.6+0.8 pts
14Bahamas49+1.1 pts
15Kuwait47.7-0 pts
16Belize47.7+0.8 pts
17French Polynesia46.9+0.5 pts
18Qatar46.3+0.6 pts
19Saudi Arabia44.7+0.4 pts
20Iraq43.7+0.6 pts
21Palestine43.7+0.4 pts
22Barbados43.3+0.9 pts
23Saint Vincent and the Grenadines43.3+0.9 pts
24Palau43.3+0.3 pts
25Jordan43.10 pts
26Jamaica42.7+1 pts
27South Africa42.6+0.6 pts
28Puerto Rico41.6+0.8 pts
29Fiji41.6+0.9 pts
30Saint Lucia41.1+0.9 pts
31Libya41.1+0.3 pts
32Dominica40.2+0.8 pts
33Bahrain39.8+0.4 pts
34United States39.5+0.4 pts
35United Arab Emirates39.20 pts
36Chile38.6+1 pts
37Seychelles38.4+0.7 pts
38Syria38+0.4 pts
39Eswatini37.5+0.7 pts
40Grenada37.4+0.8 pts
41Antigua and Barbuda37.3+0.8 pts
42Bermuda37.2+0.8 pts
43Panama36.7+1.1 pts
44Türkiye36.60 pts
45Mexico36.4+0.7 pts
46Oman35.2+0.7 pts
47Nicaragua35+0.7 pts
48Suriname34.6+0.8 pts
49El Salvador33.5+0.7 pts
50Guyana33.1+0.9 pts
51Costa Rica33+0.8 pts
52Trinidad and Tobago32.6+0.5 pts
53Paraguay32.1+1 pts
54New Zealand32+0.5 pts
55Honduras31.9+1 pts
56Georgia31.8+0.6 pts
57Tunisia30.7+0.4 pts
58Argentina30.6+1 pts
59Azerbaijan30.5+0.4 pts
60Dominican Republic30.5+0.8 pts
61Uruguay30.5+0.9 pts
62Brunei30.4+1.2 pts
63Mauritania30.4+0.8 pts
64Lesotho29.4+0.8 pts
65Bolivia29.4+0.8 pts
66Lebanon29.2+0.4 pts
67Algeria28.7+0.5 pts
68Ecuador28.3+0.7 pts
69Malta28.3-0 pts
70Greenland28.2+0.4 pts
71Iran28.1+0.4 pts
72Uzbekistan27.5+0.8 pts
73Papua New Guinea27+0.5 pts
74Australia26.9+0.4 pts
75Guatemala26.9+0.7 pts
76United Kingdom26.8+0.3 pts
77Gabon26.6+0.9 pts
78Armenia26.4+0.3 pts
79Ukraine26.2-0 pts
80Equatorial Guinea26.2+0.7 pts
81Peru26+0.9 pts
82Brazil25.9+1 pts
83Moldova25.8-0.3 pts
84Hungary25.5+0.4 pts
85Morocco25.4+0.7 pts
86Colombia25.3+0.7 pts
87Greece25.2+0.3 pts
88Botswana25+0.7 pts
89Ireland24.9+0.3 pts
90Venezuela24.9+0.1 pts
91North Macedonia24.9+0.2 pts
92Romania24.6+0.7 pts
93Vanuatu24.4+0.4 pts
94Solomon Islands24.3+0.4 pts
95Canada24.1+0.1 pts
96Croatia23.9+0.4 pts
97Belarus23.9-0.2 pts
98Israel23.1-0.1 pts
99Mauritius23+0.4 pts
100Malaysia22.4+0.8 pts
101Mongolia22.3+0.6 pts
102Tajikistan22.2+0.7 pts
103Latvia21.9-0 pts
104Albania21.8+0.4 pts
105Russia21.7-0.4 pts
106Cuba21.7+0.6 pts
107Lithuania21.5-0.2 pts
108Namibia21.4+0.4 pts
109Turkmenistan21.2+0.4 pts
110Finland21+0.4 pts
111Czechia21+0.2 pts
112Estonia20.6-0 pts
113Kazakhstan20.2+0.1 pts
114Kyrgyzstan20.2+0.6 pts
115Cyprus200 pts
116Slovakia20+0.3 pts
117Pakistan19.7+1 pts
118Portugal19.6-0 pts
119Comoros19.5+0.7 pts
120Poland19.4-0.1 pts
121Bosnia and Herzegovina19.3+0.1 pts
122Belgium19.1+0.3 pts
123Germany19.1-0 pts
124São Tomé and Príncipe19+0.7 pts
125Iceland19+0.2 pts
126Maldives18.8+0.8 pts
127Sudan18.5+0.6 pts
128Cape Verde18.2+0.7 pts
129Ghana18+0.6 pts
130Somalia17.9+0.7 pts
131Serbia17.9+0.1 pts
132Cameroon17.7+0.5 pts
133Zimbabwe17.4+0.5 pts
134Bulgaria17+0.1 pts
135Luxembourg16.8+0.1 pts
136Norway16.7+0.3 pts
137Spain16.3-0.4 pts
138Afghanistan16.3+1.1 pts
139Andorra15.30 pts
140Sweden14.9+0.2 pts
141Netherlands14.6+0.1 pts
142Montenegro14.5+0.1 pts
143Italy14.4-0.1 pts
144Thailand14.1+0.6 pts
145Republic of the Congo14+0.4 pts
146Angola14+0.5 pts
147Slovenia13.7-0 pts
148Senegal13.6+0.5 pts
149Liberia13.4+0.8 pts
150Nigeria13.3+0.6 pts
151Kenya13.3+0.5 pts
152Yemen13.2+0.4 pts
153Gambia13.2+0.6 pts
154Haiti13.1+0.4 pts
155Togo12.9+0.7 pts
156France12.8-0.1 pts
157Côte d’Ivoire12.7+0.5 pts
158Benin12.6+0.4 pts
159Djibouti12.6+0.5 pts
160Austria12.5+0.1 pts
161Zambia12.4+0.6 pts
162Tanzania12.2+0.5 pts
163Guinea-Bissau11.8+0.5 pts
164Denmark11.6+0.2 pts
165Bhutan11.4+0.6 pts
166Mali11.2+0.6 pts
167Indonesia10.5+0.7 pts
168Singapore10.3+0.5 pts
169Mozambique10.1+0.5 pts
170North Korea10.1+0.5 pts
171Sri Lanka10.1+0.6 pts
172Sierra Leone10+0.3 pts
173Central African Republic9.7+0.5 pts
174Uganda9.4+0.5 pts
175Guinea9.3+0.5 pts
176South Sudan8.9+0.4 pts
177Philippines8.5+0.3 pts
178Malawi8.4+0.4 pts
179Switzerland8.1+0.1 pts
180Myanmar7.9+0.3 pts
181Laos7.6+0.4 pts
182India6.8+0.4 pts
183Democratic Republic of the Congo6.5+0.3 pts
184Burkina Faso6.3+0.4 pts
185Niger6+0.3 pts
186Nepal5.9+0.5 pts
187China5.7+0.3 pts
188Rwanda5.3+0.4 pts
189Bangladesh5+0.4 pts
190Chad4.6+0.2 pts
191South Korea4.6+0.2 pts
192Eritrea4+0.2 pts
193Cambodia3.6+0.3 pts
194Japan3.1+0.1 pts
195Burundi3.1+0.1 pts
196Madagascar3+0.2 pts
197Ethiopia2.9+0.2 pts
198Timor-Leste2.6+0.2 pts
199Vietnam1.3+0.1 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 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.

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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?

American Samoa, with 78.7% in 2016, according to World Health Organization.

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Vietnam, with 1.3% in 2016.

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