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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 2017, at 79%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 1.4%. The median was 23%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest79American Samoa
Lowest1.4Vietnam
Median23199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2017

American Samoa: 79 %American Samoa79Tonga: 76.7 %Tonga76.7Tokelau: 71.6 %Tokelau71.6Samoa: 71.2 %Samoa71.2Nauru: 70.1 %Nauru70.1Cook Islands: 69.7 %Cook Islands69.7Tuvalu: 68.9 %Tuvalu68.9Niue: 66.9 %Niue66.9Micronesia: 54 %Micronesia54Egypt: 52.8 %Egypt52.8Kiribati: 51.5 %Kiribati51.5Saint Kitts and Nevis: 50.4 %Saint Kitts and Nevis50.4Bahamas: 50.1 %Bahamas50.1Marshall Islands: 50 %Marshall Islands50Belize: 48.5 %Belize48.5Kuwait: 47.7 %Kuwait47.7French Polynesia: 47.4 %French Polynesia47.4Qatar: 46.9 %Qatar46.9Saudi Arabia: 45.1 %Saudi Arabia45.1Iraq: 44.3 %Iraq44.3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 44.2 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines44.2Barbados: 44.2 %Barbados44.2Palestine: 44 %Palestine44Jamaica: 43.7 %Jamaica43.7Palau: 43.6 %Palau43.6South Africa: 43.2 %South Africa43.2Jordan: 43 %Jordan43Fiji: 42.5 %Fiji42.5Puerto Rico: 42.4 %Puerto Rico42.4Saint Lucia: 42 %Saint Lucia42Libya: 41.3 %Libya41.3Dominica: 41 %Dominica41Bahrain: 40.1 %Bahrain40.1United States: 39.9 %United States39.9Chile: 39.6 %Chile39.6United Arab Emirates: 39.2 %United Arab Emirates39.2Seychelles: 39.2 %Seychelles39.2Syria: 38.3 %Syria38.3Grenada: 38.2 %Grenada38.2Eswatini: 38.2 %Eswatini38.2
%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017 (%)Change on 2016
1American Samoa79+0.3 pts
2Tonga76.7+0.8 pts
3Tokelau71.6+0.4 pts
4Samoa71.2+0.8 pts
5Nauru70.1+0.2 pts
6Cook Islands69.7+0.6 pts
7Tuvalu68.9+0.5 pts
8Niue66.9+0.5 pts
9Micronesia54+0.4 pts
10Egypt52.8+0.7 pts
11Kiribati51.5+0.3 pts
12Saint Kitts and Nevis50.4+0.8 pts
13Bahamas50.1+1 pts
14Marshall Islands50+0.3 pts
15Belize48.5+0.8 pts
16Kuwait47.7-0 pts
17French Polynesia47.4+0.5 pts
18Qatar46.9+0.6 pts
19Saudi Arabia45.1+0.4 pts
20Iraq44.3+0.6 pts
21Saint Vincent and the Grenadines44.2+0.9 pts
22Barbados44.2+0.9 pts
23Palestine44+0.3 pts
24Jamaica43.7+1 pts
25Palau43.6+0.3 pts
26South Africa43.2+0.6 pts
27Jordan43-0 pts
28Fiji42.5+0.9 pts
29Puerto Rico42.4+0.8 pts
30Saint Lucia42+0.9 pts
31Libya41.3+0.2 pts
32Dominica41+0.8 pts
33Bahrain40.1+0.3 pts
34United States39.9+0.4 pts
35Chile39.6+1 pts
36United Arab Emirates39.2-0 pts
37Seychelles39.2+0.8 pts
38Syria38.3+0.4 pts
39Grenada38.2+0.8 pts
40Eswatini38.2+0.7 pts
41Antigua and Barbuda38.1+0.8 pts
42Bermuda38+0.8 pts
43Panama37.8+1.1 pts
44Mexico37+0.7 pts
45Türkiye36.6-0 pts
46Oman35.8+0.6 pts
47Nicaragua35.7+0.7 pts
48Suriname35.4+0.8 pts
49El Salvador34.2+0.7 pts
50Guyana34+0.9 pts
51Costa Rica33.8+0.8 pts
52Trinidad and Tobago33.1+0.5 pts
53Paraguay33+1 pts
54Honduras32.9+1 pts
55New Zealand32.5+0.5 pts
56Georgia32.4+0.6 pts
57Brunei31.7+1.3 pts
58Argentina31.6+1 pts
59Uruguay31.4+0.9 pts
60Dominican Republic31.3+0.8 pts
61Mauritania31.2+0.8 pts
62Tunisia31+0.3 pts
63Azerbaijan30.9+0.4 pts
64Bolivia30.2+0.8 pts
65Lesotho30.2+0.8 pts
66Lebanon29.5+0.4 pts
67Algeria29.2+0.5 pts
68Ecuador29+0.7 pts
69Greenland28.7+0.5 pts
70Iran28.5+0.4 pts
71Uzbekistan28.4+0.8 pts
72Malta28.3-0.1 pts
73Papua New Guinea27.6+0.5 pts
74Guatemala27.6+0.7 pts
75Gabon27.5+0.9 pts
76Australia27.3+0.4 pts
77United Kingdom27.1+0.3 pts
78Equatorial Guinea26.9+0.7 pts
79Brazil26.9+1 pts
80Peru26.9+0.9 pts
81Armenia26.7+0.3 pts
82Ukraine26.2-0.1 pts
83Morocco26+0.6 pts
84Colombia26+0.7 pts
85Hungary25.8+0.3 pts
86Botswana25.6+0.7 pts
87Moldova25.5-0.3 pts
88Greece25.5+0.2 pts
89Romania25.3+0.7 pts
90Ireland25.2+0.3 pts
91North Macedonia25+0.2 pts
92Venezuela25+0.1 pts
93Vanuatu24.8+0.4 pts
94Solomon Islands24.7+0.4 pts
95Croatia24.4+0.4 pts
96Canada24.2+0.1 pts
97Belarus23.6-0.2 pts
98Mauritius23.3+0.4 pts
99Malaysia23.2+0.8 pts
100Israel23-0.1 pts
101Mongolia22.9+0.6 pts
102Tajikistan22.9+0.7 pts
103Cuba22.2+0.6 pts
104Albania22.2+0.4 pts
105Namibia21.9+0.4 pts
106Latvia21.8-0 pts
107Turkmenistan21.6+0.4 pts
108Finland21.4+0.4 pts
109Lithuania21.3-0.2 pts
110Russia21.3-0.4 pts
111Czechia21.1+0.2 pts
112Kyrgyzstan20.9+0.7 pts
113Pakistan20.7+1 pts
114Estonia20.5-0 pts
115Kazakhstan20.4+0.1 pts
116Slovakia20.3+0.3 pts
117Comoros20.3+0.7 pts
118Cyprus20-0 pts
119São Tomé and Príncipe19.8+0.7 pts
120Maldives19.6+0.8 pts
121Portugal19.5-0 pts
122Belgium19.4+0.3 pts
123Bosnia and Herzegovina19.4+0.1 pts
124Iceland19.3+0.2 pts
125Poland19.2-0.2 pts
126Sudan19.1+0.6 pts
127Germany19.1-0 pts
128Cape Verde19+0.7 pts
129Ghana18.7+0.7 pts
130Somalia18.6+0.7 pts
131Cameroon18.2+0.5 pts
132Serbia17.9+0.1 pts
133Zimbabwe17.9+0.5 pts
134Afghanistan17.5+1.1 pts
135Bulgaria17.1+0.1 pts
136Norway17+0.3 pts
137Luxembourg16.9+0.1 pts
138Spain15.9-0.4 pts
139Andorra15.30 pts
140Sweden15.1+0.2 pts
141Thailand14.7+0.6 pts
142Netherlands14.6+0.1 pts
143Montenegro14.60 pts
144Republic of the Congo14.5+0.5 pts
145Angola14.5+0.5 pts
146Italy14.3-0.1 pts
147Liberia14.2+0.9 pts
148Senegal14.1+0.5 pts
149Nigeria13.9+0.6 pts
150Gambia13.8+0.7 pts
151Kenya13.8+0.5 pts
152Slovenia13.6-0.1 pts
153Yemen13.6+0.4 pts
154Togo13.6+0.7 pts
155Haiti13.5+0.4 pts
156Côte d’Ivoire13.2+0.6 pts
157Benin13.1+0.5 pts
158Djibouti13.1+0.5 pts
159Zambia12.9+0.6 pts
160France12.7-0.1 pts
161Tanzania12.7+0.5 pts
162Austria12.6+0.1 pts
163Guinea-Bissau12.4+0.6 pts
164Bhutan12.1+0.6 pts
165Mali11.9+0.7 pts
166Denmark11.8+0.2 pts
167Indonesia11.2+0.7 pts
168Singapore10.9+0.5 pts
169Sri Lanka10.7+0.6 pts
170Mozambique10.6+0.5 pts
171North Korea10.6+0.5 pts
172Sierra Leone10.3+0.3 pts
173Central African Republic10.2+0.5 pts
174Uganda9.9+0.6 pts
175Guinea9.8+0.6 pts
176South Sudan9.3+0.4 pts
177Malawi8.9+0.4 pts
178Philippines8.8+0.4 pts
179Switzerland8.2+0.1 pts
180Myanmar8.2+0.3 pts
181Laos8.1+0.4 pts
182India7.2+0.4 pts
183Democratic Republic of the Congo6.8+0.3 pts
184Burkina Faso6.8+0.5 pts
185Nepal6.4+0.5 pts
186Niger6.3+0.3 pts
187China6+0.3 pts
188Rwanda5.7+0.4 pts
189Bangladesh5.4+0.4 pts
190Chad4.9+0.3 pts
191South Korea4.7+0.2 pts
192Eritrea4.2+0.2 pts
193Cambodia3.9+0.3 pts
194Burundi3.2+0.1 pts
195Japan3.2+0.1 pts
196Madagascar3.2+0.2 pts
197Ethiopia3+0.2 pts
198Timor-Leste2.9+0.3 pts
199Vietnam1.4+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 79% in 2017, according to World Health Organization.

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Vietnam, with 1.4% in 2017.

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