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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 2020, at 80%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 1.8%. The median was 24.3%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest80American Samoa
Lowest1.8Vietnam
Median24.3199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2020

American Samoa: 80 %American Samoa80Tonga: 78.8 %Tonga78.8Samoa: 73.5 %Samoa73.5Tokelau: 72.8 %Tokelau72.8Cook Islands: 71.5 %Cook Islands71.5Nauru: 70.6 %Nauru70.6Tuvalu: 70.4 %Tuvalu70.4Niue: 68.3 %Niue68.3Micronesia: 55.3 %Micronesia55.3Egypt: 54.7 %Egypt54.7Bahamas: 53.1 %Bahamas53.1Saint Kitts and Nevis: 52.6 %Saint Kitts and Nevis52.6Kiribati: 52.2 %Kiribati52.2Marshall Islands: 50.9 %Marshall Islands50.9Belize: 50.6 %Belize50.6French Polynesia: 48.9 %French Polynesia48.9Qatar: 48.4 %Qatar48.4Kuwait: 47.3 %Kuwait47.3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 46.8 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines46.8Barbados: 46.7 %Barbados46.7Jamaica: 46.5 %Jamaica46.5Saudi Arabia: 45.9 %Saudi Arabia45.9Iraq: 45.8 %Iraq45.8Fiji: 45.1 %Fiji45.1South Africa: 45 %South Africa45Puerto Rico: 44.8 %Puerto Rico44.8Palestine: 44.7 %Palestine44.7Palau: 44.5 %Palau44.5Saint Lucia: 44.5 %Saint Lucia44.5Dominica: 43.3 %Dominica43.3Jordan: 42.7 %Jordan42.7Chile: 42.5 %Chile42.5Libya: 41.7 %Libya41.7Seychelles: 41.5 %Seychelles41.5United States: 41.1 %United States41.1Panama: 40.9 %Panama40.9Bahrain: 40.9 %Bahrain40.9Grenada: 40.6 %Grenada40.6Antigua and Barbuda: 40.4 %Antigua and Barbuda40.4Bermuda: 40.4 %Bermuda40.4
%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020 (%)Change on 2019
1American Samoa80+0.3 pts
2Tonga78.8+0.7 pts
3Samoa73.5+0.8 pts
4Tokelau72.8+0.4 pts
5Cook Islands71.5+0.6 pts
6Nauru70.6+0.2 pts
7Tuvalu70.4+0.5 pts
8Niue68.3+0.5 pts
9Micronesia55.3+0.4 pts
10Egypt54.7+0.6 pts
11Bahamas53.1+1 pts
12Saint Kitts and Nevis52.6+0.7 pts
13Kiribati52.2+0.2 pts
14Marshall Islands50.9+0.3 pts
15Belize50.6+0.7 pts
16French Polynesia48.9+0.5 pts
17Qatar48.4+0.5 pts
18Kuwait47.3-0.1 pts
19Saint Vincent and the Grenadines46.8+0.9 pts
20Barbados46.7+0.8 pts
21Jamaica46.5+0.9 pts
22Saudi Arabia45.9+0.2 pts
23Iraq45.8+0.5 pts
24Fiji45.1+0.9 pts
25South Africa45+0.6 pts
26Puerto Rico44.8+0.8 pts
27Palestine44.7+0.2 pts
28Palau44.5+0.3 pts
29Saint Lucia44.5+0.8 pts
30Dominica43.3+0.8 pts
31Jordan42.7-0.2 pts
32Chile42.5+1 pts
33Libya41.7+0.1 pts
34Seychelles41.5+0.8 pts
35United States41.1+0.4 pts
36Panama40.9+1 pts
37Bahrain40.9+0.2 pts
38Grenada40.6+0.8 pts
39Antigua and Barbuda40.4+0.8 pts
40Bermuda40.4+0.8 pts
41Eswatini40.1+0.6 pts
42Syria39.2+0.2 pts
43Mexico38.9+0.6 pts
44United Arab Emirates38.9-0.1 pts
45Suriname37.8+0.8 pts
46Nicaragua37.7+0.7 pts
47Oman37.5+0.5 pts
48Guyana36.6+0.9 pts
49Costa Rica36.2+0.8 pts
50Türkiye36.2-0.2 pts
51El Salvador36.2+0.7 pts
52Paraguay35.9+1 pts
53Brunei35.7+1.3 pts
54Honduras35.7+0.9 pts
55Trinidad and Tobago34.6+0.5 pts
56Argentina34.4+1 pts
57Uruguay34+0.9 pts
58Georgia34+0.5 pts
59New Zealand33.9+0.5 pts
60Dominican Republic33.8+0.8 pts
61Mauritania33.8+0.9 pts
62Lesotho32.7+0.8 pts
63Bolivia32.7+0.8 pts
64Azerbaijan32+0.4 pts
65Tunisia31.9+0.3 pts
66Ecuador31.1+0.7 pts
67Uzbekistan30.7+0.8 pts
68Lebanon30.5+0.3 pts
69Algeria30.4+0.4 pts
70Gabon30.2+0.9 pts
71Greenland30+0.5 pts
72Brazil29.9+1 pts
73Peru29.6+0.9 pts
74Guatemala29.6+0.7 pts
75Iran29.4+0.3 pts
76Papua New Guinea29.3+0.6 pts
77Equatorial Guinea29.1+0.7 pts
78Australia28.3+0.3 pts
79Colombia28+0.7 pts
80Malta28-0.1 pts
81United Kingdom27.9+0.3 pts
82Morocco27.7+0.5 pts
83Botswana27.7+0.7 pts
84Armenia27.5+0.3 pts
85Romania27.3+0.7 pts
86Hungary26.7+0.3 pts
87Greece26.1+0.2 pts
88Ireland26+0.3 pts
89Vanuatu26+0.4 pts
90Ukraine25.9-0.1 pts
91Solomon Islands25.9+0.4 pts
92Malaysia25.6+0.8 pts
93Croatia25.5+0.4 pts
94North Macedonia25.4+0.1 pts
95Venezuela25.1+0.1 pts
96Tajikistan24.9+0.7 pts
97Mongolia24.6+0.6 pts
98Mauritius24.5+0.4 pts
99Moldova24.5-0.4 pts
100Canada24.30 pts
101Cuba23.9+0.6 pts
102Pakistan23.8+1 pts
103Albania23.3+0.4 pts
104Namibia23.2+0.4 pts
105Kyrgyzstan22.9+0.7 pts
106Belarus22.8-0.3 pts
107Turkmenistan22.7+0.4 pts
108Finland22.7+0.5 pts
109Israel22.7-0.1 pts
110Comoros22.4+0.7 pts
111São Tomé and Príncipe22.1+0.8 pts
112Maldives22+0.8 pts
113Latvia21.6-0.1 pts
114Czechia21.5+0.1 pts
115Cape Verde21.4+0.8 pts
116Afghanistan21.1+1.2 pts
117Slovakia21+0.2 pts
118Ghana20.8+0.7 pts
119Kazakhstan20.7+0.1 pts
120Sudan20.7+0.5 pts
121Somalia20.6+0.7 pts
122Lithuania20.5-0.3 pts
123Belgium20.4+0.4 pts
124Estonia20.3-0.1 pts
125Iceland20+0.2 pts
126Cameroon19.9+0.6 pts
127Cyprus19.9-0 pts
128Russia19.9-0.5 pts
129Bosnia and Herzegovina19.6+0.1 pts
130Zimbabwe19.4+0.5 pts
131Portugal19.3-0.1 pts
132Germany190 pts
133Poland18.6-0.2 pts
134Serbia180 pts
135Norway17.9+0.3 pts
136Liberia17.2+1.1 pts
137Bulgaria17.20 pts
138Luxembourg17.1+0.1 pts
139Thailand16.7+0.7 pts
140Togo16+0.9 pts
141Angola16+0.5 pts
142Gambia15.9+0.7 pts
143Republic of the Congo15.9+0.5 pts
144Nigeria15.9+0.7 pts
145Senegal15.9+0.6 pts
146Sweden15.6+0.2 pts
147Andorra15.3-0 pts
148Kenya15.1+0.4 pts
149Côte d’Ivoire15+0.6 pts
150Netherlands14.8+0.1 pts
151Yemen14.8+0.4 pts
152Haiti14.7+0.4 pts
153Zambia14.7+0.6 pts
154Benin14.6+0.5 pts
155Spain14.6-0.4 pts
156Djibouti14.6+0.5 pts
157Montenegro14.60 pts
158Guinea-Bissau14.3+0.7 pts
159Mali14.2+0.8 pts
160Tanzania14.1+0.5 pts
161Bhutan14.1+0.7 pts
162Italy13.9-0.1 pts
163Slovenia13.4-0.1 pts
164Indonesia13.4+0.8 pts
165Austria12.8+0.1 pts
166Singapore12.7+0.6 pts
167Sri Lanka12.5+0.6 pts
168Denmark12.3+0.2 pts
169France12.3-0.1 pts
170North Korea12.2+0.6 pts
171Mozambique12.2+0.5 pts
172Central African Republic11.7+0.5 pts
173Guinea11.7+0.7 pts
174Uganda11.6+0.6 pts
175Sierra Leone11.5+0.4 pts
176South Sudan10.4+0.4 pts
177Malawi10.2+0.4 pts
178Philippines10+0.4 pts
179Laos9.5+0.5 pts
180Myanmar9.1+0.3 pts
181Switzerland8.5+0.1 pts
182India8.5+0.4 pts
183Burkina Faso8.3+0.5 pts
184Nepal8+0.5 pts
185Democratic Republic of the Congo7.8+0.3 pts
186Niger7.3+0.3 pts
187Rwanda6.9+0.4 pts
188China6.9+0.3 pts
189Bangladesh6.7+0.4 pts
190Chad5.8+0.3 pts
191South Korea5.2+0.2 pts
192Eritrea4.9+0.2 pts
193Cambodia4.8+0.3 pts
194Timor-Leste3.8+0.3 pts
195Burundi3.7+0.1 pts
196Madagascar3.7+0.2 pts
197Ethiopia3.5+0.2 pts
198Japan3.4+0.1 pts
199Vietnam1.8+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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American Samoa, with 80% in 2020, according to World Health Organization.

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Vietnam, with 1.8% in 2020.

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