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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 2021, at 80.3%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 1.9%. The median was 24.4%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest80.3American Samoa
Lowest1.9Vietnam
Median24.4199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2021

American Samoa: 80.3 %American Samoa80.3Tonga: 79.5 %Tonga79.5Samoa: 74.3 %Samoa74.3Tokelau: 73.2 %Tokelau73.2Cook Islands: 72.1 %Cook Islands72.1Tuvalu: 70.9 %Tuvalu70.9Nauru: 70.8 %Nauru70.8Niue: 68.8 %Niue68.8Micronesia: 55.7 %Micronesia55.7Egypt: 55.3 %Egypt55.3Bahamas: 54.1 %Bahamas54.1Saint Kitts and Nevis: 53.3 %Saint Kitts and Nevis53.3Kiribati: 52.4 %Kiribati52.4Belize: 51.4 %Belize51.4Marshall Islands: 51.1 %Marshall Islands51.1French Polynesia: 49.4 %French Polynesia49.4Qatar: 48.8 %Qatar48.8Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 47.7 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47.7Barbados: 47.5 %Barbados47.5Jamaica: 47.4 %Jamaica47.4Kuwait: 47.2 %Kuwait47.2Iraq: 46.3 %Iraq46.3Saudi Arabia: 46.1 %Saudi Arabia46.1Fiji: 46 %Fiji46South Africa: 45.7 %South Africa45.7Puerto Rico: 45.5 %Puerto Rico45.5Saint Lucia: 45.4 %Saint Lucia45.4Palestine: 44.9 %Palestine44.9Palau: 44.9 %Palau44.9Dominica: 44.1 %Dominica44.1Chile: 43.5 %Chile43.5Jordan: 42.5 %Jordan42.5Seychelles: 42.4 %Seychelles42.4Panama: 42 %Panama42Libya: 41.7 %Libya41.7United States: 41.4 %United States41.4Grenada: 41.4 %Grenada41.4Antigua and Barbuda: 41.2 %Antigua and Barbuda41.2Bahrain: 41.2 %Bahrain41.2Bermuda: 41.1 %Bermuda41.1
%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021 (%)Change on 2020
1American Samoa80.3+0.3 pts
2Tonga79.5+0.7 pts
3Samoa74.3+0.7 pts
4Tokelau73.2+0.4 pts
5Cook Islands72.1+0.6 pts
6Tuvalu70.9+0.5 pts
7Nauru70.8+0.2 pts
8Niue68.8+0.5 pts
9Micronesia55.7+0.4 pts
10Egypt55.3+0.6 pts
11Bahamas54.1+1 pts
12Saint Kitts and Nevis53.3+0.7 pts
13Kiribati52.4+0.2 pts
14Belize51.4+0.7 pts
15Marshall Islands51.1+0.3 pts
16French Polynesia49.4+0.5 pts
17Qatar48.8+0.4 pts
18Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47.7+0.9 pts
19Barbados47.5+0.8 pts
20Jamaica47.4+0.9 pts
21Kuwait47.2-0.1 pts
22Iraq46.3+0.5 pts
23Saudi Arabia46.1+0.2 pts
24Fiji46+0.9 pts
25South Africa45.7+0.6 pts
26Puerto Rico45.5+0.8 pts
27Saint Lucia45.4+0.8 pts
28Palestine44.9+0.2 pts
29Palau44.9+0.3 pts
30Dominica44.1+0.8 pts
31Chile43.5+1 pts
32Jordan42.5-0.2 pts
33Seychelles42.4+0.8 pts
34Panama42+1 pts
35Libya41.7+0.1 pts
36United States41.4+0.3 pts
37Grenada41.4+0.8 pts
38Antigua and Barbuda41.2+0.8 pts
39Bahrain41.2+0.2 pts
40Bermuda41.1+0.8 pts
41Eswatini40.7+0.6 pts
42Mexico39.6+0.6 pts
43Syria39.4+0.2 pts
44United Arab Emirates38.8-0.1 pts
45Suriname38.6+0.8 pts
46Nicaragua38.3+0.7 pts
47Oman38+0.5 pts
48Guyana37.5+0.9 pts
49Brunei37.1+1.4 pts
50Costa Rica37+0.8 pts
51Paraguay36.9+1 pts
52El Salvador36.8+0.7 pts
53Honduras36.6+0.9 pts
54Türkiye35.9-0.2 pts
55Argentina35.4+1 pts
56Trinidad and Tobago35.2+0.5 pts
57Uruguay34.9+0.9 pts
58Mauritania34.7+0.9 pts
59Dominican Republic34.6+0.8 pts
60Georgia34.6+0.5 pts
61New Zealand34.3+0.5 pts
62Lesotho33.5+0.8 pts
63Bolivia33.5+0.8 pts
64Azerbaijan32.4+0.4 pts
65Tunisia32.1+0.2 pts
66Ecuador31.8+0.7 pts
67Uzbekistan31.4+0.8 pts
68Gabon31.2+0.9 pts
69Brazil30.9+1 pts
70Lebanon30.8+0.3 pts
71Algeria30.8+0.4 pts
72Greenland30.5+0.5 pts
73Peru30.5+0.9 pts
74Guatemala30.2+0.7 pts
75Equatorial Guinea29.9+0.7 pts
76Papua New Guinea29.8+0.6 pts
77Iran29.7+0.2 pts
78Australia28.7+0.3 pts
79Colombia28.7+0.7 pts
80Botswana28.4+0.7 pts
81Morocco28.3+0.5 pts
82United Kingdom28.1+0.3 pts
83Romania28+0.7 pts
84Malta27.9-0.1 pts
85Armenia27.8+0.3 pts
86Hungary27+0.3 pts
87Vanuatu26.4+0.4 pts
88Malaysia26.4+0.8 pts
89Greece26.3+0.2 pts
90Ireland26.3+0.3 pts
91Solomon Islands26.3+0.4 pts
92Croatia25.9+0.4 pts
93Ukraine25.8-0.1 pts
94Tajikistan25.6+0.7 pts
95North Macedonia25.5+0.1 pts
96Venezuela25.2+0.1 pts
97Mongolia25.2+0.6 pts
98Mauritius24.9+0.4 pts
99Pakistan24.8+1 pts
100Cuba24.4+0.6 pts
101Canada24.30 pts
102Moldova24.1-0.4 pts
103Albania23.6+0.4 pts
104Namibia23.6+0.4 pts
105Kyrgyzstan23.5+0.7 pts
106Finland23.2+0.5 pts
107Comoros23.2+0.7 pts
108Turkmenistan23.1+0.4 pts
109São Tomé and Príncipe22.9+0.8 pts
110Maldives22.8+0.8 pts
111Belarus22.5-0.3 pts
112Israel22.5-0.1 pts
113Afghanistan22.4+1.3 pts
114Cape Verde22.3+0.9 pts
115Czechia21.6+0.1 pts
116Ghana21.6+0.8 pts
117Latvia21.5-0.1 pts
118Sudan21.3+0.5 pts
119Slovakia21.3+0.2 pts
120Somalia21.2+0.7 pts
121Kazakhstan20.9+0.1 pts
122Belgium20.8+0.4 pts
123Cameroon20.5+0.6 pts
124Lithuania20.3-0.3 pts
125Iceland20.2+0.3 pts
126Estonia20.2-0.1 pts
127Cyprus19.9-0 pts
128Zimbabwe19.8+0.5 pts
129Bosnia and Herzegovina19.7+0.1 pts
130Russia19.4-0.5 pts
131Portugal19.2-0.1 pts
132Germany19.10 pts
133Poland18.4-0.2 pts
134Liberia18.3+1.1 pts
135Norway18.2+0.3 pts
136Serbia18.10 pts
137Thailand17.4+0.7 pts
138Luxembourg17.2+0.1 pts
139Bulgaria17.20 pts
140Togo16.9+0.9 pts
141Gambia16.7+0.7 pts
142Nigeria16.6+0.7 pts
143Angola16.5+0.5 pts
144Senegal16.5+0.6 pts
145Republic of the Congo16.4+0.5 pts
146Sweden15.8+0.2 pts
147Côte d’Ivoire15.7+0.6 pts
148Kenya15.5+0.4 pts
149Andorra15.2-0 pts
150Zambia15.2+0.6 pts
151Benin15.2+0.5 pts
152Haiti15.1+0.4 pts
153Djibouti15.1+0.5 pts
154Yemen15.1+0.4 pts
155Mali15+0.8 pts
156Guinea-Bissau15+0.7 pts
157Netherlands14.9+0.1 pts
158Bhutan14.8+0.7 pts
159Tanzania14.6+0.5 pts
160Montenegro14.60 pts
161Spain14.2-0.4 pts
162Indonesia14.1+0.8 pts
163Italy13.8-0.1 pts
164Slovenia13.4-0.1 pts
165Singapore13.3+0.7 pts
166Sri Lanka13.1+0.6 pts
167Austria12.9+0.1 pts
168North Korea12.8+0.6 pts
169Mozambique12.7+0.5 pts
170Denmark12.5+0.2 pts
171Guinea12.4+0.7 pts
172Central African Republic12.3+0.5 pts
173Uganda12.2+0.6 pts
174France12.1-0.1 pts
175Sierra Leone11.9+0.4 pts
176South Sudan10.8+0.4 pts
177Malawi10.7+0.5 pts
178Philippines10.4+0.4 pts
179Laos10+0.5 pts
180Myanmar9.4+0.3 pts
181India8.9+0.5 pts
182Burkina Faso8.9+0.6 pts
183Switzerland8.6+0.1 pts
184Nepal8.5+0.6 pts
185Democratic Republic of the Congo8.1+0.3 pts
186Niger7.6+0.3 pts
187Rwanda7.4+0.4 pts
188China7.3+0.3 pts
189Bangladesh7.2+0.5 pts
190Chad6.1+0.3 pts
191South Korea5.4+0.2 pts
192Cambodia5.1+0.3 pts
193Eritrea5.1+0.2 pts
194Timor-Leste4.2+0.4 pts
195Burundi3.8+0.2 pts
196Madagascar3.8+0.2 pts
197Ethiopia3.7+0.2 pts
198Japan3.5+0.1 pts
199Vietnam1.9+0.1 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.

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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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Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A), Countries by adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized, 2021. World Health Organization, 30 Sept. 2026, https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C6262EC/BEFA58B. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-women-age-standardized/countries?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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American Samoa, with 80.3% in 2021, according to World Health Organization.

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Vietnam, with 1.9% in 2021.

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