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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 2022, at 80.6%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 2.1%. The median was 25%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest80.6American Samoa
Lowest2.1Vietnam
Median25199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2022

American Samoa: 80.6 %American Samoa80.6Tonga: 80.1 %Tonga80.1Samoa: 75 %Samoa75Tokelau: 73.6 %Tokelau73.6Cook Islands: 72.7 %Cook Islands72.7Tuvalu: 71.4 %Tuvalu71.4Nauru: 71 %Nauru71Niue: 69.3 %Niue69.3Micronesia: 56.1 %Micronesia56.1Egypt: 55.9 %Egypt55.9Bahamas: 55.1 %Bahamas55.1Saint Kitts and Nevis: 54 %Saint Kitts and Nevis54Kiribati: 52.6 %Kiribati52.6Belize: 52.1 %Belize52.1Marshall Islands: 51.4 %Marshall Islands51.4French Polynesia: 49.9 %French Polynesia49.9Qatar: 49.3 %Qatar49.3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 48.5 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines48.5Barbados: 48.3 %Barbados48.3Jamaica: 48.3 %Jamaica48.3Kuwait: 47 %Kuwait47Fiji: 46.9 %Fiji46.9Iraq: 46.7 %Iraq46.7Puerto Rico: 46.3 %Puerto Rico46.3Saudi Arabia: 46.3 %Saudi Arabia46.3South Africa: 46.3 %South Africa46.3Saint Lucia: 46.2 %Saint Lucia46.2Palau: 45.2 %Palau45.2Palestine: 45.1 %Palestine45.1Dominica: 44.8 %Dominica44.8Chile: 44.5 %Chile44.5Seychelles: 43.2 %Seychelles43.2Panama: 43 %Panama43Jordan: 42.3 %Jordan42.3Grenada: 42.2 %Grenada42.2Antigua and Barbuda: 42 %Antigua and Barbuda42Bermuda: 41.9 %Bermuda41.9Libya: 41.8 %Libya41.8United States: 41.7 %United States41.7Bahrain: 41.4 %Bahrain41.4
%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2022 (%)Change on 2021
1American Samoa80.6+0.3 pts
2Tonga80.1+0.7 pts
3Samoa75+0.7 pts
4Tokelau73.6+0.4 pts
5Cook Islands72.7+0.6 pts
6Tuvalu71.4+0.5 pts
7Nauru71+0.2 pts
8Niue69.3+0.5 pts
9Micronesia56.1+0.4 pts
10Egypt55.9+0.6 pts
11Bahamas55.1+1 pts
12Saint Kitts and Nevis54+0.7 pts
13Kiribati52.6+0.2 pts
14Belize52.1+0.7 pts
15Marshall Islands51.4+0.3 pts
16French Polynesia49.9+0.5 pts
17Qatar49.3+0.4 pts
18Saint Vincent and the Grenadines48.5+0.9 pts
19Barbados48.3+0.8 pts
20Jamaica48.3+0.9 pts
21Kuwait47-0.2 pts
22Fiji46.9+0.9 pts
23Iraq46.7+0.4 pts
24Puerto Rico46.3+0.8 pts
25Saudi Arabia46.3+0.2 pts
26South Africa46.3+0.6 pts
27Saint Lucia46.2+0.8 pts
28Palau45.2+0.3 pts
29Palestine45.1+0.2 pts
30Dominica44.8+0.8 pts
31Chile44.5+1 pts
32Seychelles43.2+0.8 pts
33Panama43+1 pts
34Jordan42.3-0.2 pts
35Grenada42.2+0.8 pts
36Antigua and Barbuda42+0.8 pts
37Bermuda41.9+0.8 pts
38Libya41.8+0.1 pts
39United States41.7+0.3 pts
40Bahrain41.4+0.2 pts
41Eswatini41.3+0.6 pts
42Mexico40.2+0.6 pts
43Syria39.6+0.2 pts
44Suriname39.4+0.8 pts
45Nicaragua39+0.7 pts
46United Arab Emirates38.7-0.1 pts
47Oman38.5+0.5 pts
48Guyana38.4+0.9 pts
49Brunei38.4+1.4 pts
50Paraguay37.9+1 pts
51Costa Rica37.8+0.8 pts
52Honduras37.5+0.9 pts
53El Salvador37.5+0.7 pts
54Argentina36.4+1 pts
55Uruguay35.9+0.9 pts
56Türkiye35.7-0.2 pts
57Trinidad and Tobago35.7+0.5 pts
58Mauritania35.6+0.9 pts
59Dominican Republic35.5+0.8 pts
60Georgia35.1+0.5 pts
61New Zealand34.8+0.5 pts
62Lesotho34.4+0.8 pts
63Bolivia34.3+0.8 pts
64Azerbaijan32.7+0.4 pts
65Ecuador32.5+0.7 pts
66Tunisia32.4+0.2 pts
67Uzbekistan32.2+0.7 pts
68Gabon32.1+1 pts
69Brazil31.9+1 pts
70Peru31.4+0.9 pts
71Lebanon31.1+0.3 pts
72Algeria31.1+0.4 pts
73Greenland31+0.5 pts
74Guatemala30.9+0.7 pts
75Equatorial Guinea30.6+0.8 pts
76Papua New Guinea30.4+0.6 pts
77Iran29.9+0.2 pts
78Colombia29.4+0.7 pts
79Botswana29.1+0.7 pts
80Australia29+0.3 pts
81Morocco28.8+0.5 pts
82Romania28.6+0.7 pts
83United Kingdom28.4+0.3 pts
84Armenia28+0.3 pts
85Malta27.8-0.1 pts
86Hungary27.3+0.3 pts
87Malaysia27.2+0.8 pts
88Vanuatu26.8+0.4 pts
89Solomon Islands26.7+0.4 pts
90Ireland26.6+0.3 pts
91Greece26.5+0.2 pts
92Croatia26.3+0.4 pts
93Tajikistan26.3+0.7 pts
94Pakistan25.8+1 pts
95Mongolia25.7+0.6 pts
96Ukraine25.7-0.1 pts
97North Macedonia25.7+0.1 pts
98Mauritius25.3+0.4 pts
99Venezuela25.3+0.1 pts
100Cuba25+0.6 pts
101Canada24.30 pts
102Kyrgyzstan24.2+0.7 pts
103Namibia24.1+0.5 pts
104Albania24+0.4 pts
105Comoros23.9+0.7 pts
106Moldova23.8-0.4 pts
107São Tomé and Príncipe23.7+0.8 pts
108Maldives23.7+0.8 pts
109Finland23.7+0.5 pts
110Afghanistan23.6+1.3 pts
111Turkmenistan23.5+0.4 pts
112Cape Verde23.1+0.9 pts
113Israel22.4-0.1 pts
114Ghana22.4+0.8 pts
115Belarus22.3-0.3 pts
116Somalia21.9+0.7 pts
117Sudan21.8+0.5 pts
118Czechia21.8+0.1 pts
119Slovakia21.5+0.2 pts
120Latvia21.4-0.1 pts
121Belgium21.2+0.4 pts
122Cameroon21.1+0.6 pts
123Kazakhstan21+0.1 pts
124Iceland20.5+0.3 pts
125Zimbabwe20.3+0.5 pts
126Estonia20.1-0.1 pts
127Lithuania20-0.3 pts
128Cyprus19.9-0 pts
129Bosnia and Herzegovina19.7+0.1 pts
130Liberia19.5+1.2 pts
131Portugal19.2-0.1 pts
132Germany19.10 pts
133Russia18.9-0.5 pts
134Norway18.6+0.3 pts
135Poland18.1-0.2 pts
136Thailand18.1+0.7 pts
137Serbia18.10 pts
138Togo17.8+0.9 pts
139Gambia17.4+0.8 pts
140Nigeria17.4+0.7 pts
141Luxembourg17.3+0.1 pts
142Bulgaria17.20 pts
143Senegal17.1+0.6 pts
144Angola17.1+0.5 pts
145Republic of the Congo16.9+0.5 pts
146Côte d’Ivoire16.3+0.7 pts
147Sweden16+0.2 pts
148Kenya15.9+0.4 pts
149Mali15.8+0.9 pts
150Zambia15.8+0.6 pts
151Benin15.7+0.6 pts
152Guinea-Bissau15.7+0.7 pts
153Djibouti15.7+0.5 pts
154Haiti15.6+0.4 pts
155Yemen15.5+0.4 pts
156Bhutan15.5+0.7 pts
157Andorra15.2-0 pts
158Tanzania15.1+0.5 pts
159Netherlands15+0.1 pts
160Indonesia14.9+0.8 pts
161Montenegro14.60 pts
162Singapore14+0.7 pts
163Spain13.8-0.4 pts
164Sri Lanka13.7+0.6 pts
165Italy13.6-0.1 pts
166North Korea13.4+0.6 pts
167Slovenia13.3-0.1 pts
168Mozambique13.3+0.6 pts
169Guinea13.1+0.7 pts
170Austria13+0.1 pts
171Central African Republic12.8+0.6 pts
172Uganda12.8+0.6 pts
173Denmark12.8+0.2 pts
174Sierra Leone12.3+0.4 pts
175France12-0.1 pts
176South Sudan11.2+0.4 pts
177Malawi11.1+0.5 pts
178Philippines10.8+0.4 pts
179Laos10.6+0.5 pts
180Myanmar9.7+0.3 pts
181Burkina Faso9.5+0.6 pts
182India9.4+0.5 pts
183Nepal9.1+0.6 pts
184Switzerland8.7+0.1 pts
185Democratic Republic of the Congo8.4+0.3 pts
186Niger8+0.4 pts
187Rwanda7.8+0.4 pts
188China7.6+0.4 pts
189Bangladesh7.6+0.5 pts
190Chad6.5+0.3 pts
191South Korea5.6+0.2 pts
192Cambodia5.4+0.3 pts
193Eritrea5.3+0.2 pts
194Timor-Leste4.6+0.4 pts
195Madagascar4+0.2 pts
196Burundi4+0.2 pts
197Ethiopia3.9+0.2 pts
198Japan3.5+0.1 pts
199Vietnam2.1+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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Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A), Countries by adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized, 2022. 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=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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American Samoa, with 80.6% in 2022, according to World Health Organization.

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Vietnam, with 2.1% in 2022.

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