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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 2023, at 80.8%. Vietnam had the lowest, at 2.2%. The median was 25.3%. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest80.8American Samoa
Lowest2.2Vietnam
Median25.3199 countries

Top 40 countries, 2023

American Samoa: 80.8 %American Samoa80.8Tonga: 80.8 %Tonga80.8Samoa: 75.7 %Samoa75.7Tokelau: 74 %Tokelau74Cook Islands: 73.3 %Cook Islands73.3Tuvalu: 71.9 %Tuvalu71.9Nauru: 71.2 %Nauru71.2Niue: 69.7 %Niue69.7Micronesia: 56.5 %Micronesia56.5Egypt: 56.5 %Egypt56.5Bahamas: 56.1 %Bahamas56.1Saint Kitts and Nevis: 54.7 %Saint Kitts and Nevis54.7Kiribati: 52.8 %Kiribati52.8Belize: 52.8 %Belize52.8Marshall Islands: 51.6 %Marshall Islands51.6French Polynesia: 50.4 %French Polynesia50.4Qatar: 49.7 %Qatar49.7Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 49.4 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines49.4Jamaica: 49.2 %Jamaica49.2Barbados: 49.2 %Barbados49.2Fiji: 47.9 %Fiji47.9Iraq: 47.2 %Iraq47.2Puerto Rico: 47.1 %Puerto Rico47.1Saint Lucia: 47 %Saint Lucia47Kuwait: 46.9 %Kuwait46.9South Africa: 46.9 %South Africa46.9Saudi Arabia: 46.5 %Saudi Arabia46.5Dominica: 45.6 %Dominica45.6Palau: 45.5 %Palau45.5Chile: 45.4 %Chile45.4Palestine: 45.3 %Palestine45.3Seychelles: 44.1 %Seychelles44.1Panama: 44 %Panama44Grenada: 43 %Grenada43Antigua and Barbuda: 42.8 %Antigua and Barbuda42.8Bermuda: 42.7 %Bermuda42.7United States: 42.1 %United States42.1Jordan: 42.1 %Jordan42.1Eswatini: 41.9 %Eswatini41.9Libya: 41.8 %Libya41.8
%. Source: World Health Organization, Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2023 (%)Change on 2022
1American Samoa80.8+0.3 pts
2Tonga80.8+0.6 pts
3Samoa75.7+0.7 pts
4Tokelau74+0.4 pts
5Cook Islands73.3+0.6 pts
6Tuvalu71.9+0.5 pts
7Nauru71.2+0.2 pts
8Niue69.7+0.5 pts
9Micronesia56.5+0.4 pts
10Egypt56.5+0.6 pts
11Bahamas56.1+1 pts
12Saint Kitts and Nevis54.7+0.7 pts
13Kiribati52.8+0.2 pts
14Belize52.8+0.7 pts
15Marshall Islands51.6+0.3 pts
16French Polynesia50.4+0.5 pts
17Qatar49.7+0.4 pts
18Saint Vincent and the Grenadines49.4+0.9 pts
19Jamaica49.2+0.9 pts
20Barbados49.2+0.8 pts
21Fiji47.9+0.9 pts
22Iraq47.2+0.4 pts
23Puerto Rico47.1+0.8 pts
24Saint Lucia47+0.8 pts
25Kuwait46.9-0.1 pts
26South Africa46.9+0.6 pts
27Saudi Arabia46.5+0.2 pts
28Dominica45.6+0.8 pts
29Palau45.5+0.3 pts
30Chile45.4+1 pts
31Palestine45.3+0.2 pts
32Seychelles44.1+0.9 pts
33Panama44+1 pts
34Grenada43+0.8 pts
35Antigua and Barbuda42.8+0.8 pts
36Bermuda42.7+0.8 pts
37United States42.1+0.3 pts
38Jordan42.1-0.2 pts
39Eswatini41.9+0.6 pts
40Libya41.8+0.1 pts
41Bahrain41.6+0.2 pts
42Mexico40.8+0.6 pts
43Suriname40.2+0.8 pts
44Syria39.9+0.2 pts
45Brunei39.8+1.4 pts
46Nicaragua39.6+0.7 pts
47Guyana39.3+0.9 pts
48Oman39+0.5 pts
49Paraguay38.9+1 pts
50Costa Rica38.6+0.8 pts
51United Arab Emirates38.5-0.1 pts
52Honduras38.4+0.9 pts
53El Salvador38.1+0.7 pts
54Argentina37.4+1 pts
55Uruguay36.8+0.9 pts
56Mauritania36.5+0.9 pts
57Dominican Republic36.3+0.8 pts
58Trinidad and Tobago36.2+0.5 pts
59Georgia35.6+0.5 pts
60Türkiye35.5-0.2 pts
61New Zealand35.3+0.5 pts
62Lesotho35.2+0.8 pts
63Bolivia35.1+0.8 pts
64Ecuador33.2+0.7 pts
65Gabon33.1+1 pts
66Azerbaijan33.1+0.3 pts
67Uzbekistan32.9+0.7 pts
68Brazil32.9+1 pts
69Tunisia32.6+0.2 pts
70Peru32.3+0.9 pts
71Guatemala31.6+0.7 pts
72Greenland31.5+0.5 pts
73Algeria31.5+0.4 pts
74Lebanon31.4+0.3 pts
75Equatorial Guinea31.4+0.8 pts
76Papua New Guinea31+0.6 pts
77Iran30.1+0.2 pts
78Colombia30+0.7 pts
79Botswana29.8+0.7 pts
80Australia29.4+0.4 pts
81Morocco29.3+0.5 pts
82Romania29.3+0.7 pts
83United Kingdom28.7+0.3 pts
84Armenia28.3+0.3 pts
85Malaysia28.1+0.8 pts
86Malta27.7-0.1 pts
87Hungary27.6+0.3 pts
88Vanuatu27.3+0.4 pts
89Solomon Islands27.1+0.4 pts
90Tajikistan26.9+0.7 pts
91Pakistan26.9+1.1 pts
92Ireland26.8+0.3 pts
93Greece26.7+0.2 pts
94Croatia26.7+0.4 pts
95Mongolia26.3+0.6 pts
96North Macedonia25.8+0.1 pts
97Mauritius25.7+0.4 pts
98Ukraine25.6-0.1 pts
99Cuba25.6+0.6 pts
100Venezuela25.3+0.1 pts
101Afghanistan24.9+1.3 pts
102Kyrgyzstan24.8+0.6 pts
103Comoros24.7+0.8 pts
104São Tomé and Príncipe24.6+0.8 pts
105Namibia24.6+0.5 pts
106Maldives24.5+0.9 pts
107Canada24.40 pts
108Albania24.4+0.4 pts
109Finland24.2+0.5 pts
110Cape Verde24+0.9 pts
111Turkmenistan23.8+0.4 pts
112Moldova23.4-0.3 pts
113Ghana23.2+0.8 pts
114Somalia22.6+0.7 pts
115Sudan22.4+0.6 pts
116Israel22.2-0.1 pts
117Belarus22-0.3 pts
118Czechia21.9+0.1 pts
119Cameroon21.8+0.6 pts
120Slovakia21.7+0.2 pts
121Belgium21.6+0.4 pts
122Latvia21.3-0.1 pts
123Kazakhstan21.1+0.1 pts
124Zimbabwe20.8+0.5 pts
125Iceland20.8+0.3 pts
126Liberia20.7+1.2 pts
127Estonia20-0.1 pts
128Cyprus19.8-0 pts
129Bosnia and Herzegovina19.8+0.1 pts
130Lithuania19.8-0.3 pts
131Germany19.10 pts
132Portugal19.1-0.1 pts
133Norway18.9+0.3 pts
134Thailand18.8+0.7 pts
135Togo18.8+0.9 pts
136Russia18.5-0.5 pts
137Gambia18.2+0.8 pts
138Serbia18.10 pts
139Nigeria18.1+0.7 pts
140Poland17.9-0.2 pts
141Senegal17.7+0.6 pts
142Angola17.6+0.6 pts
143Republic of the Congo17.5+0.5 pts
144Luxembourg17.4+0.1 pts
145Bulgaria17.20 pts
146Côte d’Ivoire17+0.7 pts
147Mali16.7+0.9 pts
148Zambia16.5+0.6 pts
149Kenya16.4+0.4 pts
150Guinea-Bissau16.4+0.7 pts
151Benin16.3+0.6 pts
152Sweden16.2+0.2 pts
153Djibouti16.2+0.5 pts
154Bhutan16.2+0.7 pts
155Haiti16+0.4 pts
156Yemen15.9+0.4 pts
157Indonesia15.8+0.8 pts
158Tanzania15.7+0.5 pts
159Andorra15.20 pts
160Netherlands15.1+0.1 pts
161Singapore14.7+0.7 pts
162Montenegro14.60 pts
163Sri Lanka14.3+0.6 pts
164North Korea14+0.6 pts
165Mozambique13.9+0.6 pts
166Guinea13.8+0.7 pts
167Italy13.5-0.1 pts
168Central African Republic13.4+0.6 pts
169Uganda13.4+0.6 pts
170Spain13.4-0.4 pts
171Slovenia13.3-0 pts
172Austria13.1+0.1 pts
173Denmark13+0.2 pts
174Sierra Leone12.7+0.4 pts
175France11.8-0.1 pts
176South Sudan11.7+0.4 pts
177Malawi11.6+0.5 pts
178Philippines11.2+0.4 pts
179Laos11.1+0.5 pts
180Burkina Faso10.1+0.6 pts
181Myanmar10+0.3 pts
182India9.9+0.5 pts
183Nepal9.7+0.6 pts
184Switzerland8.9+0.1 pts
185Democratic Republic of the Congo8.8+0.3 pts
186Niger8.4+0.4 pts
187Rwanda8.3+0.5 pts
188Bangladesh8.1+0.5 pts
189China8+0.4 pts
190Chad6.8+0.4 pts
191South Korea5.8+0.2 pts
192Cambodia5.8+0.4 pts
193Eritrea5.6+0.2 pts
194Timor-Leste5+0.4 pts
195Madagascar4.2+0.2 pts
196Burundi4.2+0.2 pts
197Ethiopia4.1+0.2 pts
198Japan3.6+0.1 pts
199Vietnam2.2+0.2 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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World Health Organization. (2026). Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), female (NCD_BMI_30A) (Countries by adult obesity rate, women, age-standardized, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C6262EC/BEFA58B

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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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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American Samoa, with 80.8% in 2023, according to World Health Organization.

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Vietnam, with 2.2% in 2023.

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