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Obesity Rates by Country
American Samoa has the highest Obesity Rate (WHO) in 2024 (75.8%), followed by Cook Islands (72.4%) and Tonga (72.3%). Vietnam has the lowest (2.49%).
Health215 countries · 8 metricsUpdated Dec 9, 2024Original page
5 sources
- Prevalence of adult overweight & obesity (%) - World Obesity
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI≥30, age-standardized by country - World Health Organization
- Mean body mass index trends among adults, age-standardized (kg/m²) by country - World Health Organization
- Global Obesity Levels - Britannica ProCon
- Prevalence of obesity among adults - WHO
199 of 235 countries
Obesity Rate (WHO), 2024
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 199 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
24.5%
Middle half 13.0% – 33.2%
Average
25.2%
199 countries
Lowest (best)
2.49%
Vietnam
Highest (worst)
75.8%
American Samoa
Over time · 1980–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Vietnam
- Ethiopia
- Timor-Leste
- Eritrea
- Madagascar
Data
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199 countries · # = rank by Obesity Rate (WHO)
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vietnam | 2.49% | 2.33% | 2.64% |
| 2 |  Ethiopia | 2.53% | 1.17% | 3.87% |
| 3 |  Timor-Leste | 3.29% | 1.71% | 4.87% |
| 4 |  Eritrea | 3.72% | 2.27% | 5.07% |
| 5 |  Madagascar | 4.07% | 4.21% | 3.93% |
| 6 |  Burundi | 4.7% | 5.37% | 4.06% |
| 7 |  Cambodia | 4.93% | 3.57% | 6.18% |
| 8 |  Japan | 5.19% | 6.66% | 3.81% |
| 9 |  Rwanda | 5.21% | 1.66% | 8.44% |
| 10 |  Bangladesh | 5.73% | 2.72% | 8.51% |
| 11 |  DR Congo | 5.86% | 3.49% | 8.14% |
| 12 |  Niger | 6.01% | 4.37% | 7.7% |
| 13 |  Chad | 6.32% | 6.37% | 6.28% |
| 14 |  Malawi | 6.7% | 2.55% | 10.5% |
| 15 |  Burkina Faso | 6.99% | 3.87% | 9.98% |
| 16 |  Sierra Leone | 7.32% | 2.64% | 11.9% |
| 17 |  South Korea | 7.5% | 8.95% | 6.06% |
| 18 |  Nepal | 7.68% | 4.95% | 10.0% |
| 19 |  India | 7.98% | 5.75% | 10.3% |
| 20 |  Uganda | 8.17% | 3.71% | 12.4% |
| 20 |  South Sudan | 8.17% | 4.65% | 11.4% |
| 22 |  Myanmar | 8.29% | 5.87% | 10.6% |
| 23 |  Central African Republic | 8.86% | 5.24% | 11.8% |
| 24 |  Laos | 8.98% | 6.57% | 11.4% |
| 25 |  China | 9.07% | 9.48% | 8.66% |
| 26 |  Mozambique | 9.36% | 5.23% | 13.0% |
| 27 |  Guinea | 9.37% | 5.13% | 13.4% |
| 28 |  Philippines | 9.66% | 7.7% | 11.6% |
| 29 |  Zambia | 10.1% | 4.61% | — |
| 30 |  Senegal | 10.3% | 4.16% | 16.4% |
| 31 |  Kenya | 10.4% | 4.8% | 15.8% |
| 32 |  Tanzania | 10.5% | 5.78% | 14.9% |
| 33 |  Haiti | 10.7% | 5.33% | 15.9% |
| 34 |  Benin | 10.9% | 6.57% | 15.2% |
| 35 |  Gambia | 11.2% | 4.69% | 17.4% |
| 36 |  Sri Lanka | 11.2% | 7.01% | 15.0% |
| 36 |  Djibouti | 11.2% | 5.88% | 16.3% |
| 38 |  Guinea-Bissau | 11.4% | 6.86% | 15.7% |
| 39 |  Republic of the Congo | 11.5% | 5.65% | 17.3% |
| 40 |  Yemen | 11.6% | 9.24% | — |
| 41 |  Mali | 11.6% | 7.54% | 15.7% |
| 42 |  Angola | 11.8% | 5.92% | 17.3% |
| 43 |  Ivory Coast | 12.0% | 7.63% | 16.6% |
| 44 |  Indonesia | 12.0% | 7.17% | 16.9% |
| 45 |  Nigeria | 12.1% | 7.42% | 16.8% |
| 45 |  North Korea | 12.1% | 9.12% | 14.9% |
| 47 |  Togo | 12.2% | 5.52% | 18.1% |
| 48 |  France | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.6% |
| 49 |  Switzerland | 12.9% | 15.5% | 10.3% |
| 50 |  Somalia | 13.0% | 5.12% | 20.7% |
| 51 |  Bhutan | 13.0% | 9.77% | 16.9% |
| 52 |  Zimbabwe | 13.1% | 5.09% | — |
| 53 |  Ghana | 13.8% | 4.45% | 23.0% |
| 54 |  Cameroon | 14.6% | 8.05% | 21.0% |
| 55 |  Denmark | 15.2% | 16.6% | 13.9% |
| 56 |  Thailand | 15.5% | 12.0% | 18.8% |
| 57 |  Comoros | 16.1% | 7.65% | 24.6% |
| 58 |  Sudan | 16.1% | 11.0% | 21.0% |
| 59 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 16.3% | 9.17% | 23.3% |
| 60 |  Cape Verde | 16.5% | 8.45% | 24.8% |
| 61 |  Namibia | 16.7% | 9.34% | 23.5% |
| 62 |  Liberia | 16.7% | 12.8% | 20.6% |
| 63 |  Singapore | 16.8% | 18.1% | 15.4% |
| 64 |  Netherlands | 16.9% | 16.3% | 17.6% |
| 65 |  Italy | 17.9% | 17.0% | 18.8% |
| 66 |  Botswana | 18.1% | 7.72% | 28.3% |
| 67 |  Maldives | 18.2% | 13.8% | 26.1% |
| 68 |  Austria | 18.3% | 21.3% | 15.4% |
| 69 |  Sweden | 18.7% | 19.4% | 17.9% |
| 70 |  Afghanistan | 18.8% | 13.4% | 24.1% |
| 71 |  Equatorial Guinea | 18.8% | 8.13% | 31.6% |
| 72 |  Spain | 18.9% | 20.6% | 17.4% |
| 73 |  Andorra | 19.6% | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| 74 |  Lesotho | 20.2% | 5.3% | 33.8% |
| 75 |  Montenegro | 20.6% | 22.1% | 19.2% |
| 76 |  Norway | 20.7% | 21.6% | 19.8% |
| 77 |  Luxembourg | 20.9% | 22.6% | 19.2% |
| 78 |  Solomon Islands | 20.9% | 15.3% | 26.6% |
| 79 |  Tajikistan | 21.0% | 16.9% | 24.9% |
| 80 |  Mauritius | 21.1% | 15.8% | 26.4% |
| 81 |  Turkmenistan | 21.2% | 18.2% | 24.0% |
| 82 |  Russia | 21.3% | 18.5% | 23.5% |
| 83 |  Kyrgyzstan | 21.5% | 17.5% | 25.3% |
| 84 |  Vanuatu | 21.6% | 16.5% | 26.6% |
| 85 |  Gabon | 21.8% | 11.2% | 32.8% |
| 86 |  Morocco | 22.0% | 13.3% | 30.7% |
| 87 |  Mauritania | 22.1% | 7.83% | 35.1% |
| 88 |  Kazakhstan | 22.4% | 21.1% | 23.7% |
| 89 |  Slovenia | 22.8% | 28.9% | 16.7% |
| 90 |  Belgium | 22.9% | 22.0% | 23.7% |
| 91 |  Venezuela | 23.0% | 20.0% | 25.7% |
| 92 |  Portugal | 23.0% | 20.5% | 25.2% |
| 93 |  Israel | 23.3% | 22.8% | 23.7% |
| 94 |  Iceland | 23.5% | 24.7% | 22.2% |
| 95 |  Pakistan | 23.5% | 20.5% | 26.7% |
| 96 |  Malaysia | 23.6% | 18.7% | 29.1% |
| 97 |  Cyprus | 23.7% | 24.7% | 22.6% |
| 98 |  Bulgaria | 24.0% | 26.6% | 21.6% |
| 99 |  Algeria | 24.3% | 16.0% | 32.9% |
| 100 |  Germany | 24.5% | 25.6% | 23.4% |
| 101 |  Cuba | 25.0% | 21.0% | 28.7% |
| 102 |  Estonia | 25.1% | 23.0% | 26.8% |
| 103 |  Colombia | 25.3% | 18.9% | 31.3% |
| 104 |  Mongolia | 25.5% | 23.0% | 27.9% |
| 105 |  Serbia | 25.6% | 28.3% | 23.3% |
| 106 |  Iran | 25.7% | 19.5% | 32.1% |
| 107 |  Poland | 25.9% | 28.7% | 23.4% |
| 108 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.1% | 25.3% | 26.8% |
| 109 |  Belarus | 26.1% | 21.7% | 29.7% |
| 110 |  Lithuania | 26.1% | 25.6% | 26.6% |
| 111 |  Finland | 26.2% | 24.9% | 27.6% |
| 112 |  Guatemala | 26.7% | 22.5% | 30.7% |
| 113 |  Moldova | 27.0% | 23.5% | 29.9% |
| 114 |  Eswatini | 27.1% | 13.2% | 40.0% |
| 115 |  Canada | 27.1% | 28.7% | 25.5% |
| 116 |  Albania | 27.3% | 25.0% | 29.5% |
| 117 |  Papua New Guinea | 27.6% | 24.1% | 31.3% |
| 118 |  Tunisia | 27.7% | 19.4% | 35.5% |
| 119 |  Ukraine | 27.8% | 22.4% | 32.2% |
| 120 |  Latvia | 27.9% | 25.7% | 29.7% |
| 121 |  Armenia | 28.6% | 21.4% | 34.4% |
| 122 |  Ecuador | 28.7% | 23.5% | 33.8% |
| 123 |  Bolivia | 28.8% | 22.8% | 34.8% |
| 124 |  Peru | 29.1% | 24.9% | 33.2% |
| 125 |  United Kingdom | 29.2% | 27.9% | 30.5% |
| 126 |  Azerbaijan | 29.3% | 21.5% | 36.4% |
| 127 |  Greenland | 29.3% | 26.1% | 32.8% |
| 128 |  Oman | 29.4% | 24.9% | 38.4% |
| 129 |  Guyana | 29.8% | 18.5% | 40.0% |
| 130 |  Syria | 29.9% | 23.4% | 36.3% |
| 131 |  United Arab Emirates | 30.3% | 28.0% | 34.9% |
| 132 |  Slovakia | 30.3% | 33.5% | 27.3% |
| 133 |  Turkey | 30.5% | 22.8% | 38.1% |
| 134 |  Uzbekistan | 30.6% | 27.6% | 33.5% |
| 135 |  Ireland | 30.6% | 31.9% | 29.4% |
| 136 |  Dominican Republic | 30.7% | 24.0% | 37.1% |
| 137 |  Suriname | 30.8% | 20.4% | 40.9% |
| 138 |  Honduras | 30.8% | 23.4% | 38.2% |
| 139 |  Brazil | 30.9% | 26.6% | 35.0% |
| 140 |  North Macedonia | 31.2% | 30.5% | 31.9% |
| 141 |  South Africa | 31.3% | 13.7% | 47.6% |
| 142 |  El Salvador | 31.4% | 23.1% | 38.4% |
| 143 |  Lebanon | 31.5% | 29.4% | 33.4% |
| 144 |  Czechia | 31.6% | 35.5% | 27.9% |
| 145 |  Grenada | 31.9% | 19.6% | 44.1% |
| 146 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 32.0% | 25.4% | 38.2% |
| 147 |  Australia | 32.4% | 33.1% | 31.6% |
| 148 |  Dominica | 33.0% | 19.0% | 46.9% |
| 149 |  Jordan | 33.2% | 28.1% | 38.7% |
| 150 |  Palestine | 33.2% | 26.2% | 39.9% |
| 151 |  Malta | 33.3% | 35.0% | 31.5% |
| 152 |  Costa Rica | 33.4% | 25.8% | 40.6% |
| 153 |  Libya | 33.5% | 25.4% | 41.9% |
| 154 |  Greece | 33.7% | 31.9% | 35.3% |
| 155 |  Nicaragua | 34.0% | 28.3% | 39.4% |
| 156 |  Paraguay | 34.2% | 29.0% | 39.3% |
| 157 |  New Zealand | 34.7% | 33.2% | 36.2% |
| 158 |  Bermuda | 34.8% | 24.9% | 44.1% |
| 159 |  Seychelles | 34.9% | 25.8% | 46.6% |
| 160 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 35.0% | 19.9% | 50.7% |
| 161 |  Saint Lucia | 35.4% | 21.6% | 48.6% |
| 162 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 35.4% | 24.9% | 44.7% |
| 163 |  Bahrain | 35.5% | 32.1% | 42.1% |
| 164 |  Jamaica | 35.7% | 19.8% | 51.0% |
| 165 |  Uruguay | 36.3% | 32.4% | 39.9% |
| 166 |  Croatia | 36.5% | 37.8% | 35.2% |
| 167 |  Iraq | 36.8% | 28.6% | 44.9% |
| 168 |  Hungary | 36.9% | 38.5% | 35.5% |
| 169 |  Mexico | 37.4% | 32.6% | 41.7% |
| 170 |  Romania | 37.7% | 38.3% | 37.2% |
| 171 |  Brunei | 37.7% | 34.2% | 41.8% |
| 172 |  Panama | 37.8% | 30.5% | 44.9% |
| 173 |  Argentina | 38.1% | 36.6% | 39.5% |
| 174 |  Saudi Arabia | 39.2% | 37.0% | 43.2% |
| 175 |  Fiji | 39.3% | 29.3% | 49.0% |
| 176 |  Barbados | 39.6% | 28.0% | 50.0% |
| 177 |  Georgia | 40.1% | 36.0% | 43.5% |
| 178 |  Chile | 41.1% | 34.9% | 47.1% |
| 179 |  Marshall Islands | 41.2% | 31.4% | 51.2% |
| 180 |  Kuwait | 41.3% | 38.3% | 46.7% |
| 181 |  United States | 41.8% | 40.6% | 43.0% |
| 182 |  Puerto Rico | 41.9% | 34.7% | 48.1% |
| 183 |  Palau | 42.1% | 38.0% | 47.0% |
| 184 |  Qatar | 42.4% | 40.2% | 49.0% |
| 185 |  Egypt | 42.8% | 29.6% | 56.1% |
| 186 |  Belize | 43.2% | 33.1% | 53.4% |
| 187 |  Kiribati | 45.3% | 36.8% | 52.9% |
| 188 |  Micronesia | 46.8% | 38.2% | 55.0% |
| 189 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47.9% | 38.1% | 56.7% |
| 190 |  Bahamas | 48.4% | 39.4% | 56.4% |
| 191 |  French Polynesia | 49.5% | 48.1% | 50.9% |
| 192 |  Samoa | 63.2% | 50.5% | 75.5% |
| 193 |  Tuvalu | 64.7% | 57.8% | 71.6% |
| 194 |  Niue | 66.3% | 63.1% | 69.2% |
| 195 |  Tokelau | 70.0% | 66.1% | 73.6% |
| 196 |  Nauru | 71.5% | 71.8% | 71.1% |
| 197 |  Tonga | 72.3% | 62.3% | 80.2% |
| 198 |  Cook Islands | 72.4% | 70.7% | 74.0% |
| 199 |  American Samoa | 75.8% | 70.8% | 80.9% |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Obesity Rate (WHO)?
- American Samoa has the highest Obesity Rate (WHO) in 2024, at 75.8%, followed by Cook Islands (72.4%) and Tonga (72.3%).
- Which country has the lowest Obesity Rate (WHO)?
- Vietnam has the lowest Obesity Rate (WHO) in 2024, at 2.49%.
- What is the median Obesity Rate (WHO) across countries?
- The median is 24.5% across the 199 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this obesity rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Prevalence of adult overweight & obesity (%) - World Obesity; Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI≥30, age-standardized by country - World Health Organization; Mean body mass index trends among adults, age-standardized (kg/m²) by country - World Health Organization; Global Obesity Levels - Britannica ProCon.