Share of women who are obese by country
Obesity is defined as having a body-mass index (BMI) equal to, or greater than, 30. BMI is a person's weight (in kilograms) divided by their height (in meters) squared.
Countries reporting
199
Highest
81.4%
Tonga
Lowest
2.4%
Vietnam
Median
25.5%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,955
What the numbers show
Share of women who are obese is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 81.4% in Tonga; the lowest is 2.4% in Vietnam.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.5%, and the mean is 28.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 34.
Over the past decade 179 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 155.0%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 24.2%).
Share of women who are obese: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 81.4% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 2 | American Samoa | 81.1% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 3 | Samoa | 76.4% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 4 | Tokelau | 74.3% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 73.9% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 72.3% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 7 | Nauru | 71.4% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 8 | Niue | 70.2% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 57.1% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 57.0% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 11 | Micronesia (country) | 57.0% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 12 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.3% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 13 | Belize | 53.5% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 14 | Kiribati | 52.9% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 15 | Marshall Islands | 51.9% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 16 | French Polynesia | 50.9% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.2% | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 18 | Qatar | 50.1% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 19 | Jamaica | 50.1% | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 20 | Barbados | 50.0% | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 21 | Fiji | 48.8% | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 47.8% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 23 | Puerto Rico | 47.8% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 47.6% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 47.5% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 26 | Kuwait | 46.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 46.7% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 28 | Chile | 46.4% | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 29 | Dominica | 46.3% | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 30 | Palau | 45.9% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Palestine | 45.5% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 32 | Panama | 45.0% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 33 | Seychelles | 44.9% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 34 | Grenada | 43.8% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.6% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 36 | Bermuda | 43.5% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 37 | Eswatini | 42.5% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 38 | United States | 42.4% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 39 | Jordan | 41.9% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 40 | Libya | 41.9% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 41 | Bahrain | 41.8% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 42 | Mexico | 41.4% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 43 | Brunei | 41.2% | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Suriname | 41.0% | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 40.3% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 46 | Guyana | 40.2% | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 47 | Syria | 40.1% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 48 | Paraguay | 39.8% | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 49 | Oman | 39.5% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 39.4% | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 39.3% | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 52 | El Salvador | 38.8% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 53 | Argentina | 38.4% | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 38.4% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 55 | Uruguay | 37.7% | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 56 | Mauritania | 37.4% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 37.2% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.8% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 59 | Georgia | 36.1% | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 60 | Lesotho | 36.0% | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 61 | Bolivia | 35.9% | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 62 | New Zealand | 35.7% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 63 | Turkey | 35.2% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 64 | Gabon | 34.1% | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Brazil | 33.9% | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 66 | Ecuador | 33.9% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 33.7% | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 33.4% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 69 | Peru | 33.3% | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 70 | Tunisia | 32.8% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 71 | Guatemala | 32.2% | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.1% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 73 | Greenland | 32.0% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 74 | Algeria | 31.8% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 75 | Lebanon | 31.7% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 31.6% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 77 | Colombia | 30.7% | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 78 | Botswana | 30.5% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 79 | Iran | 30.4% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 80 | Romania | 30.0% | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 81 | Morocco | 29.9% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 82 | Australia | 29.7% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 28.9% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 84 | Malaysia | 28.9% | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Armenia | 28.5% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 86 | Pakistan | 28.0% | 2024 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Hungary | 27.9% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 27.7% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 89 | Malta | 27.6% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 27.6% | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 27.6% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 92 | Ireland | 27.1% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 93 | Croatia | 27.0% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 94 | Greece | 26.9% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 95 | Mongolia | 26.9% | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 26.2% | 2024 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritius | 26.2% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 98 | Cuba | 26.2% | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 25.9% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 100 | Ukraine | 25.5% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.5% | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 102 | Comoros | 25.4% | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.4% | 2024 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Venezuela | 25.4% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 105 | Maldives | 25.4% | 2024 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Namibia | 25.0% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 24.9% | 2024 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | 24.7% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 109 | Finland | 24.7% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 110 | Canada | 24.4% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 24.2% | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 112 | Ghana | 23.9% | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Somalia | 23.3% | 2024 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Moldova | 23.1% | 2024 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 115 | Sudan | 23.0% | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 116 | Cameroon | 22.4% | 2024 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Israel | 22.1% | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 118 | Czechia | 22.1% | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 119 | Belgium | 22.0% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 120 | Slovakia | 22.0% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 121 | Liberia | 21.9% | 2024 | up 85.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Belarus | 21.7% | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 21.3% | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 124 | Latvia | 21.3% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 21.2% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 126 | Iceland | 21.0% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 127 | Estonia | 20.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.9% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 129 | Cyprus | 19.8% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 130 | Togo | 19.7% | 2024 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Thailand | 19.6% | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 132 | Lithuania | 19.5% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 133 | Norway | 19.2% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 134 | Germany | 19.1% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 135 | Gambia | 19.0% | 2024 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Portugal | 19.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 137 | Nigeria | 18.9% | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Senegal | 18.4% | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Angola | 18.2% | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Serbia | 18.2% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 141 | Russia | 18.0% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 142 | Congo | 18.0% | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 17.7% | 2024 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Poland | 17.6% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 145 | Mali | 17.6% | 2024 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 17.5% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 147 | Bulgaria | 17.3% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.1% | 2024 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Zambia | 17.1% | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Bhutan | 16.9% | 2024 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Benin | 16.8% | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Kenya | 16.8% | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Djibouti | 16.8% | 2024 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Indonesia | 16.6% | 2024 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Haiti | 16.5% | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 156 | Sweden | 16.5% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 157 | Yemen | 16.2% | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 158 | Tanzania | 16.2% | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Singapore | 15.5% | 2024 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 160 | Andorra | 15.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 161 | Netherlands | 15.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 15.0% | 2024 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 163 | North Korea | 14.7% | 2024 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Montenegro | 14.6% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 165 | Guinea | 14.6% | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Mozambique | 14.5% | 2024 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Uganda | 14.1% | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Central African Republic | 14.0% | 2024 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Italy | 13.3% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 170 | Austria | 13.3% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 171 | Slovenia | 13.3% | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 172 | Denmark | 13.2% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 13.1% | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Spain | 13.0% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 175 | Malawi | 12.1% | 2024 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 176 | South Sudan | 12.1% | 2024 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 177 | France | 11.7% | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 178 | Laos | 11.7% | 2024 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Philippines | 11.6% | 2024 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Burkina Faso | 10.7% | 2024 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 181 | India | 10.4% | 2024 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Myanmar | 10.4% | 2024 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 183 | Nepal | 10.3% | 2024 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.1% | 2024 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Switzerland | 9.0% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 186 | Rwanda | 8.8% | 2024 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Niger | 8.7% | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Bangladesh | 8.6% | 2024 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 189 | China | 8.4% | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Chad | 7.2% | 2024 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Cambodia | 6.2% | 2024 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 192 | South Korea | 6.0% | 2024 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 193 | Eritrea | 5.8% | 2024 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 194 | East Timor | 5.5% | 2024 | up 155.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Ethiopia | 4.4% | 2024 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Madagascar | 4.4% | 2024 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 197 | Burundi | 4.3% | 2024 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Japan | 3.7% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 199 | Vietnam | 2.4% | 2024 | up 117.6% | volatile |
About this data
Obesity is defined as having a body-mass index (BMI) equal to, or greater than, 30. BMI is a person's weight (in kilograms) divided by their height (in meters) squared.