Countries ranked by adult obesity rate

Every country ranked by adult obesity rate, highest to lowest. American Samoa tops the list at 75.8%; Vietnam is lowest at 2.5%.

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Highest

1American Samoa75.8%
2Cook Islands72.4%
3Tonga72.3%
4Nauru71.4%
5Tokelau70.0%

Lowest

199Vietnam2.5%
198Ethiopia2.5%
197East Timor3.3%
196Eritrea3.7%
195Madagascar4.1%

Full ranking — all 199 countries

#	Country	Adult obesity rate
1	American Samoa	75.8%
2	Cook Islands	72.4%
3	Tonga	72.3%
4	Nauru	71.4%
5	Tokelau	70.0%
6	Niue	66.2%
7	Tuvalu	64.7%
8	Samoa	63.2%
9	French Polynesia	49.5%
10	Bahamas	48.4%
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47.9%
12	Micronesia (country)	46.8%
13	Kiribati	45.3%
14	Belize	43.2%
15	Egypt	42.8%
16	Qatar	42.4%
17	Palau	42.1%
18	Puerto Rico	41.9%
19	United States	41.8%
20	Kuwait	41.3%
21	Marshall Islands	41.2%
22	Chile	41.1%
23	Georgia	40.1%
24	Barbados	39.6%
25	Fiji	39.3%
26	Saudi Arabia	39.2%
27	Argentina	38.1%
28	Panama	37.8%
29	Brunei	37.7%
30	Romania	37.7%
31	Mexico	37.4%
32	Hungary	36.9%
33	Iraq	36.8%
34	Croatia	36.5%
35	Uruguay	36.3%
36	Jamaica	35.7%
37	Bahrain	35.5%
38	Antigua and Barbuda	35.4%
39	Saint Lucia	35.4%
40	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	35.0%
41	Seychelles	34.9%
42	Bermuda	34.8%
43	New Zealand	34.7%
44	Paraguay	34.2%
45	Nicaragua	34.0%
46	Greece	33.7%
47	Libya	33.5%
48	Costa Rica	33.4%
49	Malta	33.3%
50	Jordan	33.2%
51	Palestine	33.2%
52	Dominica	32.9%
53	Australia	32.4%
54	Trinidad and Tobago	32.0%
55	Grenada	31.9%
56	Czechia	31.6%
57	Lebanon	31.5%
58	El Salvador	31.4%
59	South Africa	31.3%
60	North Macedonia	31.2%
61	Brazil	30.9%
62	Honduras	30.8%
63	Suriname	30.8%
64	Dominican Republic	30.7%
65	Ireland	30.6%
66	Uzbekistan	30.6%
67	Turkey	30.5%
68	United Arab Emirates	30.3%
69	Slovakia	30.3%
70	Syria	29.9%
71	Guyana	29.8%
72	Oman	29.4%
73	Azerbaijan	29.3%
74	Greenland	29.3%
75	United Kingdom	29.2%
76	Peru	29.1%
77	Bolivia	28.8%
78	Ecuador	28.7%
79	Armenia	28.6%
80	Latvia	27.9%
81	Ukraine	27.8%
82	Tunisia	27.7%
83	Papua New Guinea	27.6%
84	Albania	27.3%
85	Canada	27.1%
86	Eswatini	27.1%
87	Moldova	27.0%
88	Guatemala	26.7%
89	Finland	26.2%
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.1%
91	Belarus	26.1%
92	Lithuania	26.1%
93	Poland	25.9%
94	Iran	25.7%
95	Serbia	25.6%
96	Mongolia	25.5%
97	Colombia	25.3%
98	Cuba	25.0%
99	Estonia	25.0%
100	Germany	24.5%
101	Algeria	24.3%
102	Bulgaria	24.0%
103	Cyprus	23.7%
104	Malaysia	23.6%
105	Iceland	23.5%
106	Pakistan	23.5%
107	Israel	23.3%
108	Portugal	23.0%
109	Venezuela	23.0%
110	Belgium	22.9%
111	Slovenia	22.8%
112	Kazakhstan	22.4%
113	Mauritania	22.1%
114	Morocco	22.0%
115	Gabon	21.8%
116	Vanuatu	21.6%
117	Kyrgyzstan	21.5%
118	Russia	21.2%
119	Turkmenistan	21.2%
120	Mauritius	21.1%
121	Tajikistan	21.0%
122	Luxembourg	20.9%
123	Solomon Islands	20.9%
124	Norway	20.7%
125	Montenegro	20.6%
126	Lesotho	20.2%
127	Andorra	19.5%
128	Spain	18.9%
129	Afghanistan	18.8%
130	Equatorial Guinea	18.8%
131	Sweden	18.7%
132	Austria	18.3%
133	Botswana	18.1%
134	Maldives	18.1%
135	Italy	17.9%
136	Netherlands	16.9%
137	Singapore	16.8%
138	Liberia	16.7%
139	Namibia	16.7%
140	Cape Verde	16.5%
141	Sao Tome and Principe	16.3%
142	Comoros	16.1%
143	Sudan	16.1%
144	Thailand	15.5%
145	Denmark	15.2%
146	Cameroon	14.6%
147	Ghana	13.8%
148	Zimbabwe	13.1%
149	Bhutan	13.0%
150	Somalia	13.0%
151	Switzerland	12.9%
152	France	12.5%
153	Togo	12.2%
154	Nigeria	12.1%
155	North Korea	12.1%
156	Cote d'Ivoire	12.0%
157	Indonesia	12.0%
158	Angola	11.8%
159	Mali	11.6%
160	Yemen	11.6%
161	Congo	11.5%
162	Guinea-Bissau	11.4%
163	Djibouti	11.2%
164	Gambia	11.2%
165	Sri Lanka	11.2%
166	Benin	10.9%
167	Haiti	10.7%
168	Tanzania	10.5%
169	Kenya	10.4%
170	Senegal	10.3%
171	Zambia	10.1%
172	Philippines	9.7%
173	Guinea	9.4%
174	Mozambique	9.4%
175	China	9.1%
176	Laos	9.0%
177	Central African Republic	8.9%
178	Myanmar	8.3%
179	South Sudan	8.2%
180	Uganda	8.2%
181	India	8.0%
182	Nepal	7.7%
183	South Korea	7.5%
184	Sierra Leone	7.3%
185	Burkina Faso	7.0%
186	Malawi	6.7%
187	Chad	6.3%
188	Niger	6.0%
189	Democratic Republic of Congo	5.9%
190	Bangladesh	5.7%
191	Japan	5.2%
192	Rwanda	5.2%
193	Cambodia	4.9%
194	Burundi	4.7%
195	Madagascar	4.1%
196	Eritrea	3.7%
197	East Timor	3.3%
198	Ethiopia	2.5%
199	Vietnam	2.5%

Common questions

Which country has the highest adult obesity rate?

American Samoa, at 75.8% — the highest of all 199 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest adult obesity rate?

Vietnam, at 2.5%, ranks lowest among the 199 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

199 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

WHO (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: WHO (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive adult obesity rate map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.