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Adult obesity
What this indicator measures
Share of adults aged 18 and over whose body mass index is 30 or more, age-adjusted to allow comparison between countries (WHO modeled estimate). Both sexes are counted together.
How to read this?
A value of 20% means 20 out of 100 adults have a body mass index of at least 30.
Ranking : ranked from lowest to highest
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196countries with data
75.9 %maximum · American Samoa
22.3 %median
2.4 %minimum · Vietnam
2024data year(s)
In brief
The "Adult obesity" ranking covers 196 countries and territories. Lowest value: Vietnam (2.4 %). Highest value: American Samoa (75.9 %). Median: 22.3 % (data: 2024). The top 10% of countries exceed 40.4 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 8.8 %. By continent, the median is highest in Oceania (47.1 %) and lowest in Africa (12.8 %).
Median by continent
- Oceania 47.1 % (18)
- North America 34.3 % (26)
- South America 30.1 % (12)
- Asia 22.1 % (46)
- Europe 20.9 % (40)
- Africa 12.8 % (51)
Why this indicator matters
Obesity increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease and other health problems. Comparing it sheds light on prevention and nutrition issues.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on diet, physical activity, urbanization, income, food prices, advertising and genetic factors.
Reading precautions
These are WHO modeled estimates, age-adjusted. They rely on surveys that do not exist for all countries and years.
Full ranking
ranked from lowest to highest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 2.4 % | 2024 |
| 2e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 2.9 % | 2024 |
| 3e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 3.6 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 4.3 % | 2024 |
| 5e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 4.5 % | 2024 |
| 6e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 4.9 % | 2024 |
| 7e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 5.2 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 5.6 % | 2024 |
| 9e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 5.8 % | 2024 |
| 10e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 5.9 % | 2024 |
| 11e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 6.7 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 6.8 % | 2024 |
| 13e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 7.4 % | 2024 |
| 14e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 7.7 % | 2024 |
| 15e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 8 % | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 8 % | 2024 |
| 17e | 🇮🇳 India | 8 % | 2024 |
| 18e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 8.1 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 8.2 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 8.4 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 9.2 % | 2024 |
| 22e | 🇨🇳 China | 9.3 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 9.5 % | 2024 |
| 24e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 9.6 % | 2024 |
| 25e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 10.6 % | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 10.6 % | 2024 |
| 27e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 10.9 % | 2024 |
| 28e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 11.1 % | 2024 |
| 29e | 🇫🇷 France | 11.2 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 11.2 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 11.3 % | 2024 |
| 32e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 11.3 % | 2024 |
| 33e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 11.5 % | 2024 |
| 34e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 11.6 % | 2024 |
| 35e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 11.6 % | 2024 |
| 36e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 11.7 % | 2024 |
| 37e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 11.8 % | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 12 % | 2024 |
| 39e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 12.2 % | 2024 |
| 40e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 12.2 % | 2024 |
| 41e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 12.4 % | 2024 |
| 42e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 12.7 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 12.7 % | 2024 |
| 44e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 12.8 % | 2024 |
| 45e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 13.1 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 13.3 % | 2024 |
| 47e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 13.3 % | 2024 |
| 48e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 13.4 % | 2024 |
| 49e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 13.7 % | 2024 |
| 50e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 14 % | 2024 |
| 51e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 14.3 % | 2024 |
| 52e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 14.5 % | 2024 |
| 53e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 14.7 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 14.7 % | 2024 |
| 55e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 14.9 % | 2024 |
| 56e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 15.3 % | 2024 |
| 57e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 16 % | 2024 |
| 58e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 16.4 % | 2024 |
| 59e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 16.5 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 16.7 % | 2024 |
| 61e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 16.8 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 17 % | 2024 |
| 63e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 17.1 % | 2024 |
| 64e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 17.1 % | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 17.5 % | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 17.6 % | 2024 |
| 67e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 17.8 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 17.8 % | 2024 |
| 69e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 17.9 % | 2024 |
| 70e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 17.9 % | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 18.1 % | 2024 |
| 72e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 18.3 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 19 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 19.2 % | 2024 |
| 75e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 19.8 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 19.8 % | 2024 |
| 77e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 20.2 % | 2024 |
| 78e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 20.3 % | 2024 |
| 79e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 20.3 % | 2024 |
| 80e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 20.6 % | 2024 |
| 81e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 20.6 % | 2024 |
| 82e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 20.6 % | 2024 |
| 83e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 20.8 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 21 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 21.1 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 21.1 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 21.3 % | 2024 |
| 88e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 21.6 % | 2024 |
| 89e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 21.6 % | 2024 |
| 90e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 21.8 % | 2024 |
| 91e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 21.8 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 21.8 % | 2024 |
| 93e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 22 % | 2024 |
| 94e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 22.2 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 22.2 % | 2024 |
| 96e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 22.2 % | 2024 |
| 97e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 22.2 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 22.3 % | 2024 |
| 99e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 22.3 % | 2024 |
| 100e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 22.6 % | 2024 |
| 101e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 22.7 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 22.8 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 23 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 23 % | 2024 |
| 105e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 23.1 % | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 23.3 % | 2024 |
| 107e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 23.6 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 24.1 % | 2024 |
| 109e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 24.1 % | 2024 |
| 110e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 24.2 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 24.5 % | 2024 |
| 112e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 24.6 % | 2024 |
| 113e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 24.9 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 25 % | 2024 |
| 115e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 25.1 % | 2024 |
| 116e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 26 % | 2024 |
| 117e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 26.1 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 26.1 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 26.3 % | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 26.8 % | 2024 |
| 121e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 27.4 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 27.4 % | 2024 |
| 123e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 27.6 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 27.9 % | 2024 |
| 125e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 28 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 28 % | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 28.1 % | 2024 |
| 128e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 28.8 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 28.9 % | 2024 |
| 130e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 29.2 % | 2024 |
| 131e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 29.6 % | 2024 |
| 132e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 29.7 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 30.1 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 30.1 % | 2024 |
| 135e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 30.5 % | 2024 |
| 136e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 30.6 % | 2024 |
| 137e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 30.6 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 30.7 % | 2024 |
| 139e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 30.8 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 30.8 % | 2024 |
| 141e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 30.8 % | 2024 |
| 142e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 30.9 % | 2024 |
| 143e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 31.2 % | 2024 |
| 144e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 31.4 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 31.5 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 31.6 % | 2024 |
| 147e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 31.8 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 31.8 % | 2024 |
| 149e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 32.2 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 32.4 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 32.5 % | 2024 |
| 152e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 32.7 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 33 % | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 33.7 % | 2024 |
| 155e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 33.9 % | 2024 |
| 156e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 34 % | 2024 |
| 157e | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 34.1 % | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 34.6 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 34.6 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 34.7 % | 2024 |
| 161e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 34.8 % | 2024 |
| 162e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 34.9 % | 2024 |
| 163e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 34.9 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 34.9 % | 2024 |
| 165e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 35.2 % | 2024 |
| 166e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 35.4 % | 2024 |
| 167e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 35.7 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 37.1 % | 2024 |
| 169e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 37.2 % | 2024 |
| 170e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 37.4 % | 2024 |
| 171e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 37.7 % | 2024 |
| 172e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 39 % | 2024 |
| 173e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 39.4 % | 2024 |
| 174e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 39.7 % | 2024 |
| 175e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 40.1 % | 2024 |
| 176e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 40.4 % | 2024 |
| 177e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 40.5 % | 2024 |
| 178e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 40.5 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇺🇸 United States | 41 % | 2024 |
| 180e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 42 % | 2024 |
| 181e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 42 % | 2024 |
| 182e | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 42.4 % | 2024 |
| 183e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 43.4 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 43.9 % | 2024 |
| 185e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 45.6 % | 2024 |
| 186e | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | 46.7 % | 2024 |
| 187e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 48.3 % | 2024 |
| 188e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 48.6 % | 2024 |
| 189e | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 49.2 % | 2024 |
| 190e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 64.3 % | 2024 |
| 191e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 65.1 % | 2024 |
| 192e | 🇳🇺 Niue | 66.9 % | 2024 |
| 193e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 71.4 % | 2024 |
| 194e | 🇨🇰 Cook Islands | 72.4 % | 2024 |
| 195e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 73.8 % | 2024 |
| 196e | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 75.9 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Adult obesity"?
The highest value is in American Samoa, at 75.9 % (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "Adult obesity"?
The lowest value is in Vietnam, at 2.4 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "Adult obesity"?
The world median is 22.3 %, calculated across 196 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Adult obesity" for France?
France scores 11.2 % (2024), ranking 29 out of 196 countries (ranked from lowest to highest).
Where does the "Adult obesity" data come from?
It comes from OMS – Global Health Observatory (obésité des adultes, standardisée selon l'âge). Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
Who is considered obese?
An adult whose body mass index is 30 or more.
Why are the figures estimates?
Because few countries regularly measure the height and weight of the whole population. The WHO fills the gaps with statistical models.
Source and update
Source : OMS – Global Health Observatory (obésité des adultes, standardisée selon l'âge). Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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