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Countries by Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+) (2024)

Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+) in 2024: highest in Tonga (81.37%), lowest in Vietnam (2.38%), median 25.45% across the 196 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+) (measured in %) across 197 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %197 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1975–2024

Highest Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+), 2024

  1. 1.Tonga81.37%
  2. 2.American Samoa81.1%
  3. 3.Samoa76.42%
  4. 4.Tuvalu72.33%
  5. 5.Nauru71.36%
  6. 6.Egypt57.06%
  7. 7.The Bahamas57.02%
  8. 8.Micronesia56.96%
  9. 9.St. Kitts and Nevis55.34%
  10. 10.Belize53.46%

Lowest Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+), 2024

  1. 187.Chad7.2%
  2. 188.Cambodia6.16%
  3. 189.South Korea6.02%
  4. 190.Eritrea5.81%
  5. 191.Timor-Leste5.49%
  6. 192.Ethiopia4.37%
  7. 193.Madagascar4.35%
  8. 194.Burundi4.33%
  9. 195.Japan3.68%
  10. 196.Vietnam2.38%

All 196 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

TongaRank 1 of 196American SamoaRank 2 of 196SamoaRank 3 of 196TuvaluRank 4 of 196NauruRank 5 of 196EgyptRank 6 of 196The BahamasRank 7 of 196MicronesiaRank 8 of 196St. Kitts and NevisRank 9 of 196BelizeRank 10 of 196KiribatiRank 11 of 196Marshall IslandsRank 12 of 196French PolynesiaRank 13 of 196St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 14 of 196QatarRank 15 of 196JamaicaRank 16 of 196BarbadosRank 17 of 196FijiRank 18 of 196St. LuciaRank 19 of 196Puerto RicoRank 20 of 196IraqRank 21 of 196South AfricaRank 22 of 196KuwaitRank 23 of 196Saudi ArabiaRank 24 of 196ChileRank 25 of 196DominicaRank 26 of 196PalauRank 27 of 196West Bank and GazaRank 28 of 196PanamaRank 29 of 196SeychellesRank 30 of 196GrenadaRank 31 of 196Antigua and BarbudaRank 32 of 196BermudaRank 33 of 196EswatiniRank 34 of 196United StatesRank 35 of 196JordanRank 36 of 196LibyaRank 37 of 196BahrainRank 38 of 196MexicoRank 39 of 196Brunei DarussalamRank 40 of 196SurinameRank 41 of 196NicaraguaRank 42 of 196GuyanaRank 43 of 196Syrian Arab RepublicRank 44 of 196ParaguayRank 45 of 196OmanRank 46 of 196Costa RicaRank 47 of 196HondurasRank 48 of 196El SalvadorRank 49 of 196ArgentinaRank 50 of 196United Arab EmiratesRank 51 of 196UruguayRank 52 of 196MauritaniaRank 53 of 196Dominican RepublicRank 54 of 196Trinidad and TobagoRank 55 of 196GeorgiaRank 56 of 196LesothoRank 57 of 196BoliviaRank 58 of 196New ZealandRank 59 of 196TurkeyRank 60 of 196GabonRank 61 of 196BrazilRank 62 of 196EcuadorRank 63 of 196UzbekistanRank 64 of 196AzerbaijanRank 65 of 196PeruRank 66 of 196TunisiaRank 67 of 196GuatemalaRank 68 of 196Equatorial GuineaRank 69 of 196GreenlandRank 70 of 196AlgeriaRank 71 of 196LebanonRank 72 of 196Papua New GuineaRank 73 of 196ColombiaRank 74 of 196BotswanaRank 75 of 196IranRank 76 of 196RomaniaRank 77 of 196MoroccoRank 78 of 196AustraliaRank 79 of 196United KingdomRank 80 of 196MalaysiaRank 81 of 196ArmeniaRank 82 of 196PakistanRank 83 of 196HungaryRank 84 of 196VanuatuRank 85 of 196MaltaRank 86 of 196TajikistanRank 87 of 196Solomon IslandsRank 88 of 196IrelandRank 89 of 196CroatiaRank 90 of 196GreeceRank 91 of 196MongoliaRank 92 of 196AfghanistanRank 93 of 196MauritiusRank 94 of 196CubaRank 95 of 196North MacedoniaRank 96 of 196UkraineRank 97 of 196Kyrgyz RepublicRank 98 of 196ComorosRank 99 of 196Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 100 of 196VenezuelaRank 101 of 196MaldivesRank 102 of 196NamibiaRank 103 of 196Cabo VerdeRank 104 of 196AlbaniaRank 105 of 196FinlandRank 106 of 196CanadaRank 107 of 196TurkmenistanRank 108 of 196GhanaRank 109 of 196SomaliaRank 110 of 196MoldovaRank 111 of 196SudanRank 112 of 196CameroonRank 113 of 196IsraelRank 114 of 196Czech RepublicRank 115 of 196BelgiumRank 116 of 196SlovakiaRank 117 of 196LiberiaRank 118 of 196BelarusRank 119 of 196ZimbabweRank 120 of 196LatviaRank 121 of 196KazakhstanRank 122 of 196IcelandRank 123 of 196EstoniaRank 124 of 196Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 125 of 196CyprusRank 126 of 196TogoRank 127 of 196ThailandRank 128 of 196LithuaniaRank 129 of 196NorwayRank 130 of 196GermanyRank 131 of 196The GambiaRank 132 of 196PortugalRank 133 of 196NigeriaRank 134 of 196SenegalRank 135 of 196AngolaRank 136 of 196SerbiaRank 137 of 196Republic of the CongoRank 138 of 196RussiaRank 139 of 196Cote d'IvoireRank 140 of 196PolandRank 141 of 196MaliRank 142 of 196LuxembourgRank 143 of 196BulgariaRank 144 of 196Guinea-BissauRank 145 of 196ZambiaRank 146 of 196BhutanRank 147 of 196BeninRank 148 of 196KenyaRank 149 of 196DjiboutiRank 150 of 196IndonesiaRank 151 of 196HaitiRank 152 of 196SwedenRank 153 of 196YemenRank 154 of 196TanzaniaRank 155 of 196SingaporeRank 156 of 196AndorraRank 157 of 196NetherlandsRank 158 of 196Sri LankaRank 159 of 196North KoreaRank 160 of 196MontenegroRank 161 of 196GuineaRank 162 of 196MozambiqueRank 163 of 196UgandaRank 164 of 196Central African RepublicRank 165 of 196ItalyRank 166 of 196AustriaRank 167 of 196SloveniaRank 168 of 196DenmarkRank 169 of 196Sierra LeoneRank 170 of 196SpainRank 171 of 196MalawiRank 172 of 196South SudanRank 173 of 196FranceRank 174 of 196Lao PDRRank 175 of 196PhilippinesRank 176 of 196Burkina FasoRank 177 of 196IndiaRank 178 of 196MyanmarRank 179 of 196NepalRank 180 of 196DR CongoRank 181 of 196SwitzerlandRank 182 of 196RwandaRank 183 of 196NigerRank 184 of 196BangladeshRank 185 of 196ChinaRank 186 of 196ChadRank 187 of 196CambodiaRank 188 of 196South KoreaRank 189 of 196EritreaRank 190 of 196Timor-LesteRank 191 of 196EthiopiaRank 192 of 196MadagascarRank 193 of 196BurundiRank 194 of 196JapanRank 195 of 196VietnamRank 196 of 196

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Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+) Data Coverage

This page lists 197 countries with available Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.