Countries by Obesity Rate
Complete ranking of 199 countries • % • Updated 2026
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About Adult Obesity Rate Rankings
American Samoa leads all 199 countries in Adult Obesity Rate with a value of 75.56%, while Vietnam ranks last at 2.08%. This represents a 36-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Adult Obesity Rate Measures
Share of adults with obesity, from Our World in Data using the latest available country values in TerraBrawl.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Adult Obesity Rate across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 2.08% (Vietnam) to 75.56% (American Samoa) — a 36-fold difference across 199 countries.
Regional Patterns
Oceanian countries dominate this ranking, holding 13 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 12.43% to 32.08%. The overall spread from 2.08% to 75.56% reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: American Samoa and Tonga are separated by only 7%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Adult Obesity Rate
The 5 strongest Adult Obesity Rate reads.
Lowest Adult Obesity Rate
The 5 lowest Adult Obesity Rate reads.
Data Note
Rankings are based on the latest available data from Our World in Data, covering 199 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
Top 10 Countries
Country Ladder
1stAmerican SamoaOceania75.56%2ndTongaOceania70.54%3rdNauruOceania70.18%4thTokelauOceania69.21%5thCook IslandsOceania68.42%6thNiueOceania66.46%7thTuvaluOceania63.93%8thSamoaOceania61.24%9thFrench PolynesiaOceania48.42%10thBahamasNorth America47.61%11thMarshall IslandsOceania47.29%12thSaint Kitts and NevisNorth America46.62%13thKiribatiOceania46.19%14thMicronesiaOceania45.6%15thKuwaitAsia45.36%16thQatarAsia43.76%17thEgyptAfrica42.99%18thUnited StatesNorth America42.87%19thPalauOceania42.2%20thBelizeNorth America41.91%21stSaudi ArabiaAsia41.11%22ndPuerto RicoNorth America41.01%23rdChileSouth America39.52%24thGeorgiaEurope38.94%25thRomaniaEurope38.24%26thBarbadosNorth America38.23%27thIraqAsia37.36%28thBahrainAsia37.19%29thHungaryEurope36.4%30thLibyaAfrica36.15%31stMexicoNorth America36.09%32ndPanamaNorth America36.08%33rdArgentinaSouth America36.03%34thCroatiaEurope35.65%35thJordanAsia35.61%36thUruguaySouth America34.67%37thMaltaEurope34.62%38thTurkeyEurope34.26%39thNew ZealandOceania34.25%40thJamaicaNorth America34.18%41stAntigua and BarbudaNorth America34.06%42ndBermudaNorth America34.01%43rdSaint LuciaNorth America33.93%44thFijiOceania33.84%45thGreeceEurope33.68%46thSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America33.57%47thPalestineAsia32.82%48thNicaraguaNorth America32.42%49thBruneiAsia32.38%50thParaguaySouth America32.08%51stCosta RicaNorth America31.97%52ndAustraliaOceania31.82%53rdUnited Arab EmiratesAsia31.55%54thDominicaNorth America31.5%55thPolandEurope31.41%56thCzechiaEurope31.3%57thSyriaAsia31.18%58thLithuaniaEurope31.14%59thLebanonAsia31.07%60thIrelandEurope30.84%61stNorth MacedoniaEurope30.65%62ndGrenadaNorth America30.49%63rdSlovakiaEurope30.28%64thSeychellesAfrica30.27%65thOmanAsia30.19%66thSouth AfricaAfrica30.03%67thEl SalvadorNorth America29.89%68thLatviaEurope29.81%69thUkraineEurope29.2%70thTrinidad and TobagoNorth America29.15%71stDominican RepublicNorth America29.12%72ndSurinameNorth America28.98%73rdBrazilSouth America28.76%74thUnited KingdomEurope28.71%75thHondurasNorth America28.54%76thUzbekistanAsia28.52%77thTunisiaAfrica28.26%78thGreenlandNorth America28.17%79thRussiaEurope28.05%80thGuyanaNorth America28%81stArmeniaEurope27.87%82ndBoliviaSouth America27.8%83rdAzerbaijanEurope27.5%84thCanadaNorth America27.32%85thEswatiniAfrica27.31%86thPeruSouth America27.18%87thPortugalEurope27.06%88thEcuadorSouth America26.98%89thEstoniaEurope26.67%90thAlbaniaEurope26.58%91stBelarusEurope26.55%92ndSerbiaEurope26.05%93rdMoldovaEurope25.64%94thBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope25.47%95thIranAsia25.26%96thGuatemalaNorth America25.2%97thCyprusEurope25.11%98thKyrgyzstanAsia24.41%99thAlgeriaAfrica24.25%100thBulgariaEurope24.25%101stGermanyEurope24.16%102ndMongoliaAsia23.99%103rdColombiaNorth America23.85%104thFinlandEurope23.7%105thCubaNorth America23.54%106thIsraelAsia23.39%107thVenezuelaNorth America22.84%108thIcelandEurope22.59%109thMalaysiaAsia22.4%110thSloveniaEurope22.2%111stMoroccoAfrica22.13%112ndBelgiumEurope22%113rdPakistanAsia21.85%114thSolomon IslandsOceania21.63%115thItalyEurope21.55%116thMontenegroEurope21.05%117thMauritaniaAfrica20.84%118thTajikistanAsia20.81%119thAndorraEurope20.47%120thLuxembourgEurope20.21%121stTurkmenistanAsia20.16%122ndPapua New GuineaOceania20.12%123rdGabonAfrica20%124thVanuatuOceania19.95%125thNorwayEurope19.77%126thMauritiusAfrica19.47%127thKazakhstanAsia19.34%128thLesothoAfrica19.29%129thSpainEurope19.17%130thAfghanistanAsia17.59%131stMaldivesAsia17.57%132ndBotswanaAfrica17.46%133rdEquatorial GuineaAfrica17.16%134thAustriaEurope17.04%135thNetherlandsEurope16.91%136thSwedenEurope16.41%137thLiberiaAfrica16.21%138thComorosAfrica15.55%139thSudanAfrica15.5%140thNamibiaAfrica15.29%141stCabo VerdeAfrica15.09%142ndSao Tome and PrincipeAfrica15.04%143rdThailandAsia14.51%144thDenmarkEurope14.3%145thSwitzerlandEurope13.74%146thSingaporeAsia13.54%147thCameroonAfrica13.35%148thGambiaAfrica13.22%149thSomaliaAfrica12.7%150thZimbabweAfrica12.43%151stGhanaAfrica12.11%152ndBhutanAsia11.98%153rdYemenAsia11.56%154thIndonesiaAsia11.5%155thTanzaniaAfrica11.39%156thKenyaAfrica11.04%157thFranceEurope10.92%158thNorth KoreaAsia10.87%159thDjiboutiAfrica10.87%160thNigeriaAfrica10.84%161stSri LankaAsia10.61%162ndCôte d'IvoireAfrica10.59%163rdAngolaAfrica10.54%164thTogoAfrica10.45%165thHaitiNorth America10.23%166thGuinea-BissauAfrica10.08%167thMaliAfrica10.0%168thBeninAfrica9.9%169thZambiaAfrica9.4%170thMozambiqueAfrica8.8%171stPhilippinesAsia8.7%172ndSenegalAfrica8.7%173rdGuineaAfrica8.3%174thChinaAsia8.2%175thSouth SudanAfrica8.0%176thCongoAfrica8.0%177thLaosAsia7.8%178thCentral African RepublicAfrica7.7%179thMyanmarAsia7.5%180thIndiaAsia7.2%181stUgandaAfrica6.9%182ndSouth KoreaAsia6.7%183rdNepalAsia6.6%184thSierra LeoneAfrica6.5%185thMalawiAfrica6.4%186thBurkina FasoAfrica6.1%187thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica5.8%188thChadAfrica5.7%189thNigerAfrica5.3%190thBangladeshAsia5.3%191stJapanAsia4.9%192ndRwandaAfrica4.6%193rdBurundiAfrica4.5%194thCambodiaAsia4.4%195thEritreaAfrica4.2%196thMadagascarAfrica3.8%197thEthiopiaAfrica2.4%198thTimor-LesteAsia2.2%199thVietnamAsia2.1%
| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | American Samoa | 75.56% | Oceania | 100% |
| 2nd | Tonga | 70.54% | Oceania | 99% |
| 3rd | Nauru | 70.18% | Oceania | 99% |
| 4th | Tokelau | 69.21% | Oceania | 98% |
| 5th | Cook Islands | 68.42% | Oceania | 98% |
| 6th | Niue | 66.46% | Oceania | 97% |
| 7th | Tuvalu | 63.93% | Oceania | 97% |
| 8th | Samoa | 61.24% | Oceania | 96% |
| 9th | French Polynesia | 48.42% | Oceania | 96% |
| 10th | Bahamas | 47.61% | North America | 95% |
| 11th | Marshall Islands | 47.29% | Oceania | 95% |
| 12th | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46.62% | North America | 94% |
| 13th | Kiribati | 46.19% | Oceania | 94% |
| 14th | Micronesia | 45.6% | Oceania | 93% |
| 15th | Kuwait | 45.36% | Asia | 93% |
| 16th | Qatar | 43.76% | Asia | 92% |
| 17th | Egypt | 42.99% | Africa | 92% |
| 18th | United States | 42.87% | North America | 91% |
| 19th | Palau | 42.2% | Oceania | 91% |
| 20th | Belize | 41.91% | North America | 90% |
| 21st | Saudi Arabia | 41.11% | Asia | 90% |
| 22nd | Puerto Rico | 41.01% | North America | 89% |
| 23rd | Chile | 39.52% | South America | 89% |
| 24th | Georgia | 38.94% | Europe | 88% |
| 25th | Romania | 38.24% | Europe | 88% |
| 26th | Barbados | 38.23% | North America | 87% |
| 27th | Iraq | 37.36% | Asia | 87% |
| 28th | Bahrain | 37.19% | Asia | 86% |
| 29th | Hungary | 36.4% | Europe | 86% |
| 30th | Libya | 36.15% | Africa | 85% |
| 31st | Mexico | 36.09% | North America | 85% |
| 32nd | Panama | 36.08% | North America | 84% |
| 33rd | Argentina | 36.03% | South America | 84% |
| 34th | Croatia | 35.65% | Europe | 83% |
| 35th | Jordan | 35.61% | Asia | 83% |
| 36th | Uruguay | 34.67% | South America | 82% |
| 37th | Malta | 34.62% | Europe | 82% |
| 38th | Turkey | 34.26% | Europe | 81% |
| 39th | New Zealand | 34.25% | Oceania | 81% |
| 40th | Jamaica | 34.18% | North America | 80% |
| 41st | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.06% | North America | 80% |
| 42nd | Bermuda | 34.01% | North America | 79% |
| 43rd | Saint Lucia | 33.93% | North America | 79% |
| 44th | Fiji | 33.84% | Oceania | 78% |
| 45th | Greece | 33.68% | Europe | 78% |
| 46th | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.57% | North America | 77% |
| 47th | Palestine | 32.82% | Asia | 77% |
| 48th | Nicaragua | 32.42% | North America | 76% |
| 49th | Brunei | 32.38% | Asia | 76% |
| 50th | Paraguay | 32.08% | South America | 75% |
| 51st | Costa Rica | 31.97% | North America | 75% |
| 52nd | Australia | 31.82% | Oceania | 74% |
| 53rd | United Arab Emirates | 31.55% | Asia | 74% |
| 54th | Dominica | 31.5% | North America | 73% |
| 55th | Poland | 31.41% | Europe | 73% |
| 56th | Czechia | 31.3% | Europe | 72% |
| 57th | Syria | 31.18% | Asia | 72% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 31.14% | Europe | 71% |
| 59th | Lebanon | 31.07% | Asia | 71% |
| 60th | Ireland | 30.84% | Europe | 70% |
| 61st | North Macedonia | 30.65% | Europe | 70% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 30.49% | North America | 69% |
| 63rd | Slovakia | 30.28% | Europe | 69% |
| 64th | Seychelles | 30.27% | Africa | 68% |
| 65th | Oman | 30.19% | Asia | 68% |
| 66th | South Africa | 30.03% | Africa | 67% |
| 67th | El Salvador | 29.89% | North America | 67% |
| 68th | Latvia | 29.81% | Europe | 66% |
| 69th | Ukraine | 29.2% | Europe | 66% |
| 70th | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.15% | North America | 65% |
| 71st | Dominican Republic | 29.12% | North America | 65% |
| 72nd | Suriname | 28.98% | North America | 64% |
| 73rd | Brazil | 28.76% | South America | 64% |
| 74th | United Kingdom | 28.71% | Europe | 63% |
| 75th | Honduras | 28.54% | North America | 63% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 28.52% | Asia | 62% |
| 77th | Tunisia | 28.26% | Africa | 62% |
| 78th | Greenland | 28.17% | North America | 61% |
| 79th | Russia | 28.05% | Europe | 61% |
| 80th | Guyana | 28% | North America | 60% |
| 81st | Armenia | 27.87% | Europe | 60% |
| 82nd | Bolivia | 27.8% | South America | 59% |
| 83rd | Azerbaijan | 27.5% | Europe | 59% |
| 84th | Canada | 27.32% | North America | 58% |
| 85th | Eswatini | 27.31% | Africa | 58% |
| 86th | Peru | 27.18% | South America | 57% |
| 87th | Portugal | 27.06% | Europe | 57% |
| 88th | Ecuador | 26.98% | South America | 56% |
| 89th | Estonia | 26.67% | Europe | 56% |
| 90th | Albania | 26.58% | Europe | 55% |
| 91st | Belarus | 26.55% | Europe | 55% |
| 92nd | Serbia | 26.05% | Europe | 54% |
| 93rd | Moldova | 25.64% | Europe | 54% |
| 94th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.47% | Europe | 53% |
| 95th | Iran | 25.26% | Asia | 53% |
| 96th | Guatemala | 25.2% | North America | 52% |
| 97th | Cyprus | 25.11% | Europe | 52% |
| 98th | Kyrgyzstan | 24.41% | Asia | 51% |
| 99th | Algeria | 24.25% | Africa | 51% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | 24.25% | Europe | 50% |
| 101st | Germany | 24.16% | Europe | 50% |
| 102nd | Mongolia | 23.99% | Asia | 49% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 23.85% | North America | 49% |
| 104th | Finland | 23.7% | Europe | 48% |
| 105th | Cuba | 23.54% | North America | 48% |
| 106th | Israel | 23.39% | Asia | 47% |
| 107th | Venezuela | 22.84% | North America | 47% |
| 108th | Iceland | 22.59% | Europe | 46% |
| 109th | Malaysia | 22.4% | Asia | 46% |
| 110th | Slovenia | 22.2% | Europe | 45% |
| 111st | Morocco | 22.13% | Africa | 45% |
| 112nd | Belgium | 22% | Europe | 44% |
| 113rd | Pakistan | 21.85% | Asia | 44% |
| 114th | Solomon Islands | 21.63% | Oceania | 43% |
| 115th | Italy | 21.55% | Europe | 43% |
| 116th | Montenegro | 21.05% | Europe | 42% |
| 117th | Mauritania | 20.84% | Africa | 42% |
| 118th | Tajikistan | 20.81% | Asia | 41% |
| 119th | Andorra | 20.47% | Europe | 41% |
| 120th | Luxembourg | 20.21% | Europe | 40% |
| 121st | Turkmenistan | 20.16% | Asia | 40% |
| 122nd | Papua New Guinea | 20.12% | Oceania | 39% |
| 123rd | Gabon | 20% | Africa | 39% |
| 124th | Vanuatu | 19.95% | Oceania | 38% |
| 125th | Norway | 19.77% | Europe | 38% |
| 126th | Mauritius | 19.47% | Africa | 37% |
| 127th | Kazakhstan | 19.34% | Asia | 37% |
| 128th | Lesotho | 19.29% | Africa | 36% |
| 129th | Spain | 19.17% | Europe | 36% |
| 130th | Afghanistan | 17.59% | Asia | 35% |
| 131st | Maldives | 17.57% | Asia | 35% |
| 132nd | Botswana | 17.46% | Africa | 34% |
| 133rd | Equatorial Guinea | 17.16% | Africa | 34% |
| 134th | Austria | 17.04% | Europe | 33% |
| 135th | Netherlands | 16.91% | Europe | 33% |
| 136th | Sweden | 16.41% | Europe | 32% |
| 137th | Liberia | 16.21% | Africa | 32% |
| 138th | Comoros | 15.55% | Africa | 31% |
| 139th | Sudan | 15.5% | Africa | 31% |
| 140th | Namibia | 15.29% | Africa | 30% |
| 141st | Cabo Verde | 15.09% | Africa | 30% |
| 142nd | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.04% | Africa | 29% |
| 143rd | Thailand | 14.51% | Asia | 29% |
| 144th | Denmark | 14.3% | Europe | 28% |
| 145th | Switzerland | 13.74% | Europe | 28% |
| 146th | Singapore | 13.54% | Asia | 27% |
| 147th | Cameroon | 13.35% | Africa | 27% |
| 148th | Gambia | 13.22% | Africa | 26% |
| 149th | Somalia | 12.7% | Africa | 26% |
| 150th | Zimbabwe | 12.43% | Africa | 25% |
| 151st | Ghana | 12.11% | Africa | 25% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | 11.98% | Asia | 24% |
| 153rd | Yemen | 11.56% | Asia | 24% |
| 154th | Indonesia | 11.5% | Asia | 23% |
| 155th | Tanzania | 11.39% | Africa | 23% |
| 156th | Kenya | 11.04% | Africa | 22% |
| 157th | France | 10.92% | Europe | 22% |
| 158th | North Korea | 10.87% | Asia | 21% |
| 159th | Djibouti | 10.87% | Africa | 21% |
| 160th | Nigeria | 10.84% | Africa | 20% |
| 161st | Sri Lanka | 10.61% | Asia | 20% |
| 162nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.59% | Africa | 19% |
| 163rd | Angola | 10.54% | Africa | 19% |
| 164th | Togo | 10.45% | Africa | 18% |
| 165th | Haiti | 10.23% | North America | 18% |
| 166th | Guinea-Bissau | 10.08% | Africa | 17% |
| 167th | Mali | 10.0% | Africa | 17% |
| 168th | Benin | 9.9% | Africa | 16% |
| 169th | Zambia | 9.4% | Africa | 16% |
| 170th | Mozambique | 8.8% | Africa | 15% |
| 171st | Philippines | 8.7% | Asia | 15% |
| 172nd | Senegal | 8.7% | Africa | 14% |
| 173rd | Guinea | 8.3% | Africa | 14% |
| 174th | China | 8.2% | Asia | 13% |
| 175th | South Sudan | 8.0% | Africa | 13% |
| 176th | Congo | 8.0% | Africa | 12% |
| 177th | Laos | 7.8% | Asia | 12% |
| 178th | Central African Republic | 7.7% | Africa | 11% |
| 179th | Myanmar | 7.5% | Asia | 11% |
| 180th | India | 7.2% | Asia | 10% |
| 181st | Uganda | 6.9% | Africa | 10% |
| 182nd | South Korea | 6.7% | Asia | 9% |
| 183rd | Nepal | 6.6% | Asia | 9% |
| 184th | Sierra Leone | 6.5% | Africa | 8% |
| 185th | Malawi | 6.4% | Africa | 8% |
| 186th | Burkina Faso | 6.1% | Africa | 7% |
| 187th | Congo, Democratic Republic | 5.8% | Africa | 7% |
| 188th | Chad | 5.7% | Africa | 6% |
| 189th | Niger | 5.3% | Africa | 6% |
| 190th | Bangladesh | 5.3% | Asia | 5% |
| 191st | Japan | 4.9% | Asia | 5% |
| 192nd | Rwanda | 4.6% | Africa | 4% |
| 193rd | Burundi | 4.5% | Africa | 4% |
| 194th | Cambodia | 4.4% | Asia | 3% |
| 195th | Eritrea | 4.2% | Africa | 3% |
| 196th | Madagascar | 3.8% | Africa | 2% |
| 197th | Ethiopia | 2.4% | Africa | 2% |
| 198th | Timor-Leste | 2.2% | Asia | 1% |
| 199th | Vietnam | 2.1% | Asia | 1% |