Obesity rate by country in 2026 shows substantial differences in adult obesity prevalence around the world. American Samoa has the highest overall obesity rate in the dataset at 75.81%, followed by the Cook Islands at 72.42%, Tonga at 72.26%, Nauru at 71.45%, and Tokelau at 70.01%. This global ranking compares countries and territories using overall obesity rates together with separate male and female estimates, making it easier to identify where obesity prevalence is highest and lowest worldwide.
Estimates based on the 2026 world population.
Explore Obesity Rate by Country rankings and compare the latest values across countries and territories in the global ranking below.
| # | Country | Obesity Rate (Both Sexes) | Female Obesity Rate | Male Obesity Rate | Continent | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇸American Samoa |
75.81% | 70.83% | 80.89% | Oceania | % |
| 2 | 🇨🇰Cook Islands |
72.42% | 70.7% | 73.98% | Oceania | % |
| 3 | 🇹🇴Tonga |
72.26% | 62.26% | 80.16% | Oceania | % |
| 4 | 🇳🇷Nauru |
71.45% | 71.81% | 71.09% | Oceania | % |
| 5 | 🇹🇰Tokelau |
70.01% | 66.14% | 73.59% | Oceania | % |
| 6 | 🇳🇺Niue |
66.25% | 63.05% | 69.17% | Oceania | % |
| 7 | 🇹🇻Tuvalu |
64.67% | 57.78% | 71.59% | Oceania | % |
| 8 | 🇼🇸Samoa |
63.17% | 50.52% | 75.54% | Oceania | % |
| 9 | 🇵🇫French Polynesia |
49.5% | 48.12% | 50.91% | Oceania | % |
| 10 | 🇧🇸Bahamas |
48.41% | 39.35% | 56.44% | North America | % |
| 11 | 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis |
47.88% | 38.09% | 56.7% | North America | % |
| 12 | 🇫🇲Micronesia |
46.82% | 38.18% | 55.02% | Oceania | % |
| 13 | 🇰🇮Kiribati |
45.3% | 36.77% | 52.92% | Oceania | % |
| 14 | 🇧🇿Belize |
43.22% | 33.11% | 53.39% | North America | % |
| 15 | 🇪🇬Egypt |
42.84% | 29.59% | 56.12% | Africa | % |
| 16 | 🇶🇦Qatar |
42.35% | 40.2% | 48.99% | Asia | % |
| 17 | 🇵🇼Palau |
42.08% | 37.97% | 46.99% | Oceania | % |
| 18 | 🇵🇷Puerto Rico |
41.86% | 34.67% | 48.06% | North America | % |
| 19 | 🇺🇸United States |
41.83% | 40.64% | 43.02% | North America | % |
| 20 | 🇰🇼Kuwait |
41.32% | 38.26% | 46.72% | Asia | % |
| 21 | 🇲🇭Marshall Islands |
41.15% | 31.42% | 51.22% | Oceania | % |
| 22 | 🇨🇱Chile |
41.1% | 34.93% | 47.11% | South America | % |
| 23 | 🇬🇪Georgia |
40.12% | 36.03% | 43.47% | Asia | % |
| 24 | 🇧🇧Barbados |
39.64% | 27.97% | 50.04% | North America | % |
| 25 | 🇫🇯Fiji |
39.29% | 29.25% | 48.97% | Oceania | % |
| 26 | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia |
39.21% | 36.99% | 43.21% | Asia | % |
| 27 | 🇦🇷Argentina |
38.06% | 36.57% | 39.49% | South America | % |
| 28 | 🇵🇦Panama |
37.76% | 30.46% | 44.9% | North America | % |
| 29 | 🇧🇳Brunei |
37.72% | 34.21% | 41.76% | Asia | % |
| 30 | 🇷🇴Romania |
37.68% | 38.25% | 37.15% | Europe | % |
| 31 | 🇲🇽Mexico |
37.39% | 32.62% | 41.7% | North America | % |
| 32 | 🇭🇺Hungary |
36.91% | 38.49% | 35.49% | Europe | % |
| 33 | 🇮🇶Iraq |
36.83% | 28.58% | 44.88% | Asia | % |
| 34 | 🇭🇷Croatia |
36.46% | 37.8% | 35.24% | Europe | % |
| 35 | 🇺🇾Uruguay |
36.31% | 32.36% | 39.92% | South America | % |
| 36 | 🇯🇲Jamaica |
35.69% | 19.8% | 50.97% | North America | % |
| 37 | 🇧🇭Bahrain |
35.54% | 32.05% | 42.07% | Asia | % |
| 38 | 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda |
35.41% | 24.85% | 44.66% | North America | % |
| 39 | 🇱🇨Saint Lucia |
35.35% | 21.58% | 48.56% | North America | % |
| 40 | 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
35.02% | 19.93% | 50.69% | North America | % |
| 41 | 🇸🇨Seychelles |
34.85% | 25.83% | 46.55% | Africa | % |
| 42 | 🇧🇲Bermuda |
34.81% | 24.92% | 44.09% | North America | % |
| 43 | 🇳🇿New Zealand |
34.72% | 33.21% | 36.17% | Oceania | % |
| 44 | 🇵🇾Paraguay |
34.21% | 29.03% | 39.31% | South America | % |
| 45 | 🇳🇮Nicaragua |
33.99% | 28.28% | 39.35% | North America | % |
| 46 | 🇬🇷Greece |
33.69% | 31.94% | 35.3% | Europe | % |
| 47 | 🇱🇾Libya |
33.53% | 25.39% | 41.86% | Africa | % |
| 48 | 🇨🇷Costa Rica |
33.37% | 25.8% | 40.62% | North America | % |
| 49 | 🇲🇹Malta |
33.3% | 34.99% | 31.47% | Europe | % |
| 50 | 🇵🇸State of Palestine |
33.23% | 26.18% | 39.92% | Asia | % |
| 51 | 🇯🇴Jordan |
33.22% | 28.14% | 38.71% | Asia | % |
| 52 | 🇩🇲Dominica |
32.95% | 19.03% | 46.9% | North America | % |
| 53 | 🇦🇺Australia |
32.37% | 33.12% | 31.64% | Oceania | % |
| 54 | 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago |
31.96% | 25.43% | 38.24% | North America | % |
| 55 | 🇬🇩Grenada |
31.87% | 19.57% | 44.11% | North America | % |
| 56 | 🇨🇿Czech Republic |
31.63% | 35.49% | 27.94% | Europe | % |
| 57 | 🇱🇧Lebanon |
31.48% | 29.35% | 33.41% | Asia | % |
| 58 | 🇸🇻El Salvador |
31.41% | 23.13% | 38.42% | North America | % |
| 59 | 🇿🇦South Africa |
31.3% | 13.66% | 47.57% | Africa | % |
| 60 | 🇲🇰North Macedonia |
31.2% | 30.49% | 31.86% | Europe | % |
| 61 | 🇧🇷Brazil |
30.89% | 26.58% | 34.97% | South America | % |
| 62 | 🇭🇳Honduras |
30.84% | 23.44% | 38.2% | North America | % |
| 63 | 🇸🇷Suriname |
30.77% | 20.42% | 40.93% | South America | % |
| 64 | 🇩🇴Dominican Republic |
30.68% | 24% | 37.13% | North America | % |
| 65 | 🇮🇪Ireland |
30.61% | 31.88% | 29.4% | Europe | % |
| 66 | 🇺🇿Uzbekistan |
30.58% | 27.58% | 33.54% | Asia | % |
| 67 | 🇹🇷Turkey |
30.48% | 22.77% | 38.05% | Asia | % |
| 68 | 🇸🇰Slovakia |
30.29% | 33.48% | 27.31% | Europe | % |
| 69 | 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates |
30.28% | 28.02% | 34.87% | Asia | % |
| 70 | 🇸🇾Syria |
29.93% | 23.37% | 36.34% | Asia | % |
| 71 | 🇬🇾Guyana |
29.77% | 18.47% | 40.04% | South America | % |
| 72 | 🇴🇲Oman |
29.41% | 24.93% | 38.35% | Asia | % |
| 73 | 🇬🇱Greenland |
29.28% | 26.14% | 32.81% | North America | % |
| 74 | 🇦🇿Azerbaijan |
29.26% | 21.47% | 36.37% | Asia | % |
| 75 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom |
29.24% | 27.92% | 30.49% | Europe | % |
| 76 | 🇵🇪Peru |
29.11% | 24.92% | 33.17% | South America | % |
| 77 | 🇧🇴Bolivia |
28.83% | 22.83% | 34.76% | South America | % |
| 78 | 🇪🇨Ecuador |
28.73% | 23.53% | 33.78% | South America | % |
| 79 | 🇦🇲Armenia |
28.57% | 21.39% | 34.4% | Asia | % |
| 80 | 🇱🇻Latvia |
27.87% | 25.66% | 29.68% | Europe | % |
| 81 | 🇺🇦Ukraine |
27.77% | 22.44% | 32.21% | Europe | % |
| 82 | 🇹🇳Tunisia |
27.67% | 19.38% | 35.52% | Africa | % |
| 83 | 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea |
27.6% | 24.05% | 31.3% | Oceania | % |
| 84 | 🇦🇱Albania |
27.27% | 24.95% | 29.47% | Europe | % |
| 85 | 🇨🇦Canada |
27.11% | 28.74% | 25.53% | North America | % |
| 86 | 🇸🇿Eswatini |
27.06% | 13.22% | 40.03% | Africa | % |
| 87 | 🇲🇩Moldova |
27.02% | 23.47% | 29.87% | Europe | % |
| 88 | 🇬🇹Guatemala |
26.68% | 22.47% | 30.72% | North America | % |
| 89 | 🇫🇮Finland |
26.24% | 24.87% | 27.56% | Europe | % |
| 90 | 🇱🇹Lithuania |
26.12% | 25.59% | 26.58% | Europe | % |
| 91 | 🇧🇾Belarus |
26.1% | 21.73% | 29.74% | Europe | % |
| 92 | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina |
26.08% | 25.29% | 26.78% | Europe | % |
| 93 | 🇵🇱Poland |
25.9% | 28.65% | 23.38% | Europe | % |
| 94 | 🇮🇷Iran |
25.7% | 19.5% | 32.05% | Asia | % |
| 95 | 🇷🇸Serbia |
25.6% | 28.25% | 23.28% | Europe | % |
| 96 | 🇲🇳Mongolia |
25.52% | 23.03% | 27.9% | Asia | % |
| 97 | 🇨🇴Colombia |
25.27% | 18.89% | 31.34% | South America | % |
| 98 | 🇪🇪Estonia |
25.05% | 23.02% | 26.83% | Europe | % |
| 99 | 🇨🇺Cuba |
24.95% | 20.98% | 28.74% | North America | % |
| 100 | 🇩🇪Germany |
24.49% | 25.6% | 23.41% | Europe | % |
| 101 | 🇩🇿Algeria |
24.27% | 16.01% | 32.86% | Africa | % |
| 102 | 🇧🇬Bulgaria |
23.97% | 26.59% | 21.58% | Europe | % |
| 103 | 🇨🇾Cyprus |
23.69% | 24.74% | 22.63% | Asia | % |
| 104 | 🇲🇾Malaysia |
23.61% | 18.67% | 29.09% | Asia | % |
| 105 | 🇵🇰Pakistan |
23.53% | 20.46% | 26.66% | Asia | % |
| 106 | 🇮🇸Iceland |
23.51% | 24.74% | 22.22% | Europe | % |
| 107 | 🇮🇱Israel |
23.25% | 22.83% | 23.66% | Asia | % |
| 108 | 🇵🇹Portugal |
22.98% | 20.45% | 25.22% | Europe | % |
| 109 | 🇻🇪Venezuela |
22.97% | 20.04% | 25.74% | South America | % |
| 110 | 🇧🇪Belgium |
22.88% | 22.01% | 23.71% | Europe | % |
| 111 | 🇸🇮Slovenia |
22.8% | 28.94% | 16.65% | Europe | % |
| 112 | 🇰🇿Kazakhstan |
22.44% | 21.06% | 23.69% | Asia | % |
| 113 | 🇲🇷Mauritania |
22.1% | 7.83% | 35.05% | Africa | % |
| 114 | 🇲🇦Morocco |
21.97% | 13.29% | 30.68% | Africa | % |
| 115 | 🇬🇦Gabon |
21.78% | 11.21% | 32.84% | Africa | % |
| 116 | 🇻🇺Vanuatu |
21.6% | 16.53% | 26.6% | Oceania | % |
| 117 | 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan |
21.54% | 17.49% | 25.33% | Asia | % |
| 118 | 🇷🇺Russia |
21.25% | 18.5% | 23.5% | Europe | % |
| 119 | 🇹🇲Turkmenistan |
21.22% | 18.2% | 23.99% | Asia | % |
| 120 | 🇲🇺Mauritius |
21.11% | 15.83% | 26.41% | Africa | % |
| 121 | 🇹🇯Tajikistan |
21.03% | 16.85% | 24.91% | Asia | % |
| 122 | 🇸🇧Solomon Islands |
20.89% | 15.34% | 26.6% | Oceania | % |
| 123 | 🇱🇺Luxembourg |
20.87% | 22.59% | 19.15% | Europe | % |
| 124 | 🇳🇴Norway |
20.7% | 21.58% | 19.82% | Europe | % |
| 125 | 🇲🇪Montenegro |
20.56% | 22.1% | 19.19% | Europe | % |
| 126 | 🇱🇸Lesotho |
20.24% | 5.3% | 33.84% | Africa | % |
| 127 | 🇦🇩Andorra |
19.55% | 21.03% | 17.99% | Europe | % |
| 128 | 🇪🇸Spain |
18.94% | 20.55% | 17.41% | Europe | % |
| 129 | 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea |
18.8% | 8.13% | 31.56% | Africa | % |
| 130 | 🇦🇫Afghanistan |
18.77% | 13.38% | 24.13% | Asia | % |
| 131 | 🇸🇪Sweden |
18.67% | 19.44% | 17.9% | Europe | % |
| 132 | 🇦🇹Austria |
18.28% | 21.29% | 15.42% | Europe | % |
| 133 | 🇲🇻Maldives |
18.15% | 13.81% | 26.06% | Asia | % |
| 134 | 🇧🇼Botswana |
18.09% | 7.72% | 28.27% | Africa | % |
| 135 | 🇮🇹Italy |
17.9% | 16.95% | 18.79% | Europe | % |
| 136 | 🇳🇱Netherlands |
16.93% | 16.3% | 17.55% | Europe | % |
| 137 | 🇸🇬Singapore |
16.76% | 18.06% | 15.36% | Asia | % |
| 138 | 🇱🇷Liberia |
16.71% | 12.77% | 20.55% | Africa | % |
| 139 | 🇳🇦Namibia |
16.66% | 9.34% | 23.45% | Africa | % |
| 140 | 🇨🇻Cape Verde |
16.53% | 8.45% | 24.8% | Africa | % |
| 141 | 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe |
16.32% | 9.17% | 23.27% | Africa | % |
| 142 | 🇸🇩Sudan |
16.13% | 10.99% | 20.99% | Africa | % |
| 143 | 🇰🇲Comoros |
16.11% | 7.65% | 24.55% | Africa | % |
| 144 | 🇹🇭Thailand |
15.51% | 12.01% | 18.75% | Asia | % |
| 145 | 🇩🇰Denmark |
15.23% | 16.61% | 13.88% | Europe | % |
| 146 | 🇨🇲Cameroon |
14.59% | 8.05% | 20.96% | Africa | % |
| 147 | 🇬🇭Ghana |
13.8% | 4.45% | 22.95% | Africa | % |
| 148 | 🇿🇼Zimbabwe |
13.14% | 5.09% | Africa | % | |
| 149 | 🇧🇹Bhutan |
13.04% | 9.77% | 16.87% | Asia | % |
| 150 | 🇸🇴Somalia |
13.02% | 5.12% | 20.73% | Africa | % |
| 151 | 🇨🇭Switzerland |
12.85% | 15.49% | 10.29% | Europe | % |
| 152 | 🇫🇷France |
12.52% | 12.46% | 12.59% | Europe | % |
| 153 | 🇹🇬Togo |
12.2% | 5.52% | 18.12% | Africa | % |
| 154 | 🇳🇬Nigeria |
12.06% | 7.42% | 16.77% | Africa | % |
| 155 | 🇰🇵North Korea |
12.06% | 9.12% | 14.87% | Asia | % |
| 156 | 🇮🇩Indonesia |
12.03% | 7.17% | 16.85% | Asia | % |
| 157 | 🇨🇮Ivory Coast |
12% | 7.63% | 16.56% | Africa | % |
| 158 | 🇦🇴Angola |
11.78% | 5.92% | 17.34% | Africa | % |
| 159 | 🇲🇱Mali |
11.6% | 7.54% | 15.72% | Africa | % |
| 160 | 🇾🇪Yemen |
11.57% | 9.24% | Asia | % | |
| 161 | 🇨🇬Congo |
11.53% | 5.65% | 17.31% | Africa | % |
| 162 | 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau |
11.41% | 6.86% | 15.68% | Africa | % |
| 163 | 🇱🇰Sri Lanka |
11.19% | 7.01% | 14.97% | Asia | % |
| 164 | 🇩🇯Djibouti |
11.19% | 5.88% | 16.29% | Africa | % |
| 165 | 🇬🇲Gambia |
11.15% | 4.69% | 17.41% | Africa | % |
| 166 | 🇧🇯Benin |
10.91% | 6.57% | 15.2% | Africa | % |
| 167 | 🇭🇹Haiti |
10.72% | 5.33% | 15.88% | North America | % |
| 168 | 🇹🇿Tanzania |
10.47% | 5.78% | 14.91% | Africa | % |
| 169 | 🇰🇪Kenya |
10.39% | 4.8% | 15.81% | Africa | % |
| 170 | 🇸🇳Senegal |
10.25% | 4.16% | 16.35% | Africa | % |
| 171 | 🇿🇲Zambia |
10.05% | 4.61% | Africa | % | |
| 172 | 🇵🇭Philippines |
9.66% | 7.7% | 11.56% | Asia | % |
| 173 | 🇬🇳Guinea |
9.37% | 5.13% | 13.35% | Africa | % |
| 174 | 🇲🇿Mozambique |
9.36% | 5.23% | 12.99% | Africa | % |
| 175 | 🇨🇳China |
9.07% | 9.48% | 8.66% | Asia | % |
| 176 | 🇱🇦Laos |
8.98% | 6.57% | 11.39% | Asia | % |
| 177 | 🇨🇫Central African Republic |
8.86% | 5.24% | 11.8% | Africa | % |
| 178 | 🇲🇲Myanmar |
8.29% | 5.87% | 10.62% | Asia | % |
| 179 | 🇺🇬Uganda |
8.17% | 3.71% | 12.42% | Africa | % |
| 180 | 🇸🇸South Sudan |
8.17% | 4.65% | 11.42% | Africa | % |
| 181 | 🇮🇳India |
7.98% | 5.75% | 10.33% | Asia | % |
| 182 | 🇳🇵Nepal |
7.68% | 4.95% | 10% | Asia | % |
| 183 | 🇰🇷South Korea |
7.5% | 8.95% | 6.06% | Asia | % |
| 184 | 🇸🇱Sierra Leone |
7.32% | 2.64% | 11.9% | Africa | % |
| 185 | 🇧🇫Burkina Faso |
6.99% | 3.87% | 9.98% | Africa | % |
| 186 | 🇲🇼Malawi |
6.7% | 2.55% | 10.48% | Africa | % |
| 187 | 🇹🇩Chad |
6.32% | 6.37% | 6.28% | Africa | % |
| 188 | 🇳🇪Niger |
6.01% | 4.37% | 7.7% | Africa | % |
| 189 | 🇨🇩DR Congo |
5.86% | 3.49% | 8.14% | Africa | % |
| 190 | 🇧🇩Bangladesh |
5.73% | 2.72% | 8.51% | Asia | % |
| 191 | 🇷🇼Rwanda |
5.21% | 1.66% | 8.44% | Africa | % |
| 192 | 🇯🇵Japan |
5.19% | 6.66% | 3.81% | Asia | % |
| 193 | 🇰🇭Cambodia |
4.93% | 3.57% | 6.18% | Asia | % |
| 194 | 🇧🇮Burundi |
4.7% | 5.37% | 4.06% | Africa | % |
| 195 | 🇲🇬Madagascar |
4.07% | 4.21% | 3.93% | Africa | % |
| 196 | 🇪🇷Eritrea |
3.72% | 2.27% | 5.07% | Africa | % |
| 197 | 🇹🇱Timor-Leste |
3.29% | 1.71% | 4.87% | Asia | % |
| 198 | 🇪🇹Ethiopia |
2.53% | 1.17% | 3.87% | Africa | % |
| 199 | 🇻🇳Vietnam |
2.49% | 2.33% | 2.64% | Asia | % |
The table below shows the 10 countries with the highest obesity rates in the current dataset.
The table below shows the 10 countries with the lowest obesity rates in the current dataset.
Obesity rate is an important public health indicator used to compare the prevalence of obesity across countries and territories. The 2026 obesity rate by country ranking shows the percentage of adults living with obesity and provides separate male and female estimates where available. The data highlights substantial international differences, with many Pacific island populations recording some of the highest rates and several Asian and African countries appearing near the lower end of the ranking. Obesity prevalence can be influenced by diet, physical activity, lifestyle, urbanization, income, food environments, genetics, healthcare access and broader socioeconomic conditions.
Obesity rate by country shows the percentage of adults living with obesity in each country or territory.
Countries and territories are ranked from highest to lowest according to their overall adult obesity rate.
The dataset provides separate obesity prevalence estimates for males and females, allowing differences between the two groups to be compared within each country or territory.
All obesity rate values are shown as percentages (%).
The source listed in the dataset is the World Health Organization (WHO).
The ranking compares overall adult obesity prevalence across countries and territories. A higher percentage indicates that a larger share of the adult population is living with obesity, while a lower percentage indicates a smaller share.
Obesity prevalence can differ between males and females because of variations in lifestyle, diet, physical activity, biology, socioeconomic conditions and other population-level factors.
American Samoa has the highest overall obesity rate in the dataset at 75.81%.
Vietnam has the lowest overall obesity rate in the dataset at 2.49%.
The United States has an overall obesity rate of 41.83%, with a male rate of 40.64% and a female rate of 43.02%.
Mexico has an overall obesity rate of 37.39%.
The United Kingdom has an overall obesity rate of 29.24%.
Pakistan has an overall obesity rate of 23.53%, with a male rate of 20.46% and a female rate of 26.66%.
China has an overall obesity rate of 9.07%.
India has an overall obesity rate of 7.98%.
Japan has an overall obesity rate of 5.19%.
Pacific island countries and territories occupy many of the highest positions in the dataset, including American Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, Nauru, Tokelau, Niue, Tuvalu and Samoa.
An obesity rate of 41.83% means that approximately 41.83% of the relevant adult population is estimated to be living with obesity.