Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults) by country
Prevalence of overweight female adults is the percentage of females ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
94.0%
Tonga
Lowest
11.8%
Burundi
Median
54.8%
Years covered
48
1975–2022
Data points
7,896
What the numbers show
Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 94.0% in Tonga; the lowest is 11.8% in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 54.8%, and the mean is 54.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 175 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 79.7%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 11.5%).
Prevalence of overweight, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 94.0% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 2 | American Samoa | 92.6% | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 3 | Samoa | 92.2% | 2022 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 88.8% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 5 | Naoero | 88.5% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Kiribati | 83.3% | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 7 | Egypt | 81.9% | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 81.8% | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 9 | Bahamas | 81.2% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 10 | Belize | 79.8% | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 11 | Chile | 79.0% | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 12 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 78.4% | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 13 | Marshall Islands | 78.0% | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 14 | Iraq | 77.9% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 15 | Kuwait | 77.9% | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 16 | Qatar | 76.4% | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 75.9% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 75.8% | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 19 | Barbados | 75.6% | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 20 | Puerto Rico | 75.6% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 21 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75.4% | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 22 | Dominica | 75.4% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 75.3% | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 24 | Jamaica | 74.4% | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 73.7% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 26 | Jordan | 73.4% | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 27 | Palestine, State of | 73.3% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 28 | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.0% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 29 | Bahrain | 72.8% | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 30 | Libya | 72.8% | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 31 | Palau | 72.7% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Eswatini | 72.6% | 2022 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 72.3% | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 34 | French Polynesia | 72.0% | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 35 | Fiji | 72.0% | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 36 | Paraguay | 71.3% | 2022 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 71.3% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 71.2% | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 39 | El Salvador | 71.0% | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 70.6% | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 41 | Grenada | 70.6% | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 42 | Bermuda | 70.6% | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.4% | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 44 | United States of America | 70.2% | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | 69.7% | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 69.7% | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 46 | Türkiye | 69.7% | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 48 | Seychelles | 69.5% | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 49 | Ecuador | 69.4% | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 69.4% | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 69.3% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 52 | Oman | 68.8% | 2022 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 53 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.7% | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 54 | Suriname | 67.2% | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 67.0% | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 56 | Guyana | 66.5% | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 57 | Algeria | 65.2% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 65.1% | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 59 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 65.0% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 65.0% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 64.4% | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 62 | Morocco | 64.1% | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 64.0% | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 64 | Mauritania | 64.0% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 63.9% | 2022 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 63.6% | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 67 | Tunisia | 63.3% | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 68 | Colombia | 62.9% | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 69 | Georgia | 62.4% | 2022 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.0% | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 71 | Greenland | 61.6% | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 72 | Ireland | 60.7% | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 60.5% | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 74 | Mongolia | 60.0% | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 59.4% | 2022 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 59.4% | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 77 | Lebanon | 59.3% | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 78 | Gabon | 59.2% | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 58.1% | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 80 | Malaysia | 57.9% | 2022 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 81 | Lesotho | 57.9% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 57.7% | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 57.7% | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 84 | Albania | 57.7% | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 85 | Armenia | 57.5% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 85 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 57.5% | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 57.0% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 57.0% | 2022 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 89 | Pakistan | 56.8% | 2022 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 90 | Malta | 56.7% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 91 | Croatia | 56.2% | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 56.2% | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 93 | Romania | 56.1% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 55.8% | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 55.4% | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 96 | Mauritius | 55.4% | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 97 | Botswana | 55.1% | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 98 | Comoros | 54.9% | 2022 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 99 | Greece | 54.7% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 100 | Republic of Moldova | 54.2% | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 54.1% | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 102 | Ukraine | 53.9% | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 103 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 53.8% | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 104 | Canada | 53.6% | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 105 | Bhutan | 53.2% | 2022 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 106 | Hungary | 53.2% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 52.7% | 2022 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.6% | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 109 | Poland | 51.4% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 110 | Russian Federation | 50.4% | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 111 | Latvia | 50.3% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 112 | Czechia | 50.2% | 2022 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 113 | Finland | 50.0% | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 49.9% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 115 | Thailand | 49.5% | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 116 | Portugal | 49.3% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 117 | Ghana | 48.9% | 2022 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 118 | Slovakia | 48.8% | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 119 | Lithuania | 48.6% | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 120 | Somalia | 48.5% | 2022 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 121 | Norway | 48.5% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 48.4% | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 123 | Iceland | 48.2% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 124 | Israel | 48.0% | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 125 | Estonia | 47.9% | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 126 | Indonesia | 47.8% | 2022 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 127 | Belgium | 46.8% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.6% | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 129 | Cameroon | 46.5% | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 130 | Gambia | 46.3% | 2022 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 46.2% | 2022 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 132 | Cyprus | 45.6% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 45.4% | 2022 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 134 | Sudan | 45.4% | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 135 | Liberia | 45.3% | 2022 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 136 | Kenya | 45.1% | 2022 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 137 | Germany | 44.9% | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 138 | Namibia | 44.8% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 42.6% | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 42.5% | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 141 | Bulgaria | 42.3% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 142 | Italy | 41.8% | 2022 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 143 | Montenegro | 41.7% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 144 | Yemen | 41.5% | 2022 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 145 | Sweden | 41.1% | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 146 | Serbia | 40.9% | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 147 | Nigeria | 40.9% | 2022 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 148 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 40.8% | 2022 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 149 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 40.8% | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 150 | Angola | 40.5% | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 151 | Senegal | 40.0% | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 152 | Togo | 40.0% | 2022 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 153 | Spain | 39.8% | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 154 | Côte d'Ivoire | 39.6% | 2022 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 155 | Netherlands | 39.5% | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 156 | Andorra | 39.2% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 157 | Zambia | 38.5% | 2022 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 158 | Haiti | 38.4% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 159 | Djibouti | 37.9% | 2022 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 160 | Philippines | 37.8% | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.7% | 2022 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 162 | Benin | 36.2% | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 163 | Denmark | 35.6% | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 164 | Mali | 35.2% | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 165 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 34.5% | 2022 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 166 | Guinea | 34.5% | 2022 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 167 | Nepal | 34.1% | 2022 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Singapore | 33.5% | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 169 | Bangladesh | 33.4% | 2022 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Austria | 33.4% | 2022 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 171 | Congo | 33.2% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 172 | Mozambique | 33.2% | 2022 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 173 | Myanmar | 32.8% | 2022 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 174 | Malawi | 32.3% | 2022 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 175 | Sierra Leone | 32.2% | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 176 | China | 31.6% | 2022 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 176 | India | 31.6% | 2022 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 178 | Uganda | 31.2% | 2022 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 179 | South Sudan | 30.2% | 2022 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 180 | France | 29.5% | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 29.2% | 2022 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 182 | Cambodia | 29.0% | 2022 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 183 | Switzerland | 29.0% | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 184 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 27.4% | 2022 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 185 | Rwanda | 27.3% | 2022 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 186 | Burkina Faso | 25.8% | 2022 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 187 | Korea | 24.9% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 188 | Niger | 22.2% | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 189 | Chad | 20.1% | 2022 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 190 | Eritrea | 20.1% | 2022 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 191 | Viet Nam | 17.5% | 2022 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Madagascar | 17.4% | 2022 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 193 | Timor-Leste | 17.3% | 2022 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 194 | Japan | 15.6% | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 195 | Ethiopia | 14.9% | 2022 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 196 | Burundi | 11.8% | 2022 | up 23.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 70.8%
- Caribbean Small States 69.3%
- North America 68.4%
- Arab World 67.7%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 67.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 67.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 66.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 64.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 64.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 64.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 60.2%
- Small states 56.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 55.6%
- OECD members 52.6%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 51.5%
- High income 49.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 49.5%
- Other small states 49.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 48.1%
- Upper middle income 44.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 44.7%
- European Union 43.1%
- Middle income 42.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 42.0%
- Low & middle income 41.5%
- Euro area 41.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 40.0%
- Lower middle income 39.5%
- World 39.2%
- Africa Western and Central 39.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 39.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 37.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 37.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 37.3%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 36.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 34.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 34.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 34.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 33.5%
- Least developed countries 32.3%
About this data
Prevalence of overweight female adults is the percentage of females ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.