Average size of women's butts around the world revealed: US fails to crack top ... trends now
America has a reputation for plastic surgery and obesity, but South African women have the biggest backsides, research reveals.
Data collected by market research company GitNux detailed the average hip size for women in 17 countries, which usually corresponds to how big their buttocks are.
South Africa took the top spot, with an average hip size of 41.73 inches, followed by Argentina (41 inches) and - perhaps surprisingly - Sweden (40.9 inches).
The US failed to crack the top five, while the UK didn't even make the list.
Brazil, long considered the world capital of big rear ends, was not included in the dataset.
Women in South Africa has the widest average hip size, suggesting a bigger rear end, according to data collected by GitNux
Kim Kardashian (left) and Cardi B are two examples of women celebrated for their curves
Argentina came in a close second at 41 inches on average. Its capital city, Buenos Aires, is seen as a world plastic surgery hub, including procedures such as BBLs.
Sweden had the third-largest hip size at 40.9 inches, despite the stereotype of its women being tall, thin, and blonde.
Greece and Germany rounded out the top five, with 40.74 and 40.6 inches, respectively.
Meanwhile, the US just barely failed to crack the top five, coming in at number six with 40.2 inches on average.
Indian women had the most slender hips at just 36.1 inches, which could be due to India having the second-lowest obesity rate out of nearly 200 countries.
The researchers did not provide reasons for why these countries ranked the way they did, though country data and studies show that obesity, plastic surgery data, and bone structure of the inhabitants could explain the rates.
Darcy Shapiro, an evolutionary anthropologist at Rutgers University, wrote for Massive Science that humans evolved to have larger backsides opposed to other mammals because we are the only ones who primarily walk on two legs.
Over time, research has found that bigger buttocks evolved as a desirable trait because they were a sign of a woman's youth and fertility.
A study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, for example, found that spinal structure could have an impact on backside size. In the study, men were most attracted to images of women with a 45-degree curvature from their back to their
