Flyweight
- 44 kg: 1987–1992
- 46 kg: 1993–1997
- 45 kg: 2018–2024
This is a List of World Championships medalists in women's weightlifting.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Ashgabat |  Lydia Valentín (ESP) |  Darya Naumava (BLR) |  Tamara Salazar (ECU) |
| 2019 Pattaya |  Leydi Solís (COL) | Lydia Valentín (ESP) |  Jenny Arthur (USA) |
| 2021 Tashkent |  Alina Marushchak (UKR) | Valeria Rivas (COL) |  Kim I-seul (KOR) |
| 2022 Bogotá |  Liang Xiaomei (CHN) | Wang Zhouyu (CHN) | Tamara Salazar (ECU) |
| 2023 Riyadh | Liang Xiaomei (CHN) | Wang Zhouyu (CHN) |  Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) |
| 2024 Manama | Liao Guifang (CHN) |  Sara Ahmed (EGY) |  Kim Kyong-ryong (PRK) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 149 | 52 | 17 | 218 |
| 2 |  Russia | 18 | 22 | 14 | 54 |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei | 17 | 21 | 23 | 61 |
| 4 | North Korea | 13 | 16 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 |  Thailand | 8 | 17 | 19 | 44 |
| 6 | South Korea | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 |
| 7 |  United States | 7 | 16 | 15 | 38 |
| 8 |  Kazakhstan | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Colombia | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
| 10 |  Bulgaria | 5 | 20 | 22 | 47 |
| 11 | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 |  India | 3 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 13 |  Hungary | 2 | 11 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 |  Turkey | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 15 |  Greece | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 16 |  Indonesia | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 17 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 |  Poland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 20 |  Romania | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 |  Finland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 |  Norway | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Belarus | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 24 |  Turkmenistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 |  Philippines | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 26 |  Armenia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 |  Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mongolia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 |  Japan | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 32 |  Nigeria | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 33 | Ecuador | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 34 |  Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 35 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 36 |  Cuba | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 |  Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 38 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 39 |  Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 40 |  Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Madagascar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 |  Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 45 |  France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Russian Weightlifting Federation [a] | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 49 |  Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Macau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (52 entries) | 273 | 273 | 273 | 819 | |
