Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Albania

Obesity in adults in Albania in 2024 — 24.1%. Ranked 110 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 13.8 pp.

2024 24.1% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 110of 199
Period maximum 24.1%2024
Period minimum 10.4%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Albania, 1980–20241015202519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 10.4%1981: 10.4%1982: 10.5%1983: 10.6%1984: 10.6%1985: 10.7%1986: 10.8%1987: 10.9%1988: 11%1989: 11.1%1990: 11.1%1991: 11.2%1992: 11.3%1993: 11.5%1994: 11.6%1995: 11.8%1996: 11.9%1997: 12.2%1998: 12.4%1999: 12.7%2000: 13%2001: 13.3%2002: 13.6%2003: 13.9%2004: 14.3%2005: 14.7%2006: 15.1%2007: 15.5%2008: 15.9%2009: 16.4%2010: 16.8%2011: 17.3%2012: 17.8%2013: 18.3%2014: 18.8%2015: 19.3%2016: 19.8%2017: 20.3%2018: 20.8%2019: 21.3%2020: 21.9%2021: 22.4%2022: 23%2023: 23.5%2024: 24.1%
Change over the period: +13.8 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 24.1%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Southern Europe computed 17%
Obesity in adults — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 24.1 +0.6 pp
2023 23.5 +0.6 pp
2022 23 +0.6 pp
2021 22.4 +0.5 pp
2020 21.9 +0.5 pp
2019 21.3 +0.5 pp
2018 20.8 +0.5 pp
2017 20.3 +0.5 pp
2016 19.8 +0.5 pp
2015 19.3 +0.5 pp
2014 18.8 +0.5 pp
2013 18.3 +0.5 pp
2012 17.8 +0.5 pp
2011 17.3 +0.5 pp
2010 16.8 +0.5 pp
2009 16.4 +0.4 pp
2008 15.9 +0.4 pp
2007 15.5 +0.4 pp
2006 15.1 +0.4 pp
2005 14.7 +0.4 pp
2004 14.3 +0.4 pp
2003 13.9 +0.3 pp
2002 13.6 +0.3 pp
2001 13.3 +0.3 pp
2000 13 +0.3 pp
1999 12.7 +0.3 pp
1998 12.4 +0.2 pp
1997 12.2 +0.2 pp
1996 11.9 +0.2 pp
1995 11.8 +0.2 pp
1994 11.6 +0.1 pp
1993 11.5 +0.1 pp
1992 11.3 +0.1 pp
1991 11.2 +0.1 pp
1990 11.1 +0.1 pp
1989 11.1 +0.1 pp
1988 11 +0.1 pp
1987 10.9 +0.1 pp
1986 10.8 +0.1 pp
1985 10.7 +0.1 pp
1984 10.6 +0.1 pp
1983 10.6 +0.1 pp
1982 10.5 +0.1 pp
1981 10.4 +0.1 pp
1980 10.4

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index of 30 kg/m² and above. The series has been kept since 1980 and shows one of the fastest changes in the health of populations in the whole history of observation: in most countries the share has grown two- to threefold. The top of the ranking is held not by rich countries, as one might expect, but by the islands of Oceania and the Persian Gulf, where the shift to purchased food happened within one generation.

Important: The aggregate by country group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one: the share of adults differs between countries by a factor of about 1.5, so young countries get a slightly larger weight than they should.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.