Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Armenia

Obesity in adults in Armenia in 2024 — 25%. Ranked 115 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 13.9 pp.

2024 25% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 115of 199
Period maximum 25%2024
Period minimum 11.1%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Armenia, 1980–20241015202519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 11.1%1981: 11.2%1982: 11.4%1983: 11.5%1984: 11.7%1985: 11.9%1986: 12.1%1987: 12.2%1988: 12.4%1989: 12.6%1990: 12.8%1991: 13%1992: 13.3%1993: 13.5%1994: 13.8%1995: 14%1996: 14.3%1997: 14.5%1998: 14.8%1999: 15.1%2000: 15.4%2001: 15.7%2002: 16%2003: 16.3%2004: 16.7%2005: 17%2006: 17.4%2007: 17.8%2008: 18.2%2009: 18.6%2010: 19%2011: 19.4%2012: 19.9%2013: 20.3%2014: 20.8%2015: 21.2%2016: 21.6%2017: 22.1%2018: 22.5%2019: 22.9%2020: 23.3%2021: 23.7%2022: 24.1%2023: 24.5%2024: 25%
Change over the period: +13.9 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Armenia 25%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Western Asia computed 30.7%
Obesity in adults — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 25 +0.4 pp
2023 24.5 +0.4 pp
2022 24.1 +0.4 pp
2021 23.7 +0.4 pp
2020 23.3 +0.4 pp
2019 22.9 +0.4 pp
2018 22.5 +0.4 pp
2017 22.1 +0.4 pp
2016 21.6 +0.4 pp
2015 21.2 +0.4 pp
2014 20.8 +0.4 pp
2013 20.3 +0.4 pp
2012 19.9 +0.4 pp
2011 19.4 +0.4 pp
2010 19 +0.4 pp
2009 18.6 +0.4 pp
2008 18.2 +0.4 pp
2007 17.8 +0.4 pp
2006 17.4 +0.4 pp
2005 17 +0.3 pp
2004 16.7 +0.3 pp
2003 16.3 +0.3 pp
2002 16 +0.3 pp
2001 15.7 +0.3 pp
2000 15.4 +0.3 pp
1999 15.1 +0.3 pp
1998 14.8 +0.3 pp
1997 14.5 +0.3 pp
1996 14.3 +0.3 pp
1995 14 +0.2 pp
1994 13.8 +0.2 pp
1993 13.5 +0.2 pp
1992 13.3 +0.2 pp
1991 13 +0.2 pp
1990 12.8 +0.2 pp
1989 12.6 +0.2 pp
1988 12.4 +0.2 pp
1987 12.2 +0.2 pp
1986 12.1 +0.2 pp
1985 11.9 +0.2 pp
1984 11.7 +0.2 pp
1983 11.5 +0.2 pp
1982 11.4 +0.2 pp
1981 11.2 +0.1 pp
1980 11.1

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.