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Obesity in adults — Bahamas

Obesity in adults in the Bahamas in 2024 — 48.3%. Ranked 189 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 36.3 pp.

2024 48.3% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 189of 199
Period maximum 48.3%2024
Period minimum 11.9%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Bahamas, 1980–2024020406019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 11.9%1981: 12.5%1982: 13.1%1983: 13.7%1984: 14.3%1985: 15%1986: 15.7%1987: 16.4%1988: 17.2%1989: 18%1990: 18.8%1991: 19.6%1992: 20.5%1993: 21.4%1994: 22.4%1995: 23.3%1996: 24.3%1997: 25.3%1998: 26.4%1999: 27.4%2000: 28.5%2001: 29.6%2002: 30.6%2003: 31.6%2004: 32.6%2005: 33.6%2006: 34.5%2007: 35.4%2008: 36.3%2009: 37.2%2010: 38.1%2011: 38.9%2012: 39.7%2013: 40.5%2014: 41.3%2015: 42%2016: 42.8%2017: 43.5%2018: 44.2%2019: 44.9%2020: 45.6%2021: 46.3%2022: 46.9%2023: 47.6%2024: 48.3%
Change over the period: +36.3 pp Annual average: 0.83 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahamas 48.3%
World computed 16.1%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 31.4%
High-income countries computed 24.8%
Obesity in adults — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 48.3 +0.7 pp
2023 47.6 +0.7 pp
2022 46.9 +0.7 pp
2021 46.3 +0.7 pp
2020 45.6 +0.7 pp
2019 44.9 +0.7 pp
2018 44.2 +0.7 pp
2017 43.5 +0.7 pp
2016 42.8 +0.7 pp
2015 42 +0.8 pp
2014 41.3 +0.8 pp
2013 40.5 +0.8 pp
2012 39.7 +0.8 pp
2011 38.9 +0.8 pp
2010 38.1 +0.9 pp
2009 37.2 +0.9 pp
2008 36.3 +0.9 pp
2007 35.4 +0.9 pp
2006 34.5 +0.9 pp
2005 33.6 +1 pp
2004 32.6 +1 pp
2003 31.6 +1 pp
2002 30.6 +1 pp
2001 29.6 +1.1 pp
2000 28.5 +1.1 pp
1999 27.4 +1.1 pp
1998 26.4 +1 pp
1997 25.3 +1 pp
1996 24.3 +1 pp
1995 23.3 +1 pp
1994 22.4 +0.9 pp
1993 21.4 +0.9 pp
1992 20.5 +0.9 pp
1991 19.6 +0.8 pp
1990 18.8 +0.8 pp
1989 18 +0.8 pp
1988 17.2 +0.8 pp
1987 16.4 +0.7 pp
1986 15.7 +0.7 pp
1985 15 +0.7 pp
1984 14.3 +0.6 pp
1983 13.7 +0.6 pp
1982 13.1 +0.6 pp
1981 12.5 +0.6 pp
1980 11.9 —

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

HT Haiti 11.1 CU Cuba 23 DO Dominican Republic 30.8 TT Trinidad and Tobago 30.9 GD Grenada 31.5 DM Dominica 32.5 AG Antigua and Barbuda 34.6 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.6 LC Saint Lucia 34.8 JM Jamaica 35.2 BB Barbados 39.4 PR Puerto Rico 42.4 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 46.7 BS Bahamas 48.3
Full table for all countries

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.

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