Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Belarus

Obesity in adults in Belarus in 2024 — 20.6%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 3.4 pp.

2024 20.6% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 83of 199
Period maximum 21.7%2013
Period minimum 17.2%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Belarus, 1980–20241618202219801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 17.2%1981: 17.2%1982: 17.3%1983: 17.3%1984: 17.3%1985: 17.3%1986: 17.4%1987: 17.4%1988: 17.4%1989: 17.5%1990: 17.5%1991: 17.6%1992: 17.7%1993: 17.8%1994: 18%1995: 18.1%1996: 18.3%1997: 18.5%1998: 18.8%1999: 19%2000: 19.3%2001: 19.6%2002: 19.9%2003: 20.2%2004: 20.4%2005: 20.7%2006: 20.9%2007: 21.1%2008: 21.3%2009: 21.4%2010: 21.6%2011: 21.7%2012: 21.7%2013: 21.7%2014: 21.7%2015: 21.7%2016: 21.6%2017: 21.5%2018: 21.4%2019: 21.3%2020: 21.2%2021: 21%2022: 20.9%2023: 20.8%2024: 20.6%
Change over the period: +3.4 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Belarus 20.6%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Eastern Europe computed 21%
Obesity in adults — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.6 −0.1 pp
2023 20.8 −0.1 pp
2022 20.9 −0.1 pp
2021 21 −0.1 pp
2020 21.2 −0.1 pp
2019 21.3 −0.1 pp
2018 21.4 −0.1 pp
2017 21.5 −0.1 pp
2016 21.6 −0.1 pp
2015 21.7 −0 pp
2014 21.7 −0 pp
2013 21.7 +0 pp
2012 21.7 +0.1 pp
2011 21.7 +0.1 pp
2010 21.6 +0.1 pp
2009 21.4 +0.2 pp
2008 21.3 +0.2 pp
2007 21.1 +0.2 pp
2006 20.9 +0.2 pp
2005 20.7 +0.2 pp
2004 20.4 +0.3 pp
2003 20.2 +0.3 pp
2002 19.9 +0.3 pp
2001 19.6 +0.3 pp
2000 19.3 +0.3 pp
1999 19 +0.3 pp
1998 18.8 +0.2 pp
1997 18.5 +0.2 pp
1996 18.3 +0.2 pp
1995 18.1 +0.2 pp
1994 18 +0.2 pp
1993 17.8 +0.1 pp
1992 17.7 +0.1 pp
1991 17.6 +0.1 pp
1990 17.5 +0.1 pp
1989 17.5 +0 pp
1988 17.4 +0 pp
1987 17.4 +0 pp
1986 17.4 +0 pp
1985 17.3 +0 pp
1984 17.3 +0 pp
1983 17.3 +0 pp
1982 17.3 +0 pp
1981 17.2 +0 pp
1980 17.2

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.