Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Obesity in adults in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024 — 21%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 9.5 pp.

2024 21% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 85of 199
Period maximum 21%2024
Period minimum 11.5%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1980–20241012.51517.52022.519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 11.5%1981: 11.5%1982: 11.6%1983: 11.7%1984: 11.8%1985: 11.9%1986: 12%1987: 12%1988: 12.1%1989: 12.2%1990: 12.3%1991: 12.4%1992: 12.5%1993: 12.7%1994: 12.9%1995: 13.1%1996: 13.2%1997: 13.4%1998: 13.6%1999: 13.9%2000: 14.1%2001: 14.4%2002: 14.7%2003: 15%2004: 15.2%2005: 15.5%2006: 15.8%2007: 16.1%2008: 16.4%2009: 16.7%2010: 17%2011: 17.3%2012: 17.6%2013: 17.9%2014: 18.2%2015: 18.5%2016: 18.7%2017: 19%2018: 19.3%2019: 19.5%2020: 19.8%2021: 20.1%2022: 20.4%2023: 20.7%2024: 21%
Change over the period: +9.5 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina 21%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Southern Europe computed 17%
Obesity in adults — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21 +0.3 pp
2023 20.7 +0.3 pp
2022 20.4 +0.3 pp
2021 20.1 +0.3 pp
2020 19.8 +0.3 pp
2019 19.5 +0.3 pp
2018 19.3 +0.3 pp
2017 19 +0.3 pp
2016 18.7 +0.3 pp
2015 18.5 +0.3 pp
2014 18.2 +0.3 pp
2013 17.9 +0.3 pp
2012 17.6 +0.3 pp
2011 17.3 +0.3 pp
2010 17 +0.3 pp
2009 16.7 +0.3 pp
2008 16.4 +0.3 pp
2007 16.1 +0.3 pp
2006 15.8 +0.3 pp
2005 15.5 +0.3 pp
2004 15.2 +0.3 pp
2003 15 +0.3 pp
2002 14.7 +0.3 pp
2001 14.4 +0.3 pp
2000 14.1 +0.3 pp
1999 13.9 +0.2 pp
1998 13.6 +0.2 pp
1997 13.4 +0.2 pp
1996 13.2 +0.2 pp
1995 13.1 +0.2 pp
1994 12.9 +0.2 pp
1993 12.7 +0.2 pp
1992 12.5 +0.1 pp
1991 12.4 +0.1 pp
1990 12.3 +0.1 pp
1989 12.2 +0.1 pp
1988 12.1 +0.1 pp
1987 12 +0.1 pp
1986 12 +0.1 pp
1985 11.9 +0.1 pp
1984 11.8 +0.1 pp
1983 11.7 +0.1 pp
1982 11.6 +0.1 pp
1981 11.5 +0.1 pp
1980 11.5

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.