Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — CIS

Obesity in adults in the CIS in 2024 — 21%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 6 pp.

2024 21% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 21%2024
Period minimum 15%1981

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — CIS, 1980–2024141618202219801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 15%1981: 15%1982: 15%1983: 15%1984: 15%1985: 15.1%1986: 15.1%1987: 15.1%1988: 15.1%1989: 15.1%1990: 15.2%1991: 15.2%1992: 15.3%1993: 15.4%1994: 15.5%1995: 15.7%1996: 15.9%1997: 16.1%1998: 16.3%1999: 16.5%2000: 16.8%2001: 17%2002: 17.3%2003: 17.5%2004: 17.8%2005: 18%2006: 18.3%2007: 18.6%2008: 18.8%2009: 19.1%2010: 19.3%2011: 19.5%2012: 19.7%2013: 19.9%2014: 20%2015: 20.2%2016: 20.3%2017: 20.4%2018: 20.4%2019: 20.5%2020: 20.6%2021: 20.7%2022: 20.8%2023: 20.9%2024: 21%
Change over the period: +6 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

CIS 21%
World computed 16.1%
Obesity in adults — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21 +0.1 pp
2023 20.9 +0.1 pp
2022 20.8 +0.1 pp
2021 20.7 +0.1 pp
2020 20.6 +0.1 pp
2019 20.5 +0.1 pp
2018 20.4 +0.1 pp
2017 20.4 +0.1 pp
2016 20.3 +0.1 pp
2015 20.2 +0.1 pp
2014 20 +0.2 pp
2013 19.9 +0.2 pp
2012 19.7 +0.2 pp
2011 19.5 +0.2 pp
2010 19.3 +0.2 pp
2009 19.1 +0.2 pp
2008 18.8 +0.3 pp
2007 18.6 +0.3 pp
2006 18.3 +0.3 pp
2005 18 +0.3 pp
2004 17.8 +0.3 pp
2003 17.5 +0.3 pp
2002 17.3 +0.3 pp
2001 17 +0.3 pp
2000 16.8 +0.2 pp
1999 16.5 +0.2 pp
1998 16.3 +0.2 pp
1997 16.1 +0.2 pp
1996 15.9 +0.2 pp
1995 15.7 +0.2 pp
1994 15.5 +0.1 pp
1993 15.4 +0.1 pp
1992 15.3 +0.1 pp
1991 15.2 +0.1 pp
1990 15.2 +0 pp
1989 15.1 +0 pp
1988 15.1 +0 pp
1987 15.1 +0 pp
1986 15.1 +0 pp
1985 15.1 +0 pp
1984 15 +0 pp
1983 15 +0 pp
1982 15 +0 pp
1981 15 −0 pp
1980 15

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.