Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Cyprus

Obesity in adults in Cyprus in 2024 — 21.6%. Ranked 89 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 8.4 pp.

2024 21.6% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 89of 199
Period maximum 21.8%2016
Period minimum 13.2%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Cyprus, 1980–202412.51517.52022.519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 13.2%1981: 13.3%1982: 13.4%1983: 13.5%1984: 13.6%1985: 13.7%1986: 13.9%1987: 14%1988: 14.2%1989: 14.3%1990: 14.5%1991: 14.7%1992: 14.9%1993: 15.2%1994: 15.5%1995: 15.8%1996: 16.2%1997: 16.6%1998: 17%1999: 17.4%2000: 17.8%2001: 18.3%2002: 18.7%2003: 19.1%2004: 19.5%2005: 19.9%2006: 20.3%2007: 20.6%2008: 20.9%2009: 21.2%2010: 21.4%2011: 21.5%2012: 21.6%2013: 21.7%2014: 21.7%2015: 21.7%2016: 21.8%2017: 21.7%2018: 21.7%2019: 21.7%2020: 21.7%2021: 21.6%2022: 21.6%2023: 21.6%2024: 21.6%
Change over the period: +8.4 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cyprus 21.6%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Western Asia computed 30.7%
High-income countries computed 24.8%
Obesity in adults — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.6 −0 pp
2023 21.6 −0 pp
2022 21.6 −0 pp
2021 21.6 −0 pp
2020 21.7 −0 pp
2019 21.7 −0 pp
2018 21.7 −0 pp
2017 21.7 −0 pp
2016 21.8 +0 pp
2015 21.7 +0 pp
2014 21.7 +0 pp
2013 21.7 +0.1 pp
2012 21.6 +0.1 pp
2011 21.5 +0.1 pp
2010 21.4 +0.2 pp
2009 21.2 +0.2 pp
2008 20.9 +0.3 pp
2007 20.6 +0.3 pp
2006 20.3 +0.4 pp
2005 19.9 +0.4 pp
2004 19.5 +0.4 pp
2003 19.1 +0.4 pp
2002 18.7 +0.4 pp
2001 18.3 +0.4 pp
2000 17.8 +0.4 pp
1999 17.4 +0.4 pp
1998 17 +0.4 pp
1997 16.6 +0.4 pp
1996 16.2 +0.4 pp
1995 15.8 +0.3 pp
1994 15.5 +0.3 pp
1993 15.2 +0.3 pp
1992 14.9 +0.2 pp
1991 14.7 +0.2 pp
1990 14.5 +0.2 pp
1989 14.3 +0.2 pp
1988 14.2 +0.1 pp
1987 14 +0.1 pp
1986 13.9 +0.1 pp
1985 13.7 +0.1 pp
1984 13.6 +0.1 pp
1983 13.5 +0.1 pp
1982 13.4 +0.1 pp
1981 13.3 +0.1 pp
1980 13.2

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.