Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — EAEU

Obesity in adults in the EAEU in 2024 — 18.4%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 2.4 pp.

2024 18.4% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 19.6%2013
Period minimum 16%1982

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — EAEU, 1980–2024161718192019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 16%1981: 16%1982: 16%1983: 16%1984: 16%1985: 16.1%1986: 16.1%1987: 16.1%1988: 16.1%1989: 16.1%1990: 16.1%1991: 16.2%1992: 16.2%1993: 16.3%1994: 16.5%1995: 16.6%1996: 16.8%1997: 17%1998: 17.2%1999: 17.4%2000: 17.6%2001: 17.8%2002: 18%2003: 18.3%2004: 18.5%2005: 18.7%2006: 18.9%2007: 19%2008: 19.2%2009: 19.3%2010: 19.4%2011: 19.5%2012: 19.6%2013: 19.6%2014: 19.6%2015: 19.6%2016: 19.5%2017: 19.4%2018: 19.3%2019: 19.1%2020: 19%2021: 18.8%2022: 18.7%2023: 18.6%2024: 18.4%
Change over the period: +2.4 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

EAEU 18.4%
World computed 16.1%
Obesity in adults — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 18.4 −0.1 pp
2023 18.6 −0.1 pp
2022 18.7 −0.1 pp
2021 18.8 −0.1 pp
2020 19 −0.1 pp
2019 19.1 −0.1 pp
2018 19.3 −0.1 pp
2017 19.4 −0.1 pp
2016 19.5 −0.1 pp
2015 19.6 −0 pp
2014 19.6 −0 pp
2013 19.6 +0 pp
2012 19.6 +0.1 pp
2011 19.5 +0.1 pp
2010 19.4 +0.1 pp
2009 19.3 +0.1 pp
2008 19.2 +0.2 pp
2007 19 +0.2 pp
2006 18.9 +0.2 pp
2005 18.7 +0.2 pp
2004 18.5 +0.2 pp
2003 18.3 +0.2 pp
2002 18 +0.2 pp
2001 17.8 +0.2 pp
2000 17.6 +0.2 pp
1999 17.4 +0.2 pp
1998 17.2 +0.2 pp
1997 17 +0.2 pp
1996 16.8 +0.2 pp
1995 16.6 +0.1 pp
1994 16.5 +0.1 pp
1993 16.3 +0.1 pp
1992 16.2 +0.1 pp
1991 16.2 +0 pp
1990 16.1 +0 pp
1989 16.1 +0 pp
1988 16.1 +0 pp
1987 16.1 +0 pp
1986 16.1 +0 pp
1985 16.1 +0 pp
1984 16 +0 pp
1983 16 +0 pp
1982 16 −0 pp
1981 16 −0 pp
1980 16

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.