Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Equatorial Guinea

Obesity in adults in Equatorial Guinea in 2024 — 19.2%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 15.7 pp.

2024 19.2% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 75of 199
Period maximum 19.2%2024
Period minimum 3.5%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Equatorial Guinea, 1980–20240510152019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 3.5%1981: 3.7%1982: 3.9%1983: 4.1%1984: 4.3%1985: 4.5%1986: 4.7%1987: 4.9%1988: 5.2%1989: 5.5%1990: 5.8%1991: 6.1%1992: 6.4%1993: 6.7%1994: 7%1995: 7.4%1996: 7.7%1997: 8.1%1998: 8.5%1999: 8.9%2000: 9.3%2001: 9.8%2002: 10.3%2003: 10.7%2004: 11.2%2005: 11.6%2006: 12%2007: 12.3%2008: 12.7%2009: 13%2010: 13.3%2011: 13.6%2012: 14%2013: 14.3%2014: 14.6%2015: 15%2016: 15.4%2017: 15.8%2018: 16.2%2019: 16.7%2020: 17.2%2021: 17.6%2022: 18.1%2023: 18.7%2024: 19.2%
Change over the period: +15.7 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Equatorial Guinea 19.2%
World computed 16.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 11.7%
Middle Africa computed 9.7%
Obesity in adults — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 19.2 +0.5 pp
2023 18.7 +0.5 pp
2022 18.1 +0.5 pp
2021 17.6 +0.5 pp
2020 17.2 +0.5 pp
2019 16.7 +0.4 pp
2018 16.2 +0.4 pp
2017 15.8 +0.4 pp
2016 15.4 +0.4 pp
2015 15 +0.4 pp
2014 14.6 +0.4 pp
2013 14.3 +0.3 pp
2012 14 +0.3 pp
2011 13.6 +0.3 pp
2010 13.3 +0.3 pp
2009 13 +0.3 pp
2008 12.7 +0.3 pp
2007 12.3 +0.4 pp
2006 12 +0.4 pp
2005 11.6 +0.4 pp
2004 11.2 +0.5 pp
2003 10.7 +0.5 pp
2002 10.3 +0.5 pp
2001 9.8 +0.5 pp
2000 9.3 +0.4 pp
1999 8.9 +0.4 pp
1998 8.5 +0.4 pp
1997 8.1 +0.4 pp
1996 7.7 +0.4 pp
1995 7.4 +0.3 pp
1994 7 +0.3 pp
1993 6.7 +0.3 pp
1992 6.4 +0.3 pp
1991 6.1 +0.3 pp
1990 5.8 +0.3 pp
1989 5.5 +0.3 pp
1988 5.2 +0.3 pp
1987 4.9 +0.2 pp
1986 4.7 +0.2 pp
1985 4.5 +0.2 pp
1984 4.3 +0.2 pp
1983 4.1 +0.2 pp
1982 3.9 +0.2 pp
1981 3.7 +0.2 pp
1980 3.5

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.