Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Haiti

Obesity in adults in Haiti in 2024 — 11.1%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 9.2 pp.

2024 11.1% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 29of 199
Period maximum 11.1%2024
Period minimum 1.9%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Haiti, 1980–202405101519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 1.9%1981: 2%1982: 2.1%1983: 2.2%1984: 2.3%1985: 2.4%1986: 2.5%1987: 2.6%1988: 2.8%1989: 2.9%1990: 3.1%1991: 3.2%1992: 3.4%1993: 3.6%1994: 3.7%1995: 3.9%1996: 4.2%1997: 4.4%1998: 4.6%1999: 4.9%2000: 5.1%2001: 5.4%2002: 5.6%2003: 5.9%2004: 6.1%2005: 6.4%2006: 6.6%2007: 6.8%2008: 7.1%2009: 7.3%2010: 7.5%2011: 7.8%2012: 8%2013: 8.2%2014: 8.5%2015: 8.7%2016: 8.9%2017: 9.2%2018: 9.4%2019: 9.7%2020: 10%2021: 10.2%2022: 10.5%2023: 10.8%2024: 11.1%
Change over the period: +9.2 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Haiti 11.1%
World computed 16.1%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 31.4%
Low-income countries computed 10%
Obesity in adults — Haiti, by year Haiti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.1 +0.3 pp
2023 10.8 +0.3 pp
2022 10.5 +0.3 pp
2021 10.2 +0.3 pp
2020 10 +0.3 pp
2019 9.7 +0.3 pp
2018 9.4 +0.3 pp
2017 9.2 +0.3 pp
2016 8.9 +0.2 pp
2015 8.7 +0.2 pp
2014 8.5 +0.2 pp
2013 8.2 +0.2 pp
2012 8 +0.2 pp
2011 7.8 +0.2 pp
2010 7.5 +0.2 pp
2009 7.3 +0.2 pp
2008 7.1 +0.2 pp
2007 6.8 +0.2 pp
2006 6.6 +0.2 pp
2005 6.4 +0.2 pp
2004 6.1 +0.2 pp
2003 5.9 +0.2 pp
2002 5.6 +0.3 pp
2001 5.4 +0.3 pp
2000 5.1 +0.3 pp
1999 4.9 +0.3 pp
1998 4.6 +0.2 pp
1997 4.4 +0.2 pp
1996 4.2 +0.2 pp
1995 3.9 +0.2 pp
1994 3.7 +0.2 pp
1993 3.6 +0.2 pp
1992 3.4 +0.2 pp
1991 3.2 +0.2 pp
1990 3.1 +0.1 pp
1989 2.9 +0.1 pp
1988 2.8 +0.1 pp
1987 2.6 +0.1 pp
1986 2.5 +0.1 pp
1985 2.4 +0.1 pp
1984 2.3 +0.1 pp
1983 2.2 +0.1 pp
1982 2.1 +0.1 pp
1981 2 +0.1 pp
1980 1.9

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.