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Obesity in adults — Italy

Obesity in adults in Italy in 2024 — 14%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 0.7 pp.

2024 14% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 51of 199
Period maximum 15.7%2011
Period minimum 12.3%1991

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Italy, 1980–2024121314151619801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 13.3%1981: 13.2%1982: 13.1%1983: 13%1984: 12.9%1985: 12.8%1986: 12.7%1987: 12.6%1988: 12.5%1989: 12.4%1990: 12.3%1991: 12.3%1992: 12.3%1993: 12.4%1994: 12.5%1995: 12.6%1996: 12.7%1997: 12.9%1998: 13.1%1999: 13.4%2000: 13.6%2001: 13.9%2002: 14.1%2003: 14.4%2004: 14.6%2005: 14.9%2006: 15.1%2007: 15.3%2008: 15.5%2009: 15.6%2010: 15.7%2011: 15.7%2012: 15.7%2013: 15.6%2014: 15.6%2015: 15.5%2016: 15.3%2017: 15.2%2018: 15.1%2019: 14.9%2020: 14.7%2021: 14.5%2022: 14.4%2023: 14.2%2024: 14%
Change over the period: +0.7 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Italy 14%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Southern Europe computed 17%
High-income countries computed 24.8%
Obesity in adults — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 14 −0.2 pp
2023 14.2 −0.2 pp
2022 14.4 −0.2 pp
2021 14.5 −0.2 pp
2020 14.7 −0.2 pp
2019 14.9 −0.2 pp
2018 15.1 −0.2 pp
2017 15.2 −0.1 pp
2016 15.3 −0.1 pp
2015 15.5 −0.1 pp
2014 15.6 −0.1 pp
2013 15.6 −0.1 pp
2012 15.7 −0 pp
2011 15.7 +0 pp
2010 15.7 +0.1 pp
2009 15.6 +0.1 pp
2008 15.5 +0.2 pp
2007 15.3 +0.2 pp
2006 15.1 +0.2 pp
2005 14.9 +0.2 pp
2004 14.6 +0.3 pp
2003 14.4 +0.3 pp
2002 14.1 +0.3 pp
2001 13.9 +0.3 pp
2000 13.6 +0.2 pp
1999 13.4 +0.2 pp
1998 13.1 +0.2 pp
1997 12.9 +0.2 pp
1996 12.7 +0.2 pp
1995 12.6 +0.1 pp
1994 12.5 +0.1 pp
1993 12.4 +0 pp
1992 12.3 +0 pp
1991 12.3 −0 pp
1990 12.3 −0.1 pp
1989 12.4 −0.1 pp
1988 12.5 −0.1 pp
1987 12.6 −0.1 pp
1986 12.7 −0.1 pp
1985 12.8 −0.1 pp
1984 12.9 −0.1 pp
1983 13 −0.1 pp
1982 13.1 −0.1 pp
1981 13.2 −0.1 pp
1980 13.3 —

Southern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IT Italy 14 ES Spain 15.3 ME Montenegro 17.1 AD Andorra 17.1 PT Portugal 18.1 SI Slovenia 19.8 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 21 RS Serbia 21.8 AL Albania 24.1 MK North Macedonia 26.8 GR Greece 27.4 MT Malta 30.6 HR Croatia 30.8
Full table for all countries

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.

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