Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Kazakhstan

Obesity in adults in Kazakhstan in 2024 — 21.1%. Ranked 87 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 9.1 pp.

2024 21.1% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 87of 199
Period maximum 21.1%2024
Period minimum 12%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Kazakhstan, 1980–20241012.51517.52022.519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 12%1981: 12.1%1982: 12.1%1983: 12.2%1984: 12.3%1985: 12.4%1986: 12.5%1987: 12.5%1988: 12.5%1989: 12.6%1990: 12.7%1991: 12.8%1992: 12.9%1993: 13%1994: 13.1%1995: 13.2%1996: 13.3%1997: 13.4%1998: 13.5%1999: 13.7%2000: 13.8%2001: 13.9%2002: 14%2003: 14.2%2004: 14.4%2005: 14.5%2006: 14.7%2007: 14.9%2008: 15.2%2009: 15.4%2010: 15.7%2011: 16.1%2012: 16.4%2013: 16.7%2014: 17.1%2015: 17.5%2016: 17.9%2017: 18.3%2018: 18.7%2019: 19%2020: 19.4%2021: 19.8%2022: 20.2%2023: 20.7%2024: 21.1%
Change over the period: +9.1 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Kazakhstan 21.1%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Central Asia computed 26%
Obesity in adults — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.1 +0.4 pp
2023 20.7 +0.4 pp
2022 20.2 +0.4 pp
2021 19.8 +0.4 pp
2020 19.4 +0.4 pp
2019 19 +0.4 pp
2018 18.7 +0.4 pp
2017 18.3 +0.4 pp
2016 17.9 +0.4 pp
2015 17.5 +0.4 pp
2014 17.1 +0.4 pp
2013 16.7 +0.4 pp
2012 16.4 +0.3 pp
2011 16.1 +0.3 pp
2010 15.7 +0.3 pp
2009 15.4 +0.3 pp
2008 15.2 +0.2 pp
2007 14.9 +0.2 pp
2006 14.7 +0.2 pp
2005 14.5 +0.2 pp
2004 14.4 +0.2 pp
2003 14.2 +0.1 pp
2002 14 +0.1 pp
2001 13.9 +0.1 pp
2000 13.8 +0.1 pp
1999 13.7 +0.1 pp
1998 13.5 +0.1 pp
1997 13.4 +0.1 pp
1996 13.3 +0.1 pp
1995 13.2 +0.1 pp
1994 13.1 +0.1 pp
1993 13 +0.1 pp
1992 12.9 +0.1 pp
1991 12.8 +0.1 pp
1990 12.7 +0.1 pp
1989 12.6 +0.1 pp
1988 12.5 +0 pp
1987 12.5 +0 pp
1986 12.5 +0.1 pp
1985 12.4 +0.1 pp
1984 12.3 +0.1 pp
1983 12.2 +0.1 pp
1982 12.1 +0.1 pp
1981 12.1 +0.1 pp
1980 12

Central Asia, 2024

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

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.