Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Moldova

Obesity in adults in Moldova in 2024 — 22.3%. Ranked 99 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 4.1 pp.

2024 22.3% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 99of 199
Period maximum 23.4%2013
Period minimum 18.2%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Moldova, 1980–20241820222419801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 18.2%1981: 18.2%1982: 18.3%1983: 18.3%1984: 18.4%1985: 18.5%1986: 18.5%1987: 18.6%1988: 18.7%1989: 18.8%1990: 18.8%1991: 18.9%1992: 19.1%1993: 19.2%1994: 19.4%1995: 19.6%1996: 19.8%1997: 20%1998: 20.3%1999: 20.6%2000: 20.9%2001: 21.2%2002: 21.5%2003: 21.8%2004: 22.1%2005: 22.3%2006: 22.6%2007: 22.8%2008: 22.9%2009: 23.1%2010: 23.2%2011: 23.3%2012: 23.4%2013: 23.4%2014: 23.4%2015: 23.4%2016: 23.3%2017: 23.2%2018: 23.1%2019: 23%2020: 22.8%2021: 22.7%2022: 22.6%2023: 22.4%2024: 22.3%
Change over the period: +4.1 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 22.3%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Eastern Europe computed 21%
Obesity in adults — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 22.3 −0.1 pp
2023 22.4 −0.1 pp
2022 22.6 −0.1 pp
2021 22.7 −0.1 pp
2020 22.8 −0.1 pp
2019 23 −0.1 pp
2018 23.1 −0.1 pp
2017 23.2 −0.1 pp
2016 23.3 −0.1 pp
2015 23.4 −0 pp
2014 23.4 −0 pp
2013 23.4 +0 pp
2012 23.4 +0.1 pp
2011 23.3 +0.1 pp
2010 23.2 +0.1 pp
2009 23.1 +0.2 pp
2008 22.9 +0.2 pp
2007 22.8 +0.2 pp
2006 22.6 +0.2 pp
2005 22.3 +0.3 pp
2004 22.1 +0.3 pp
2003 21.8 +0.3 pp
2002 21.5 +0.3 pp
2001 21.2 +0.3 pp
2000 20.9 +0.3 pp
1999 20.6 +0.3 pp
1998 20.3 +0.3 pp
1997 20 +0.2 pp
1996 19.8 +0.2 pp
1995 19.6 +0.2 pp
1994 19.4 +0.2 pp
1993 19.2 +0.1 pp
1992 19.1 +0.1 pp
1991 18.9 +0.1 pp
1990 18.8 +0.1 pp
1989 18.8 +0.1 pp
1988 18.7 +0.1 pp
1987 18.6 +0.1 pp
1986 18.5 +0.1 pp
1985 18.5 +0.1 pp
1984 18.4 +0.1 pp
1983 18.3 +0.1 pp
1982 18.3 +0.1 pp
1981 18.2 +0 pp
1980 18.2

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.