Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Mongolia

Obesity in adults in Mongolia in 2024 — 25.1%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 18.4 pp.

2024 25.1% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 116of 199
Period maximum 25.1%2024
Period minimum 6.7%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Mongolia, 1980–2024010203019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 6.7%1981: 6.8%1982: 7%1983: 7.1%1984: 7.2%1985: 7.3%1986: 7.5%1987: 7.6%1988: 7.8%1989: 7.9%1990: 8.1%1991: 8.3%1992: 8.5%1993: 8.7%1994: 8.9%1995: 9.2%1996: 9.4%1997: 9.7%1998: 10%1999: 10.3%2000: 10.7%2001: 11%2002: 11.4%2003: 11.9%2004: 12.3%2005: 12.8%2006: 13.4%2007: 13.9%2008: 14.5%2009: 15.2%2010: 15.8%2011: 16.5%2012: 17.1%2013: 17.8%2014: 18.5%2015: 19.1%2016: 19.8%2017: 20.5%2018: 21.1%2019: 21.8%2020: 22.4%2021: 23.1%2022: 23.7%2023: 24.4%2024: 25.1%
Change over the period: +18.4 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mongolia 25.1%
World computed 16.1%
East Asia & Pacific computed 10%
Eastern Asia computed 9.1%
Obesity in adults — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 25.1 +0.7 pp
2023 24.4 +0.7 pp
2022 23.7 +0.7 pp
2021 23.1 +0.7 pp
2020 22.4 +0.7 pp
2019 21.8 +0.6 pp
2018 21.1 +0.6 pp
2017 20.5 +0.7 pp
2016 19.8 +0.7 pp
2015 19.1 +0.7 pp
2014 18.5 +0.7 pp
2013 17.8 +0.7 pp
2012 17.1 +0.7 pp
2011 16.5 +0.7 pp
2010 15.8 +0.6 pp
2009 15.2 +0.6 pp
2008 14.5 +0.6 pp
2007 13.9 +0.6 pp
2006 13.4 +0.5 pp
2005 12.8 +0.5 pp
2004 12.3 +0.5 pp
2003 11.9 +0.4 pp
2002 11.4 +0.4 pp
2001 11 +0.4 pp
2000 10.7 +0.3 pp
1999 10.3 +0.3 pp
1998 10 +0.3 pp
1997 9.7 +0.3 pp
1996 9.4 +0.3 pp
1995 9.2 +0.2 pp
1994 8.9 +0.2 pp
1993 8.7 +0.2 pp
1992 8.5 +0.2 pp
1991 8.3 +0.2 pp
1990 8.1 +0.2 pp
1989 7.9 +0.2 pp
1988 7.8 +0.2 pp
1987 7.6 +0.1 pp
1986 7.5 +0.1 pp
1985 7.3 +0.1 pp
1984 7.2 +0.1 pp
1983 7.1 +0.1 pp
1982 7 +0.1 pp
1981 6.8 +0.1 pp
1980 6.7

Eastern 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.